Breezair Supercool EXS200

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.

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

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.