COOLS AND HUMIDIFIESChillmax Air gives you the best features of both fans and air conditioning in one, compact unit. If you’re evaporating more water to get better cooling on larger devices, you’re also producing a lot more water vapour, so the cooling effectiveness will decrease as the humidity rises unless you vent it somehow. If you believed the ads, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re going to get frostbite if you sit too close. The unit consists of a reservoir at the top, which you fill with normal tap water, and this drips down on to a radiator unit which has ten sideways-stacked fibre panels in it through which a fan blows air. In the right light, you can actually see it – it’s essentially fog, so the cooled air is also moistened.

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is the new and improved personal cooler that turns water, via a special, silver-infused filter and specially designed diffuser, into a fine mist of cool, refreshing air circulated by a fan with four speed settings. Cool down this season with the incredibly designed Air Cooler and Humidifier, compact in size making it perfect for your personal space whether it's your work desk or bedside table. gives you the best features of both fans and air conditioning in one, compact unit that’s also a night light. I fired up my trusty data logger and left it in front of my desk fan for 30 minutes for the control data.

Conversely, if the surrounding air is very humid, then no matter how powerful your fan is, you will feel little or no cooling because sweat can only evaporate if the air has capacity to hold additional moisture (I’ll explain that a bit more later, because it’s what determines whether the Chillmax is any good). The special, antimicrobial, silver-infused filter in Chillmax Air Pure Chill is designed to hold water without allowing the bacteria and mould that it contains to develop and grow, it’s even washable so you can regularly clean it and use it time after time. If you’ve ever used a normal desk fan you will know that you only feel cooler if you’re sweating a bit.

In winter, the condensation point is reached very easily, which is why you get your windows all steamed up and everywhere is often damp, but in hotter weather it is more appropriate to think ‘sauna’ (which is why it gets ‘muggy’). If you test it when it’s only 20 ºC outside – as many of these people have – then yes, it blows noticeably cooler air at you. The temperature of the air that comes out depends on the temperature (and humidity) of the air going in, and the science of evaporation. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.

At any temperature, once you reach the maximum amount possible, any extra vapour condenses out as liquid water – misted up windows, dampness, even drips and pools of moisture on window sills or under lamp posts. However, ether is both highly flammable and toxic, so apart from demonstrating it in the school lab (where I remember the fumes gave me a massive headache), it doesn’t have much practical application these days. The top-fill water reservoir, combined with the filter, means you can rely on Chillmax Air Pure Chill to run for a whole night’s sleep, or an entire working day in a hot stuffy office, breathing in cool, humid air! m. This portable air conditioner combines style and efficiency, making it suitable for placement in .Unlike fans that just move warm air around your room, or air conditioning units that cost the earth, Chillmax Air Pure Chill 2. QVC is not responsible for the availability, content, security, policies, or practices of the above referenced third-party linked sites, nor liable for statements, claims, opinions, or representations contained therein. This removal of moisture is why the air from proper air conditioners feels crisp, as opposed to the ‘softness’ of moist air. None of the conclusions I arrived at were influenced by any other sources – I didn’t look it up first, nor have I had any inclination to do so since I first wrote the article.

The ambient temperature where I ran the test was about 29ºC (this was just before the 2019 heatwave kicked in properly). ADJUSTABLE THREE-SPEED WHISPER-QUIET FANChillmax Air uses a super-quiet fan set within its sound-protective casing so the noise you hear is minimal, and with three settings you can have the perfect amount of cool, moist air with the least amount of noise. The air did seem a little cooler compared with what my desk fan was blowing at me, but it also felt ‘softer’ – that’s very important, and I’ll explain later.It has a large capacity water reservoir which you simply fill with water, plug into any standard wall socket and enjoy!