Breezair Supercool Range

High Price, Poor Quality – Absolute garbage, has broken down twice within a year of the warranty expiring resulting in almost $1300 in repairs so far. Show details

Breeze air rubbish – Dies on a hot day, paid big money for a piece of junk!

Nice quiet unit – What a fabulous system so long as it was installed properly. It’s super quiet and easy to use. In Melbourne we average 10-15 degrees lower than the outside temp. As evening approaches we have to change to fan only to ensure it doesn’t get sticky. It’s great for cooling the kitchen after a day of cooking and baking. I’m glad we got the next size up… Read more ·  1

as on hot days, you’ll need to extra air volume. The wired controller and is reliable and easy to use. Power use is up but not unreasonable, water usage however has gone up significantly. In hindsight, I’d probably plumb the runoff into the garden instead of the guttering as it’s a waste of clean water. Overall pleased we went with this cylindrical motor and a quality local installer. Finally get one of these in winter when prices are realistic.

Do you like sweating in heat and draining your water tank dry? Well then this is the air con range for you! – Do you want an air con that will stop working and won't start again because the power went out for 10 seconds? Do you want an air con that will get close to your desired temperature and then shut off and won't turn back, even when it's 10°C hotter then when you turned it on, unless you turn the whole system off for an hour or two? What about an… Read more

air con that will get stuck in "Pre-wet" and constantly draw up water, only to spit it out at a rate of about 10lts a minute, which won't stop until you turn it off, meaning you could potentially loose hundreds if not thousands of litres of water?

If any of this sounds good to you, then an air con from the Seeley Breezair range is just what you're after. But if on the other hand, you actually want a working air conditioner that won't stuff you around, then it's probably best to avoid this whole rotten brand.

Because god forbid you want an air con that gives you cold air when you turn it on.

When it works – Had this unit for nearly 5 years. Every summer season it never fails to break down. Reasons given range from faulty connection, dirty sensors and now faulty control pad. All fixed under warranty but very frustrated with th reliability. Show details

Excellent – Wasnt sure whether to upgrade my old one that was still functioning but i am so glad i did, even though this was not the cheapest option. This is super quiet and doesnt have that old swampy smell compared with the old one. It also has automatic weatherseals and flushing - my old one needed a lot more maintenance and had to add covers in winter.… Read more

I've used it all summer and have generally kept the fanspeed to 1 - the lowest. It has kept my unit comfy and cool up to 39 degrees outside with ease and think it will also perform well if/when we get into the 40s. I am in adelaide so its not often humid - perfect for evap coolers

Very very good but – I purchased and had the breezeair supercool replace my old Bonaire. It did leak a little from the overflow pipe at first but Sealy sent someone out and sorted the problem very quickly so no complaints there. However it was installed by GasWorks modbury and what a disaster.. First it had that leak which they didn't check for, so I had to jump on… Read more

the roof and see why, straight away noticed they had replaced a broken tile with an ill fitting tile, which would have leaked, no drama I saw it and replaced it. Then when I turn on tv, no signal..so I think oh they must have moved the antenna. So next I go into roof and find out they've cut my tv antenna cable, not taken away old ducting, not put insulation back around ducting, a broken plastic junction box, minor roof crack!!! and when I go to GasWorks and complain, they come out to my home and argue with me and tell me I must have cut the antenna cable myself to get a discount... I was ropeable!!! I didn't replace cable they just screwed a joiner in..so it does now work but sometime the reception stops working and not sure it's because of joiner or not..I may need to still address this. The breezeair unit is great works very well but the installation was crap and if they didn't cut my cable I won't have checked. Crap job GasWorks Modbury, go elsewhere

Worth the extra money – I replaced a 7 year old alternative brand and thought hard given the EXS220 was at a premium price. It's worth every dollar. Firstly I was really impressed how quiet it is. On days in the high 30s I haven't had to run over fan speed 7 ( which means its still got reserve power ) and I usually turn it down after a while! When it's 37 outside it's 23 inside. My old unit never got close to the performance of this. Show details

Makes Summer Liveable – Ten out of ten. Evap unit was installed 17 Dec 2019. The harsh, dry summer heat in Wagga Wagga is unbearable. Daytime maximum temperatures hover in the mid-40s regularly. The reality of climate change is making it harder to cope in the unrelenting oven-like conditions. The Breezaire unit keeps our 3 bedroom home cooled to a liveable 23 degrees… Read more ·  1

during daytime hours. Sleeping through hot nights is now easy. Thank you Breezair for making summer liveable.

Superior and REALLY Quiet – Well you get what you pay for! All around the neighbours air coolers can be heard sucking air. The Breezair EXQ 150 I just had installed in a two bedroom unit with two large ducts in the living area, and two smaller in the bedrooms isn't heard inside or out. Its virtually silent! I cant give a heads up on its longevity, but I can say I am… Read more ·  1

thrilled here on this 39c day and my house is just sitting on a comfortable 24c just running on low (3 out of the 10 fan speeds. ) My split system struggled to do that here in a rural hot spot.

It did take a full week of giving it a run each day to remove the 'new pad' smell, and probably because the pads are thicker, but its fine now. It does have a 'pad flush' feature to speed this up, but I didn't bother it was not too bad.

You do have to be clever with all evaps how you channel the airflow. I have all mine heading down the hallway to the hottest part of the house, bathroom and bedrooms and have those windows open so it flows through the rooms taking advantage of the front room ducts, and it really responds to having large openings.

I have had another coolers (cheaper, Bonaire, not a patch on this) But mostly..ahhh...the silence! I love it. This is the quietest unit I have come across ever. And before purchase checked out all friends, family and neighbours units. Very happy!

Keeps the house cool & fresh – We've recently built a new house and have been using a portable evap cooler. It's been doing little more than our pedestal fan in the way of cooling. After another 38° day I researched evaporative systems (grew up with evaporative cooling) to find out which one would be best. Most forums I read pointed me in the direction of BreezAir so I got a… Read more ·  1

quote from a couple of local suppliers and had it installed late last week. It's still early days but we've had a couple of 40° + days and it's kept the house lovely and cool. The control panel is easy to use, and even on days when it hasn't been hot we've been using it to bring fresh air into the house. So far so good!

A massive thank you – Yesterday, today and overnight Melb was at 36-44degC and my Evap cooler kept us an our house survivable especially during 44deg,s Thursday night we kept the house at 23 deg, and we were all able to sleep well. So I thought I would take the time to say thanks for very cost effective cooling. Ps we have had a breeze air unit for over 2 decades, we did replace 8-10 years ago from the belt drive to the direct drive fan. Brilliant product  Show details ·  1

Cheap to run and efficient – Very happy with our Breezair Evap cooler! Cheap to run in our dry climates, only thing stopping me from giving it a 5 is that after the first year the drum fan failed but it was replaced under warranty very quickly. Adelaide made and owned makes it an even easier decision to go through Seeley International.  Show details ·  1

Excellent machine but its an EXH170-R – Have had the unit for 5 years and it has performed very well. Unfortunately while we were away, it stopped working right at the end of the warranty period. My 100 year old Mother In Law had a few bad days and did not know who to contact. When we got back and contacted Seeley Internationals local agents and asked for it to be repaired under… Read more ·  1

warranty, they put me directly in contact with the manufacturers and after a chat with an extremely helpful person they came to the party and charged me only for the labour.

It has been repaired by Thermelec here in Perth promptly and without fuss.

The unit is quiet, efficient and effective.

I have no interests or relationship with either of the 2 companies (Thermelec or Seeley) whatsoever.

I simply believe that good customer service should be praised when it happens. Which is a rarity.

Quality Evap – We have just recently built and installed a breezair supercool exs220 and it seems to work very well for an evap. I have lived in homes with evaps before and they usually struggle with hot days but when i come home and its mid 30's outside i can put it on flat out for about half hour and it cools the house down nicely, usually turn it down to… Read more ·  1

about midway after that and it blows pretty cold air.

You need an evap with the extra thick pads like these have. Would definitely recommend

Huge improvement – I bought and had fitted an EXS 180 to replace my 13 year old Breezair 170 model, the 170 had performed very well, but had broken down on a regular basis, and had cost thousands to keep running AFTER the initial 7 year warranty expired. The 180 surprised me by it's whisper quiet running,the controller is easy to use, and the thicker pads… Read more ·  1

certainly seem to make the house feel cooler, it's only been in 9 months so time will tell with reliability,

I am approaching retirement age, and have now decided it's cheaper to replace my roof unit every 7 years or so after the warranty runs out than to spend big $ repairing a unit. If I had had the previous unit repaired (Again.) I think my repair bill for 7 years would have exceeded $9000, and the exs 180 is definitely superior to the earlier model.

It only works if humidity is under 70 – I recently purchased and had a Breezair Supercool EXS180 installed to 5 points in my house. The installation day was on a 35 degree, after the workers installed the unit. I felt the Breezair was quiet and made very little noise, and it actually did the job pretty well. The rooms were cool and when the outside temperature reached 35 the inside… Read more

temperature was only 23 degrees and we were running the unit at a low fan speed setting.

I live in Melbourne, we had a week that the humidity (80) and temperature were very high. No matter how low you set, you still felt the heat. If I could choose it again, I would go for air conditioners.

Sharing My Experience: I wrongly selected an oversized model – I replaced the faulty evaporative cooler about a week ago with a BreezeAir after speaking to a few installers and obtaining a few quotations. Braemar LCQ, BreezeAir EXQ & EXS models were recommended to me. The proponents for LCQ550 were on high airflow; BreezeAir EXQ190/210 on quietness & energy efficiency, and EXS200/220 on quicker cooling on top… Read more

of EXQ's.

I selected EXS220 which has all the features of all those recommended models (high airflow, quietness, energy efficiency, quicker cooling). And I thought the models would be consuming the same amount of energy if I throttled the airflow by varying the fan speeds (running the bigger unit at lower fan speed, or running the smaller unit at higher fan speed for the same amount of cooling and energy consumption). This was where I went wrong.

I now learned that I should have calculated what airflow (L/sec) my house needed, not just the number of air vents on the ceiling. Borrowing from HVAC guide for public space air refreshment rate of 1 time every 4 minutes, for 1 cubic metre of room space, the airflow is 4.2 litres per second. If a house space is 200 sqm with a ceiling height of 2.5m, the estimated air flow will be 2,100 litres per sec. This information would have guided me to select EXQ170, or EXS180 (quicker cooling), or LCQ350 basing on the nearest lower advertised airflow values because there was no need to move more air than necessary (toilets, bathrooms, wardrobes, pantry, store room space could be excluded). This mean I could have selected a model 2 sizes smaller than the one I installed. Even if I had wanted to be on the safe side, I could still have selected one size smaller.

An oversized unit means it is an energy guzzler. It was like buying a truck when an ute was sufficient. But when I was deciding which model to install, I was afraid that I selected a small hatchback when an ute was required.

I checked the power meter reading over a few days after the installation, I came to realize that the big power fan motor consume a lot of power even at very low fan speeds. The power consumption is so high that it is many times more than a dollar a day to run.

Airflow should have been my only selection criterion. If I had known and used the HVAC guide for air refreshment rate, I would have selected sufficient airflow with a fan motor half the power rating of the one I had installed.

I hope you will find my sharing helpful. After all, we don't buy evaporative cooler every day, and the next time I will make such a decision again will probably 10+ years later .....

February 1st 2018 Update: More Feedback after a Week of Use: Some Deficiencies

I last shared about selecting an oversized model. After a week of use, the unit does what it is supposed to do well - cooling. I now found out it consumed more than 1 unit (1 kWh) of electricity per hour to run even at very low fan speed at night. And I also discovered a few deficiencies:

1. The MagiQTouch controller in the Program Mode stops airflow completely when the room temperature reaches the pre-set temperature. After a while, the air becomes stuffy and loses that feeling of coolness. It will be ideal if there is still some airflow to keep the air moving and fresh at very low fan speed.

2. Because the Program Mode and the Manual Temprerature Mode stop the airflow completely when a a pre-set temperature is reached, I switch to the Manual Fan Mode. But the Manual Fan Mode does not allow me to set Auto-On & Auto-Off time. Very much unlike the split type air-conditioner's controller which I can set auto-on/off time and everything else. The irritation is that I have to get up in the middle of the night to switch off the unit when it gets too cold on the Manual Fan Mode.

3. When I registered my warrranty on the breezeair.com.au website, it asked for the model of the MagiQTouch Controller (whether HomeMaker or Harmony). I cannot verify which model I have from the owner's manual, the user instructions, the website, the product brochures or the google search engine. I did not ask the installer because the tax invoice just state MagiQTouch Controller, no mention of which model.

Worthless piece of junk – I bought a brand new system - Breezair - EXS220G, the one their agent recommended, i paid the price he asked for in full, and the system did not even last 3 weeks. Worst service ever. The further worst part is that they did not even have technicians available to come same day or even next day, to look at the brand new system, which further… Read more

makes me believe that i have been conned into buying a low quality crap product with no support.

After the technician came, he was not sure what’s wrong as well, so he changed the digital panel. Guess what, after 2 days it stops working again. And the cycle of lodging a complaint with installer starts again.

Do not buy anything from Breezair.

Whisper quiet and Effective – I recently purchased and had a Breezair Supercool EXS180 installed to 5 points in my house, it replaced an old Brivis Sundowner which was 30 years old. The difference I noticed immediately was the Breezair was quiet and made virtually no noise so we could sleep and run the unit on hot nights. The rooms were cool and when the outside temperature… Read more

reached 34 the inside temperature was a mild 22.5 degrees and we were running the unit at a low fan speed setting. The overall cost of the Breezair was about 10% higher than other brands. The reviews for this model v's the other brands showed the Breezair was far superior. SO we felt the money was well spent.

Super unreliable Evap, buy it if you only want it for 5 years – Don't get fooled by the hardware advance over normal fan type. It's true- quieter, but 5 years of pretty much standard reliability is just not good enough to choose Breezair. When you buy almost most expansive unit in market, you should at least get average life out of the unit. Ask any Breezair owner - they'll tell you average 5 years life out… Read more

of their units. Mine just conveniently died 3 months after warranty, blown controller receiver board and motor, only pump and drain valve working. Besides my Breezair never can compete with other medium price range brand in cooling.

There is no such thing as fresh air being blown into the home – After a lot of research I also decided to purchase the above with the MagIQtouch controller. I won't start with the spill of not being affiliated with any company etc, etc.. as when you read this you'll see it's come from a genuine user/purchaser. I have 3 young children at home and didn't like having a refrigerated unit as it tends to dry… Read more

your eyes, nose, skin etc. This unit does work well and puts moisture into the house which works very well on hot dry days.

Unfortunately the trade off is the unit doesn't perform well on humid days as it makes everything feel damp.

As I live in SA the days are usually hot and dry so only doesn't perform for a small number of days over the summer.

As the summer is very hot and dry there is a lot of dust in the atmosphere hence why you'll never be able to blow fresh air into the house. I recently took the vents off and cleaned them as there was a lot of black dust from the summer weeks on them. This is not really noticeable until they are removed but it's the same dust that will enter your house anyway by opening your windows. It's just with the Evap you are blowing more in as it draws air from outside in. So I disagree with the claim of fresh air entering but it works better for us as a family as the children are always in and out over the summer.

The MagIQtouch Controller is very user friendly but if you read other reviews on this as I did you'll see the main negative is the software the unit is installed with is a bit dated for 2016 as it sometimes doesn't register your touch and you have to press it a few times. This is the only main annoying thing about it. Apart from that it's worked well so far.

Regardless of the settings you use as you can choose to set the unit at 18 degrees or just manually control the fan you'll never be able to achieve the 18 degrees with the Evap. I tried the temp setting at first and now only use the manual fan setting to blast the heat out first on hot days and then turn it down once achieved. Again realistically even though this unit is a Supercool with thicker pads it is good and does blow cool air but will only get the temp of the house down to about 10 degrees cooler than the outside temp. So again works great for the 30's days but once it goes into the 40 above it will start to struggle. However, is much better than having nothing and again I am not a fan of the alternative so this will come down to personal choice.

It also doesn't cost as much to run but you will see a hike in your water bill.

Overall I am glad we installed the unit but the reality of these things when you read the glossy mags and ads never live up to expectation.

Reconsider Evaporitive Coolers, this unit is amazing – I’ll start with letting you know that I am in no way affiliated with any company that supplies, sells manufactures or has anything to do with any coolers at all. I am just a guy that spent a few months researching and analysing and eventually purchased an evaporative cooler. If you are in the market for a cooler, seriously consider the Breezair… Read more

Supercool range.

I have two young kids that don’t like the heat, so I sought quotes to cool my house with an appropriate ducted system. I didn’t care what the system was it just had to work.

The living area of my house is 176 square meters. I wanted 8 outlets of varying sizes throughout the house. We are in Canberra so our options were open to either refrigerated reverse cycle as well as evaporative. Both coolers work really well in Canberra due to the dry heat we get in summer.

I received quotes from five different companies offering their in house selections of refrigerated split systems as well as evaporative coolers.

The choices I had were:

1. Replace my ducted gas heater with a reverse cycle refrigerated system.

2. Retain the gas and add on a ducted evaporative cooler.

Option 1 meant that I either had to install a unit that was not capable of heating and cooling my house, or pay close to $2000 to have three phase installed at my house. Either way, it would have cost between $12,000 and $20,000 all up for a range of models.

Apparently, these units are cheaper to run (but not as effective as gas) in winter than the ducted gas which is a bonus and in summer they are really cool (but expensive to run) provided you seal the house and stop the sun coming in the windows.

Option 2 meant I did not need three phase power at home. I could install a unit that would just do, or upgrade two sizes larger for a small amount more. Quotes I received were between $4500 and $6500 for a range of models.

The Supercool range is supposedly the cheapest evap to run electricity wise, and apparently the water usage is very reasonable as well. Again, you do need to stop the sun from coming in the house for it to be really effective but you can (actually must) leave windows open to let the hot air out.

I was very dubious initially with going the evap route, as my experience with them is that they don’t cool very well and the house always feels sticky and humid. Further investigations and enquiries show that that is from improper use of the coolers (not having enough windows or doors open) and not the coolers themselves.

We almost went with the $20k reverse cycle until the dealer advised us that we would have to seal all of the windows as well as keep the blinds down and doors shut during summer for it to work effectively. Also, as it recycles air, you don’t get any fresh air like you would with an evap.

We ended up going with the Breezair Supercool EXS200 for a number of reasons.

- All ducted evaporative coolers are really good when used properly. The small mobile units are absolute rubbish compared to this.

- Breezair (from my own personal research and conclusion) appears to be the market leader. I am happy with my decision, though I am lead to believe a lot of other brands are good too.

- The EXS range has amazing technology. The Direct drive motor being the standout which is very quiet and maintenance free. At the highest fan speed, the Breezair was as quiet as the equivalent Braemar on its lowest fan speed (as witnessed in a side by side comparison on the Scandia showroom floor). Thicker pads which equals better cooling.

- The house is always full of fresh air (any ducted evap would do this)

- We can open windows and doors to let in natural light and not worry about kids not closing the doors behind them. (any ducted evap would do this)

- You can select to have the cooler running or just the fan to draw in cool air from outside to save water. (any ducted evap would do this)

- With the MagIQ touch controller you can either use the thermostat to control to a set temperature or set to a certain fan speed.

- The company that we purchased from. Again no affiliation. Scandia at Fyshwick were fantastic to deal with. The sales staff were very patient with my numerous questions. They confirmed what I had read about evap coolers and their quote was for a system that was bigger than what I needed not what would get the sale. They were not the cheapest and not the most expensive. They quoted me on the EXS180, EXQ190 and the EXS200. There was only about $200 between the three. Apparently the Breezair model numbers loosely represent the square metres that unit should be able to cool in a perfect world. I.e. EXS180 could cool a 180m2 house. Other companies were quoting me on units that were only suitable for 150-180m2 houses. Not big enough.

- The Breezair Supercool has no maintenance. At the end of the season you drain the water pipe to stop the unit freezing, but no getting on the roof to clean pads or put covers on it.

I have now had my unit in for a month and absolutely love it. The kids sleep better at night in a cool house. I can set for a temperature and forget it or I can crank it when I get home to blow the hot air out of the house really quickly. I leave all of the windows and doors open and it works even better. I can enjoy the sunshine and natural light in the best part of the year and not worry about blowing out on electricity bills. Best of all, and I’m not sure if it just the Supercool that does it, it actually feels like refrigerated air a lot of the times. It really feels that cold. I highly recommend this unit. It looks great, it’s easy to use and cools the house perfectly. Scandia in Fyshwick are highly recommended also.

My advice, go one size larger than you think or two if you can afford it.

On another note, the wife hates the unit. She now has to wear a jumper and track pants around the house when it is 30+ degrees outside.

Enjoy.