Uthfy Swamp Cooler Air Conditioner, Evaporative Air Cooler with 5.3 Gallon Wa...

UPDATE: 07-2026 It's been a year now and this little beauty is still going. Granted it could be a bit colder but to be honest we are in a heat wave, just like most of the world right now. This is doing the job though and my Pyrenees and I would be lost without it. Just using it in the small living room where we spend most of our time and for the most part it keeps it much cooler than a fan would. Most of the time only have it on the 2nd speed setting. I only set it on the 3rd setting when it gets later in the day. I have to say that I am honestly surprised with this cooler. Very easy to set up and fill. I have only had to use the fan at 2nd speed as it does the job on cooling own my living room. I have only had it for a little over a week now so I can't say that it will last but for the few months of the year I need it, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't last a long time. I love the fact that you can open the back to clean out the cooling pad and water tank plus it allows me to wipe off the fans as needed. For the price this is a hidden gem. The added benefit of being able to adjust the air flow is wonderful! I love it and my dogs love it so it's a Win-Win for me. The design is simple and easy to use, and so far have not had any problems with the pad being smelly. If I run into any problems, I will revisit my review but for now I am extremely pleased with this little swamp cooler.

I bought this product almost 100% sure it wouldn't work and I would have to return it. Boy was I wrong! Nobody confuses Florida with being a cool place to live, temperature-wise, but the current heat dome has made the "feel like" temperatures approaching 115. Even with 2 3-ton AC units, it's impossible to keep the inside temperature below 78. I was saving this for a power loss in case of a hurricane or bad storm, power outages during the daylight hours can be brutal. Anyway, yesterday was miserable so I set this up around 4 PM, setup was easy. I filled the tank slowly. I was worried at first because I didn't see the minimum fill line indicator changing then realized it holds 5 gallons so I just kept filling it. A word of note, when filling it, some water drops may come out the front... I was worried I was filling it wrong but it wasn't much, good idea to have a towel on the floor when filling... it's really not a lot but wet floors are bad! I had frozen the cooling pack previously. Just a note, the freezing packs are not air tight, if you squeeze them with water in them, the water will come out so freeze them upright. I plugged the unit in near my sofa (with a towel around it in case it leaked - it didn't), turned it on, turned it to cool and high and sat down and played on my tablet. It worked... I mean worked well. I had to turn the speed down because it was actually getting too cold. I am very happy with the device!! Now, I am not saying this will cool your whole house, but a small room or area where you can congregate and stay put, this will work wonders for you. A thought that may help. If you have a spare fridge (one you use just for drinks or whatever) get 5 1-gallon water bottles and keep them cold. You can obviously refill these after. The device runs air through water to cool the air, so if you have cold water I imagine the results will be even better. I have not tried this yet, I used tap water, but if you have cold water when the power goes out (and have a backup power supply) this could really help.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: I use this cooler in my garage while working on my vehicles and projects. This cooler made my life so much better. It cools down to comfortable level, without creating much humidity. It comes pretty much assembled, only wheels were required to be put on. It has various speed levels and even oscillates for the air flow. Most important, it runs quite and not loud at all. I highly recommend this cooler. Updating my review after 1 month of use- It stopped working after about a month of use. Luckily it was still in the return period, so returned it. Dont waste your time and money on this trash.

This cooler works well for it's size, but you have to understand how these coolers work and their limitations. Don't expect them to work as well as air conditioners or heat pumps (on cooling setting). Evaporative coolers work best in low humidity, dry climates, For best effect, you have to be pretty close to this. It works well placing it under my work desk, and it blows a gentle, cool breeze over my legs and body. I can leave my home office window open for fresh air, and this keeps me cool and comfortable enough so I don't have to turn on the A/C. The most negative thing about this is that it won't be easy to clean thoroughly as it doesn't have a removable tank. You pretty much have to disassemble the back and remove several screws if you really want to clean it out thoroughly. But maybe that's a job that needs to be done once a season. But for the low price and savings on A/C, this may be worth it for you. The attached video shows the upper water tray, and water flowing into the line of holes that runs down the cooler pad.

I used to live in Austin, and if you used this there, it would make you miserable. Here in the New Mexican Desert where rain is a cruel rumor, and on a damp day the humidity is 12% an hour after the rain stops, a swamp cooler blows COLD air. The little freezer bottles it comes with are silly... While the melting ice does do some good, it is a pint of phase change material? Evaporating a pint of water will do as much good, but no you have gallons of water, so that little bit of ice is a gimmick because explaining how it really works is a waste of time in a science adverse culture. We have a large bedroom, and my wife likes it really cool (~62°f) and our house AC won't go below 68°f, so this unit comes to the rescue, giving her the cool she needs, /and/ adds some needed humidity without making things wet... Even with the swamp cooler, humidity in my house is still on the low side. A bigger unit would do more, but this one is plenty for a 400sqft bedroom in the desert. Right now the dew point is 33f. That means if I can evaporate water, that water can reach close to 33f. If your dew point is 20 degrees or more below ambient, this will work pretty good. However comfort diminishes as the humidity goes up past 70%. Also, in high humidity you can cause everything to start rusting. In my house, when I run this unit, the house gets to about 35%rh. That is still dry, so I am good. In more humid areas, a swamp cooler will cause your whole house to age faster and even rot. I like a dry house, and I'm seeing 20%rh to 35%rh swings indoors, and I am happy. Outside it runs 5 to 15%... You can see rain in the sky that never makes it to the ground sometimes. Here the swamp cooler acts like full ac. So buy the largest unit you want to deal with. You must fill it and clean it, and full of water it is heavy. So plan ahead and buy a unit you can handle. This one is 5.3 gallons, and that lasts about 2.5 nights for my wife. I think it is a good size, but I lift it into and out of the shower to service it. The unit is light but 5 gallons of water is not, can you lift 5 gallons easily? That's thinking with your back... ;)

It not worth the money 💵

This "cooler" is somewhat decent, although the ice packs it comes with are simply not enough to cool the air enough to cool down a bedroom. I noticed that it evaporates a lot of water from the bin on the bottom and I find myself having to constantly refill it, which is somewhat inconvenient. Overall, I think it is okay, but I would definitely not buy another one like this.

I bought this for a basement that does not have a cooling system. I did not want to invest in a costly air conditioning system, so I would try this because of the low cost. I have been very pleasantly surprised. This unit has not had any problem keeping a 1200 square foot finished room cool. I use it in conjunction with ceiling fans and it has been great. It is in a game room with a tv and it has not caused a noise issue. I had not had to use it with the ice packs as of yet, but I will update this when the weather gets extreme. For the price, this has been a great buy.