Bonaire Winter i Portable Evaporative Air Cooler $299 (Save $300) + Shipping @ Dick Smith / Kogan

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deanmoriarty on 19/12/2021 - 16:58 dicksmith.com.au (519 clicks)
Last edited 19/12/2021 - 18:42 by 1 other user

The Bonaire Winteri Portable Air Cooler is designed to cool today’s open plan homes and outdoor living areas up to 130m³. The air cooler is quiet, environment friendly and very economical to run.
For rooms up to 130m³
Large 56L water tank capacity
Feather touch digital control panel with 3-speed function
Full function remote with off timer
High efficiency 4-side honeycomb filter pads for better cooling
i-Pure Technology for multi-stage air purification
Empty water tank alarm
Low power consumption
With inbuilt remote dock
SMPS protects from voltage fluctuations
Cool flow dispenser for better cooling
Multi-directional wheels for mobility
Continuous water supply

$399 at Bunnings:

https://www.bunnings.com.au/bonaire-56l-winter-56i-portable-…

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  Muscles on 19/12/2021 - 17:04

  +2

  You’re better off getting a portable aircon…
  These don’t do much

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    bargaino on 19/12/2021 - 17:17

    Or a fan. These things are rather useless, unless you can sit them in a window and draw fresh air from outside.

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    Dmz111 on 19/12/2021 - 18:46

    +1

    It depends where in Australia you live. Agree that they don't do much in the humid climates near the coast. Almost every house in Canberra relies on evaporative cooling and it is incredibly effective whenever the relative humidity is less than 50% (which is almost never in Sydney or Brisbane).

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      TEER3X on 19/12/2021 - 20:10

      +1

      Yeah nah no one said evap coolers don't work, all that was said is portable evap coolers don't really work, which is true.

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  Splurge on 19/12/2021 - 17:05

  For a device claiming to be environmentally friendly, it'd be nice to know more about it's Power consumption than:

  "Power Consumption - Low"

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    scrimshaw on 19/12/2021 - 18:48

    +2

    The only moving electrical parts of an evap cooler is only a fan and a water pump. The rest of the electronics are negligible on power draw.

    Here's an exploded diagram of an evap cooler.

    The energy usage of an evap cooler is really quite low, it's slightly more than an ordinary floor fan or air purifier but much less than an air conditioner.

    If you live in a geographical region where hot dry air is common this will work fine, but if you live in a humid coastal region like Sydney then evap cooling will do nothing but make the already humid air even more humid.

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    alvian on 20/12/2021 - 16:43

    Rated power 190W (page 5 of manual or page 7 of PDF)

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  voteoften on 19/12/2021 - 17:13

  $102 delivery to WA

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    deanmoriarty on 19/12/2021 - 17:15

    +1

    Bunnings price match?

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  [Deactivated] on 19/12/2021 - 17:39

  +3

  Isn't Delonghi portalbe AC much better?

  https://www.delonghi.com/en-au/paccn93eco-pinguino-portable-…

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    11CENTS on 19/12/2021 - 18:43

    +2

    Definitely!
    General rule is portableAC better than evaporative unit, with a context of ability to lower room temperature.

    Afaik, in a humid day, evaporative is not going to work as well as AC (portable or split)
    An evaporative unit increases the humidity to give a "cooler" feeling.

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    krisspy on 19/12/2021 - 19:53

    Portable air cons have a fundamentally flawed design. Before they used to have units with 2 hoses, intake and exhaust.

    Now portable acs are designed to suck the cold air inside, cool the compressor then spit it outside, causing more hot air to flow into the room. I had a portable unit and on a 30 degree day, it got the ambient downs to 25 at best. You end up just sitting in front of it to cool yourself.

    I eventually modified it with an intake hose and it managed to hit 20s on a hot day

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      TEER3X on 19/12/2021 - 20:11

      I thought there are models that still have 2 hoses? I definitely wouldn't be buying one if not.

      Window units are much better anyway, but obviously not for everyone.

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      [Deactivated] on 19/12/2021 - 20:28

      I see your point. I guess that one should be good enough for me based on your comments.

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        krisspy on 19/12/2021 - 22:41

        The issue is, the unit never hits the target temp. So you have an ac cranking non stop, it's noisy as hell and will chew through electricity, imagine getting a 2400watt unit, that's like 60cents an hour to run on peak

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      naruto128 on 20/12/2021 - 13:33

      would you elaborate on how you modified it?

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        krisspy on 21/12/2021 - 06:49

        +1

        Just create a shroud over the intake on the ac unit and seal it with duct tape. Add an extra hose and cut out intake hole on the window attachment.

        You want the ac sucking air outside, not the cold air inside.

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    darkmattersunB6c0MV on 01/02/2022 - 13:02

    Interesting. I thought that the exhaust for an ac had to be outside the room to be cooled- same way as opening a door on a refrigerator cannot be used as an AC and will not cool the room.
    It is a portable AC , which is all inside the room.
    Wonder where is the exhaust hot air being discarded?
    Thanks.
    Edit : for the portable AC Delonghi

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      [Deactivated] on 01/02/2022 - 19:01

      This comes with a window kit which allows the hot air to be pumped out of the room. I bought two if them, they are just a little bit noisy. So far super happy with them.

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  B Wat on 19/12/2021 - 17:59

  +2

  Love evap cooling!

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    voteoften on 19/12/2021 - 19:14

    +2

    I do too. Much cheaper to run.

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    MAB on 19/12/2021 - 21:07

    Nothing quite like it. 40 degree day. Get it down to a nice warm 30 with humidity higher than the inside of your jocks running a marathon. Plus really revives memories of the butterfly enclosure at the zoo or the steaminess of a sauna. Amazing technology the old swamp box.

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  TEER3X on 19/12/2021 - 20:13

  +2

  Bonaire actually make evap window units, which work really well (not sure if they make them to sell here)… I bought one while living overseas and was happy to know that it was an Australian made product.