I have been looking at getting aircon in shed for a few years. This year i bit the bullet. After shopping around and looking at various options i went with this unit. Portable fridge untits were too small for shed, i didn't want to put in a split system unit. Works well. Also used under patio area when cooking bbq, so it is a bonus being portable.

The normal situation in our house near Cooma is 27 degrees inside and 45 pc humidity, and 37 degrees and 10 pc humidity outside. There is no way this unit drops the temp by even 5 degrees so what is the point of introducing hot dry air from outside as you are supposed to do? Why sit in an opened up house at 32 degrees when if you didn't it would be 27 degrees. This unit is only of benefit in an outdoor environment which kind of negates the reason we bought it. Fine for the Nullarbor Plain sitting under a tree, but for a house forget it. This baby is headed for eBay asap.

This will blow you away, I've had the unit for a year or more and in South Australia where the temperature hits 40 c+ it works very well. I use the unit outdoors and in my rather large shed 150 square meters, also at times in the house, placing the unit in the laundry to blow down the hall and cool the rear of the house. As it moves a lot of air it's quite noisy but that's to be expected with the size of the fan. As with all water coolers does not work well in humid conditions but in the dry heat of SA it's fantastic. Great for cooling down large outdoor under cover areas, large water tank means you don't have to fill often and a connector for a hose if you need to keep it running for extended periods.

The key to evaporative coolers is water consumption- the higher the better. On a hot day (40"c 14%RH) this unit uses a little over 7 litres per hour, approx equiv to 13,500 BTU/HR from a compressor model.

Fitted with a powerful 5 blade 17" fan it provides a large volume of cooled air ( rather than cold ) at a temperature of 26-27'C on a hot day. On milder days expect temperatures round 22-23'C.

Being at floor level it is simple to add ice to the sump water on hot days, which enables this unit to out- perform virtually any air conditioner.
economy, simplicity
cost- you can buy a powerful compressor model for the same price