Comments on: Cool Surge – what’s up with that?

By: Fred (Plant)

Fred (Plant) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:34:27 +0000

I should have known better; I usually check feedback from others. This time I didn’t; oooops!
I live in a mobile home and as you know there is not much insulation in the ceiling (if any), so they heat up fast and get hotter than it actually is outside. When it’s 90 outside, on a sunny day, the temp goes over 100 without AC running. I thought I might save a littlt bit of my cooling costs. What a mistake. Here in Florida, it doesn’t pay to make a mistake.
I even tried to make it more efficient; so I filled the bin with ice cubes, laid the frozen blocks on top of the ice, then poured in cold water that I had in the fridge to top it off. Well, the breeze felt nice for awhile, but with room temps over 90, it doesn’t take very long for the ice to melt. It’s not an insulated compartment. I checked the rear of the cabinet and found that they have a woven wick that runs from the top of the cabinet all the way down to the bottom of the water bin. Sure didn’t take a genius to design this. So, all I have now is 2 fans in very fancy cabinets. Nobody’s fault but mine; they didn’t force me to buy them. Hope this helps somebody else from making the same mistake. They didn’t even send an invoice showing the tax and the shipping charges. I sent them an email and asked for it. I know; don’t hold my breath. Duh!!!!

By: Jaynie

Jaynie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:42:57 +0000

Yes, I just received mine today and there were no instructions in the box so I came online to look for them. As with others, I asked approximately how many btu’s was it equal to or how large a room would it cool and finally got a guess, I think.

After reading through these, I am now on the phone after finally finding the number in one of these posts and am currently on hold for the longest, but I am persistent.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:27:16 +0000

I am so glad I ran into this website. I, like a few others here was about to buy a Cool Surge. Actually 3. I always check stuff out via testimonials. I too have an a/c on the blink and actually dying and cannot afford the 5k for an entire new system, esp. for a house that will be just a weekender. Nonetheless, won’t be buying these suckers! Thanks again!

By: Rose Ann

Rose Ann — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:09:57 +0000

I live in Southern CA; the temp in August runs into the 100’s. Central Air costs us(3 Bedrm &
2 bathrm house) around $360.00 in Gas & Electric
I just bought the Cool Surge. I don’t expect it
to cool down the entire house; just my bedroom and maybe the family room. If this turns out to
be cost effective so much the better.

By: Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:49:39 +0000

As the Consumer Reports piece notes, this scam item does provide some MINOR cooling from evaporation as well, but not enough to cool a room a most cases you’d what to. Worse, the process of freezing the packs in your frig actually creates more heat in your house! See also http://greenhomesamerica.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/another-scam%e2%80%94the-cool-surge-portable-air-cooler/. And DO NOT BUY ONE!

Thanks,
Mike

By: mike

mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:47:36 +0000

Hey nice catch on this scam. Live in a retirement community here and this ad was in our “Daily Sun”. There are some MONSTERS out there preying on anyone they can get there hands on.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:06:44 +0000

Thank you so very very much for the truth. I was almost taken in by the ad. I did call and the woman I spoke with could not tell me what the minimum sq ft one of these would cool. I was still considering it because my a/c was on the blink and I couldn’t get it fixed right away. I decided to look on line to see if there were any comments about the product when I was directed to this web site. Once again thank you all so very much for your correct version of this product.

By: chad

chad — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:05:35 +0000

if you are too stupid to use the cool surge, sorry, because this thing really works, and also has a 4094 BTU heater also. Not to mention the ionizer. By the way you idiots your freezern works less the more things that are in it. I freezer removes heat and the fuller your freezer is the more energy effecient it is

By: rd

rd — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:39:09 +0000

When you stick something warm in your freezer it raises the temp and sets off the compressor – using electricity. The real issues are that this thing is not an efficient air conditioner and the adds are totally misleading.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:07:32 +0000

I do have one comment, you say that it uses energy up by using your freezer… do you not keep your freezer on LOL