| 141 of 148 people found the following review helpful  PACKA50 Review, By This review is from: KuulAire PACKA50 Portable Evaporative Cooling Unit with 350 Square Foot Cooling Capacity, 475 CFM (Tools & Home Improvement) I think the KA50 does a great job at what its designed to do. Since I live in Arizona, it is very dry here. I end up using it all year round. In the summer its used to cool the house down and the winter to add humidity to the air since its on the extreme side of dry. When the manufacture states 350 sq ft, they mean it.Since it does hold a lot of water it can be a pain to fill so I use a hose from my laundry sink. If you don't have one you can use a fish water siphon in reverse direction. There is a meter that tells you how much water is in the unit (Min - Max). It's just a float connected to a piece of plastic pushing the meter up. FYI if the unit is empty or very low, the float can tend to get stuck and end up overfilling the unit because it will still say Min when its full. A simple tap on the machine looses the float and you are good to go. Something to keep in mind but wouldn't deter me from buying. The unit has 5 casters on it and move with little... Read more 65 of 72 people found the following review helpful Think carefully about what you're going to use this for, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: KuulAire PACKA50 Portable Evaporative Cooling Unit with 350 Square Foot Cooling Capacity, 475 CFM (Tools & Home Improvement) I compared air conditioners vs air coolers for days before finally deciding upon the KuulAire PACKA50. Based on the features, cost and reviews, the KuulAire PACKA50 seemed to be the best choice. Honestly, a true air conditioner would provide a sure solution to a heat problem but in addition to costing around 50% more than air coolers, with true air conditioners, you must run an exhaust duct from the portable unit to the outside. The only option for doing that in the living room area of my home would require spending an additional $150 plus for a 'pet door' attachment to the sliding glass door.The KuulAire PACKA50 arrived earlier than the estimated delivery date. Simply take it out of the box, add water and plug it in. The unit has a pretty strong fan and seemed to work well. Within a couple of days however, I knew that it would not be adequate for the problem I was trying to solve. I purchased the KuulAire PACKA50 to be used inside my indoor grow tent. The grow tent was... Read more 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful  The right product for the right place, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: KuulAire PACKA50 Portable Evaporative Cooling Unit with 350 Square Foot Cooling Capacity, 475 CFM (Tools & Home Improvement) I'm not surprised by the bipolar ratings for the Kuulaire. Correlate rating versus geography.I bought two of these (the KA50). They've both been great. Let me give you some advice if you're thinking about it. First - live west of the 100th meridian and east of the Sierras. Second - use it only when the outside relative humidity is below 30%. Three - provide some source of outside intake air (it doesn't have to be close - just on the intake side) and allow air to escape to the outside (on the cool side of the unit). The last may be counter intuitive (letting in two sources of hot outside air) but if you don't do it, the humidity increase in the area you're trying to cool will decrease efficiency of the unit dramatically. The smell goes away after about 50 hours of use. I also have a KA40 and it's too small to handle anything but a small room (less than 300 ft. sq.). Enjoy this in Arizona and forget it in Alabama. |
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