Chillmax Air Go - Portable, take-anywhere personal cooler

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It’s 2023, and the warm Spring Bank Holiday weekend kick started interest in this article yet again.

Unfortunately it is no different from your standard fan, I expected to fill chilled breeze not just cool aut like a normal fan. 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’). Chillmax Air's compact and lightweight design means you can enjoy cool fresh air anywhere from the bedside to the office.

So in a small room, you could easily increase the ‘ambient’ RH without any cooling at all, and that will make it feel even hotter. In practical terms, that means a fairly bulky device with a motor-driven compressor, a closed radiator for the refrigerant to pass through, a fan to suck air in and blow it across the radiator, and a wide exhaust pipe through the wall or window to get rid of the ‘removed heat’, and – in some cases – a drain for the condensed water which results from cooling the air.

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. Blowing damp air into your PC would be dangerous, potentially expensive, and would only gain you 4ºC at best. Simply set down anywhere or use the powerful clip to lock it down in your office, the nightstand, or even at the beach. This is the amount of moisture in the air expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature, hence the units %RH.Chillmax Air gives you the best features of both fans and air conditioning in one, compact unit that's also a night light. If you’ve ever used a normal desk fan you will know that you only feel cooler if you’re sweating a bit.

The special, antimicrobial filter in Chillmax Air is designed to hold water without allowing the bacteria and mould that it contains to develop and grow, it's even dishwasher-safe so you can regularly clean it and use it time after time. The filter is resistant to mould and mildew and can be put in the dishwasher to clean and sterilise it for years of use. However, it also sends the humidity up, and in most cases that actually makes you feel hotter and more uncomfortable. This removal of moisture is why the air from proper air conditioners feels crisp, as opposed to the ‘softness’ of moist air. Let’s work on the assumption that it would be able to get the same 4ºC drop no matter what the ambient temperature was.At the time of this most recent edit, it is 20 minutes past midnight on 19 July 2022 and the official Met Office temperature in Nottingham (where I am) is between 28ºC and 29ºC (it was just over 37ºC earlier on 18 July). The secret is Hydro-Chill Technology, which uses our advanced evaporative air-cooling filter and our enhanced cool-mist chamber, to pull in warm, dry air and instantly transform it into cool refreshing air! Chillmax Air turns cold water, via a special filter, into a finer mist of cool, refreshing air circulated by a fan with three speed settings.

Also technical support advice that they do not hold the filters for this model if you require a replacement, so if filter requires changing in 6 months as stated, you will not be able to purchase a replacement. 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.Unlike the ChillMax, which is the size of a small table top radio, the InstaChill is the size of a bedside cabinet.