Hessaire MC92V Evaporative Cooler 11,000 CFM,Gray

What a GREAT addition to my workshop here in the Texas Hill Country. I have a 30'x40' spray foam insulated workshop, no A/C and have been going thru one of the hottest summers yet. My neighbor bought the smaller unit for his backyard porch and it wasn't bad, but just too small for my shop so I went for the largest one they had and I was NOT disappointed.Pros:This swamp cooler is big standing at 5'0" tall with the standard wheels it comes with, 43" wide and 24" deep. This unit has three controls, one for the water pump, fan speed (low, Med, High) and a control for the Vertical Oscillating Vanes that go back and forth from left to right.What you don't see and not listed in the manual is that it has two sets of Horizontal Vanes that you can adjust independently to blow air up and the second set of Vanes to blow up or down as well, so in my case, I can have one set of vanes blowing air up at my head so to speak and another set of vanes blowing air at my stomach so to speak. You have to be very careful trying to adjust these, because they are hard to adjust and they are plastic, so if you push too hard, you may break them, but once you get them in the position you want, it works great.Fan Speeds, Honestly, I only use the low speed and its enough to keep me comfortable while working. It can be 104 degrees outside and I am comfortable working in my shop for hours and only on the low speed, but I keep it pointed at me. My work area from the fan is about 15-25' and its comfortable enough once it gets going. Since my shop is rectangular in shape, and has a large area, so I turn on my attic fan to suck out the hot air and let the cool air from the fan circulate around the bottom area and it works out great. You can see by the picture that I lower my door just enough to allow it to get the air it needs to work and keep one back door slightly open to create the airflow it requires.The unit holds a lot of water, but you will go thru a lot of water during a hot summer day, so it has a little door in the front that you can add water with a hose or bucket and it the back it has a hose connection with a floater (like a toilet tank) that you set the hose on a low setting and it keeps the fan water level at what it needs.Putting together wasn't hard, you might need an extra set of hands to flip it over to put the wheels on and then use something to help prop up the unit once you have all the wheels on, so you don't put to much pressure on the wheels when you try to stand it up.Cons:The water matts are made of corrugated paper and when you first get it and start it up it stinks like a wet dog for a long time but its the paper getting wet, but once you use it a few times, the smell goes away.The weep holes on the top of the water matts are okay the closer they are to the pump, but the weep holes furthest away from the pump don't get water and they matt stays dry. I opened the unit and took the matts out and stuck a screw driver in the holes to see if something was blocking up the holes, but there was nothing there so I think the pump is not strong enough to push the water all the way over to the furthest points. Now, with this said, I put a level on my unit and it was perfectly level, so it wasn't that the unit was off balance, again, either this is left over plastic blocking the holes or the pump is just not strong enough to flood the area with enough water.Final evaluation - Regardless of the Con I listed, I would recommend and re-purchase this unit if I had too, it has really made my life in my workshop workable. I weld, and do repair on other things and I can do this comfortably now, even in this 104 degree weather. Is it A/C, NO, Not at all, but it brings the temp down so much and over about an hour of use, the whole shop is cooler and much more tolerable. Note: you will go thru water, so you will at some point have to refill or just connect a hose at a trickle and let it keep the unit full for you.I hope this helps out. Keep COOL my Friends!

I bought this item last summer in the peak of summer here in Texas. There was very little assembly required and the product has performed flawlessly since iy was delivered.

I don’t not recommend this product, vendor, or sellerThe seller of this product will not allow a return of the product even if defective. Their return policyrequires it to be sent to the vendor. The vendor does not respond to support emails. The warrant registration web site described in the documentation does not exist.Issues• The water level regulator does not work• The fan overheats after a few hours of use.• The wheel locks don’t work.• Very cheap plastic construction.• The fit and finish is very sloppy

Cools very well with awesome air flow! You can feel it from up to 25 feet away when on high. Worked great here in the central valley of California up till the temps go over 102°, then efficiency drops considerably. But it's an evaporative cooler and they all do at those temps. This unit is very light and easy to move around on hard dirt if empty of water, and if full of water on concrete. It is not loud if on low, but on high you have to raise your voice if you are within 10 feet of it. My only real gripe is the motor rusted after only one cooling season and now is locked up after only 2 cooling seasons. If the additional 4 year warranty covers the motor then it would be well worth the extra money because the replacement motor costs more than the warranty does. Did not expect this to rust so fast being a motor supposedly designed for a damp environment, I expected the metal to be more rust resistant and was surprised that it was an open housing motor (you can see the windings) and not sealed. It is obviously not a motor designed for wet / damp environment. My other recommendation is to take a drill bit the same size as the original holes where the water drips from the top channel onto the pads and redrill / ream them out then blow out with compressed air. The manufacturing process of drilling out these holes seems to leave lots of plastic remnants which slow down or block entirely the steady stream of water. Removal of the top cover during this process will ensure that all plastic shavings are removed and can not continue to clog the holes. Other than that, it worked great, while it worked. Overall, I think it is overpriced for the quality. One could purchase a residential side draft swamp cooler for 800 dollars and with a few modifications (garden hose connection for water fill valve, caster wheels), would have a better quality product that's going to last much longer, albeit much heavier and not as portable!

Works great. It’s not going to cool like an ac but when working in a barn, point this towards the area you are working and enjoy the drop in temperature. Even in high(er) humidity environments like Texas, it’s better than any size fan that blows nothing but hot air around.Lots of talk about the castors - I think they are fine. Easy to put on and roll just fine.This unit needs to be on a very level floor to maximize the water flowing over the media. If it’s not level, you’ll see dry areas in the media.I don’t know why there is a rating for a remote. I never saw one in the unit I received.

ran cooler for a few months now, the feed hose to the filters from the pump miraculously un plugged itself at the pump. Lift hose was too short, so factory yoyo's "fixed it " by e-taping the hose to the fitting barb instead of cutting a 1/2 " hose 1/2" longer so it could seal. 110 degrees today and I have to go to the hardware store.