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In closing, if this review actually gets published and your reading it with the intention of buying one, save your money and either spend it on a regular fan, or cough up extra for a cheap AC unit. I started it up and ran it on high speed. To start with I could barely feel any breeze from 7-8' away, especially compared to my 20 year old fan with the cover removed. I monitored my weather station closely, and by the hour mark the temp hadn't gone down by even 0.1c in a standard size room. The ice bottles had completely defrosted after 30 minutes and the water was at room temp. Even sat fairly close I could feel no discernible difference. Certainly nothing compa rable to the AC in my car, which delightfully chills you to the bone when your roasting. I had realistic expectations this air cooler would help reduce the temperature, even by a small amount on a hot day. I set it all up after thoroughly reading the instructions. Put the ice bottles in the freezer and patiently waited several hours for them to freeze. Then I added cold water I'd previously chilled in the fridge.