cooler works ok but MAJOR issue with it spitting water into the room. As I write this I have been on hold for 2hours 12minutes waiting to ask about the issue.

Great unit in hot dry weather. The hotter and dryer the better. Wouldnt work in Sydney or Brisbane though. i use it in an uninsulated 6 x 9m shed and I am genuinely surprised how good it is. Running cost at medium is 12cents an hour.

I had a 4500 it worked well ! so when it died i thought the 5900 would be much better, WRONG !!!
Oh it works but not as good as the 4500. When i got it the pump was no good ! Bonaire gave me a new pump . To install it you better be sharp, cuz you just don't plug it in! Oh no you have to remove front cover
then pull out a electronic tray full of wires. Then you have to remove 3 of those wires and replace it with the ones on the pump carefully. Plus no handles to grab on to help handle casing. I see a lack of good
design in eng dept . not really planned well. Best i can say is it's better than nothing ! Joe K . Pahrump NV

Love love love it !! I would like to purchase a pump and motor to have on hand just in case either has to be replaced. Its to hot in the California San Joaquin Valley to wait for any kind of shipping. I purchased the down/side draft 7000 and made it to side draft and put it up to sliding window. Used plexiglass and cut hole for the air. In the winter. I just slide the window closed. It has 2 speeds and it has gotten to 100 degrees already and i haven't turned it on high yet. It's
Amazing. Highly recommend.!! I did purchase this last year and it sound like they have made some changes after reading the comments. But i Will order those extra parts just in case.

My Durango is as old as the hills and has run like a champ for over 10 years! Pump went out a couple of years ago but that is to be expected. It cools better than my A/C. In fact, in can run you out of the house. It has paid for itself many times over.

I purchased 6 returned 3 installed 3 Durango 5000 all 3 customers are complaining there to loud since they're last year's model nobody cares Home Depot answer is to buy this years model. I would not buy even though there redesigned. The company is aware of this they won't do anything to solve the problem.

We live in arid Albuquerque, New Mexico. We bought a Bonaire Durango 4500 two years ago, and it blows plenty of air, but has never cooled satisfactorily. We were led to believe that it was equivalent to a regular 3-pad window cooler. Since it doesn’t work well, we are replacing it with a regular cooler. I contacted Bonaire, and they offered no recourse.

I've had to swamp cooler in here for years I had to replace the pump once now in the last 2 months it's been four pumps from China and they don't work they keep going out one lasted two days Home Depot will not take them back because they look used or something I don't know what the deal is but it's $60 a pop it's not worth it

Bought two in 2015 and installed in mid 2016. Purchased 8 more May 2018. Updates have been made on these which were needed and from my experience I have received the help I have needed when I have contacted customer support which I have really appreciated. They work well and they look great.

I think this is a good cooler but be aware of the trick they play. My fan motor stopped working and smelled up the house like fried wires. When I checked it out I found that the motor was fried, as I looked around for a replacement motor there where none to be found, Home Depot said you have to order it directly from Bonaire, in Australia!! I've had this cooler for a year and a half with the warranty only being 1 year. I called them, $109.99 for a new one, it was designed differently so you had to buy THERE motor, only there's. I think Bonaire needs to help out the thousands of people who buy there product, make the motor last longer or make it not so expensive and make it available.

High power fan blows the house down on high. We have installed it in a small room and it pushes the door shut so its hard to open the door but with the door open it cools more rooms. For its power you have to turn the TV up slightly if its close to your head but well worth it.
Cheap as to run. Haven't noticed any change in the electricity bill. I guess there must be some change. Totally recommend it. Put it in myself in an old air conditioner hole. Easy as. No plumber required. Just a hose to the tap. No electrician as it has a normal power plug.

I live 80km east of Perth WA were summer time gets into the mid 40's. I installed the cooler in my house last summer and have been very happy with it. It keeps the temp about 14 deg. cooler than the outside temp. I am so happy with it I have installed a second unit in the other end of my house. With two of these units at both ends of my house, I will be keeping cool this summer.

Living in the relatively dry heat of the Riverina, evaporative cooling works well. This is the first time I have ever seen an alternative to the roof "swamp box" version of evaporative cooling. We have installed it in the wall, rather than a window, and it is cooling our BIG, old, farm house very well. My only issue is that, having bought second hand (though barely used) I don't have the winter cover, and my enquiries via email to the Australian distributor, wanting to know where I can buy one, have gone unanswered.
Cools well and quickly, reliable, energy efficient
Note: Will not cool effectively in areas of humidity!