Close Comfort PC9+
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Coolzy saved me from the heat, a great product, I highly recommend it – I live in Victoria and the hot days are intolerable. I bought my first unit 5 January 2022 and love it so much I bought a second unit on 10 January. Coolzy does what it says, it cools the person down. You do need an understanding of how the product works and its use to avoid disappointment. I had to experiment with all many different placements… Read more · 1
of the unit in my bedroom and to work out the best way to channel the hot air that it produces. I noticed the second unit worked better in my living room and realised the more arid the room the better. I hope that Coolzy can come up with an adapter for the exhaust so I don't have to peg towels to my window. If used in a smaller room the exhaust air is a problem, I had to use a towel and a cardboard box to channel the hot air out of the room. Apart from that the product is really works well and gives a stream of cool air when you need it. It is portable and cheaper to run than a split air conditioner.
I love this invention – I live in Darwin, NT. We are in the wet season now so we use A/C almost 24/7. I finally bought this (the Easy Cool) after reading and watching a lot of reviews online and on YouTube. I also bought the tent and focus enhancer accessories so all in all spent $673 (shipping included). It's pricey but I've spent $500 on an evaporative aircooler… Read more
before so... This works so much better than the bulky and noisy evaporative aircooler. This is compact and really does pleasantly cool. It works best with the tent, so my 3 kids and I went glamping in our living room. My 2 yr old had a good long nap in the tent. I am using it without the tent right now in my office, and I feel comfortably cool. It's not quiet, the noise is the same as having a regular fan on, but I must say this is quieter than the big fan we have. I prefer having white noise to absolute silence. I am considering buying a second unit, that's how much I appreciate this appliance. Can't wait to use it for camping
Rubbish product – I live in the NT and waited almost two weeks from the date of purchase for the delivery of the Close Comfort cooler, by which time after trying it for two nights, it was too late to return the item for a refund according to the company's rules, which are not consistent with Australian consumer law. After trying the Close Comfort for a couple of… Read more
(sleepless) nights I gave up. It's noisy, and ineffective. it puts out as much, possibly more hot air into the room than it supplies "cool air".
In addition, the space into which the unit provides cool air is very limited so its your legs or your upper body but not both that will have a "cool" stream of air on them and only part of either, so narrow is the "cool" stream of air from the unit, even with it's vaunted "direction blade" attached.
Not sure why others are giving this product good reviews.... makes you wonder...It's a dud product for the heat of northern Australia, absolutely recommend you don't waste your money. There are far more efficient and quieter - and much cheaper ways to cool down. The company has a cheap and restrictive return policy for a poorly designed, ineffective product. My recommendation: absolutely don't buy!
Can't get through Perth summer nights without it! – I have the newer model. Great little unit, refrigerated low power 300W unit so I am happy to run it all night and it hardly costs anything. I tend to set it at 22 degrees on low fan and run for 4-5 hours until 3am when it starts getting cooler anyway. It has a directional hood on it to direct the cool air. I point it just away from me because it… Read more · 1
is too cold for me if I point it at my face. Has a water catcher but doesn't seem to collect any water. I am sensitive to noise but it is fairly quiet and offers 'white noise' to block out other sounds.
I highly recommend this unit.
Perfect! In every sense – I am very impressed with this little unit because it isn't noisy, no terrible attachments to hang out of windows and it's very simple to use. I am a pensioner, so didn't want to run up a huge electricy bill. Most importantly, it does everything that was promised. Service and delivery from staff was excellent too. Much better than any other portable air conditioner I have used. Show details · 2
Most excellent invention – What more can a pensioner with no additional income want, than an air conditioner which won't cost arms, legs, and first born, to run. I received my unit yesterday, after having ordered just the day before. Setup in my bedroom was so easy. My room is small and I only share with a cat, so the personal nature of the cooling is great... he's not… Read more · 3
very fond of normal air conditioning. The unit weighs about 17Kg and even I, weak as I am, was able to lift it from its box. It rolls easily on its castors and so will be moved from room to room as I need the additional cooling.
Overnight use: it stopped cooling and the light began flashing after about 4 hours... reason being, I had the temp set too high on the unit. I turned it off, set temp to 22C and off it went again. Perfect. Tonight, I'll remember to set the temp a couple of degrees lower than expected overnight room temp. I also had bought the cool focus gadget to increase cool flow and that was a matter of plug'n'play, and it works beautifully.
Noise levels are not intrusive. On the highest setting, it is no noisier than my pedestal fan on 2 of 4 speeds. On low, barely noticeable. Some people may find it very noisy, it will depend on what you are used to.
I'm feeling very positive about this air conditioner. I had been researching split system and ducted and apart from the general cost + install cost, the running costs seem to be reported as quite high. For some people that doesnt matter. For me, ongoing cost is a huge issue.
I'm basing this review on one afternoon and night of use, and will update it if anything changes. I don't expect that to happen. 5 stars and highly recommended for those who don't have the budget, space, or location to have anything else.
[edit] Adding a bit more, as my review has so far not yet been published. Another day on, at 36 and the Close Comfort did not falter. I had a very comfortable afternoon.
NB: This is NOT for cooling whole rooms. Its for spot cooling only. That is, you are the spot.
16th February 2020: I’ve now used this for two summers, the most recent of which was horrendously hot (temperature at my house was over 45 degrees for a week)... this a/c unit managed to allow me pleasant sleeps, even when the overnight temp would have been otherwise unbearable. Filters are easy to clean.
My only complaint would be that the light on the machine is far too bright and when it starts flashing for any reason, wakes me up. I’ve had to tape over it.
Best option for low cost, mobile air conditioning for 1 or 2 people – The Close Comfort air conditioner does exactly what it says - and does it well, although it is important to understand that it doesn't work the same way as traditional 'whole-of-room air' conditioners. 1. The cooling works well, and the air flow & speed can be easily adjusted 2. It makes about the same amount of noise as any other portable… Read more
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3. It is very portable, and can be moved around very quickly and easily
4. It is compact, and takes up very little space
5. It is very cheap to run.
The key to this product's success is understanding what it can and cannot do - and how it differs from other types of air conditioning.The key difference is that it doesn't attempt to cool the whole room - only the 1 or 2 people it is pointed at, and it vents the warm air that ir produces up to the ceiling. Depending on the size of the room, the height of the ceiling, and the ventilation, this can eventually affect the heat in the parts of the room not cooled by the Close Comfort - so that, for example, if you keep it running overnight in a small room and then turn it off in the middle of the night, the room can end up feeling much hotter than it did without the air conditioning.
However, provided you keep the room in which you are using the Close Comfort, well ventilated, it won't noticeably increase the temperature of the rest of the room.
As I live in a rented house, it has been easy to move it around, although, like ALL portable air conditioners, it is too noisy for me to sleep with at night (I'm a light sleeper).
As I write this, the room I'm in is at 29C, but the Close Comfort it is keeping me nice and cool.
Well executed – Very nice to have a low energy cost aircon for the summer, plenty of piece of mind knowing you can turn it on and not spend bucket loads. An energy consumption plug is a great addition as you get even more piece of mind, I spent more on the $20 energy monitor than power in the last two months! Know that this is a personal air conditioner, and… Read more
won't be adequate for two people unless you use the igloo tent. This fit my use case and I'm very happy with it.
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