Aldi Portable Air Cooler
Need to cool down your space but the desktop air cooler wasn’t big enough and you don’t have a window to vent a portable air conditioner? This Easy Home Portable Air Cooler could be the answer. This air cooler uses evaporative cooling and a fan to keep you nice and cool. It will be available the week of July 27, 2022 as and Aldi Find for $79.99. Since it is an evaporative cooler you will need to add water to the 1.45-gallon tank before using. It also includes ice packs to cool it down a bit more.
With any evaporative cooler (also called a swamp cooler) it will increase humidity in the air as it cools it down. In some areas that could be a downfall because it won’t be as effective in high humidity areas. You also probably want to have some ventilation going through the area you are cooling since it will increase humidity. If you live in a humid climate you are probably going to have better luck with a portable air conditioner or window AC unit because they will cool the air and reduce humidity.
EasyHome Portable Air Cooler
- Price: $79.99 (2022, prices may vary)
- Available: 7/27/2022
- Reduces temperature through water evaporation
- Three fan speeds: low, medium and high
- Three fan modes: normal, natural, sleep
- Timer options: 30 minutes, 1, 2, 4 hours
- Includes remote control and ice packs
- Touch sensitive control panel
- Removable Filter included
- Low water alarm
- Swing function
- Built-in handles on the side to easily move it
- Four castors/rollers for easy transportation
- 1.45-gallon tank
- Dimensions: 11.8 inch (W) x 29.1 inch (H) x 10.6 inch (D)
- Aldi Product Code: 816110
Is It A Good Deal?
If you have figured out an evaporative air cooler is what you need you will have to decide if the Easy Home Air Cooler is the right one for you. Unfortunately on the Aldi website there are not a lot of details about how much cooling this provides. Other models usually list a CFM or the square footage of the room it will cool. That makes it a little harder to make direct comparisons but there are a few options that look like they could be similar.
If you want to stay with a name brand option you can take a look at the Frigidaire Evaporative Cooler. You should also check out their map if you need to figure out if an evaporative cooler would work in your area. Another popular option is the hOmelabs Evaporative Cooler which claims to cool up to a 200 square foot room. They also show a map that is a bit different than Frigidaire’s so you may want to cross reference them if you aren’t sure if it would be good for your location.
Easy Home Evaporative Cooler Reviews
I got one of these
I got one of these used and it didn’t come with a manual. Could someone please share with me the operating manual? Thanks!
This is not the right way to do evaporative cooling!
You must use evaporative cooling on fresh incoming air, while exhausting an equal flow of humid air. If you just run it in your room, it will cool for a short time, then get humid and stop cooling effectively, and you will be in a hot steamy room. Mold will likely happen. Evaporative cooling is great when done well, in a HOT DRY CLIMATE. Southwest and West U.S.
I got these for a steal and love them.
First the downside, it uses a gallon and a half of water every 16-24 hours and the lights bounce around when off.
The good stuff is it is much cooler than a fan, easy to fill + clean, the sound is soothing, and while on you can turn the lights off to help sleep.
I use this anytime it is hot outside, I am feeling warm, and when I sleep.
Amazing Deal!!!
I got this baby on clearance from Aldi for $10.81. I have a large media room that I watch movies in, so when I built it I did not put any windows in.
Since the room is so large and on the far end of my house my central a/c has a hard time reaching back there.
I can’t put a portable a/c in their because you need to port it out the window to release the water condensation.
So this little unit is a life saver. Going in, I knew it was not going to be as cold as a refriderated unit but should be better than a regular box fan.
This little unit cools wonderfully! The water supply lasts a long time and it has made a huge difference, and I still cannot believe the price I got it for. They had the portable a/c units for $50 each, wish I could have got there in time for one of those as well.
Love Aldi.
