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The living conditions in a hot, dry climate can be uncomfortable to say the least and finding ways to make your home a more pleasant environment can help to make things more bearable. Portable swamp coolers are a device that can help and these can make the living conditions in a room a little less unpleasant such that weather conditions do not impact too much on your comfort.

Swamp coolers have long been considered one of the best ways to cool a home in dry climates as opposed to using air conditioners. The benefit of swamp coolers is that they add humidity to the air as well as cooling it and this can result in a more comfortable atmosphere for a home in locations which experience hot and dry climates.

Swamp coolers basically use evaporation as a means of cooling and humidifying air. They typically comprise water which is held in fibrous pads. When hot air is taken into the device it is passed through the pads and using simple evaporation the temperature of the air is reduced and humidity is added. The resulting air is then passed into a room to help cool it and make it less dry. While full home systems are available, it is also possible to purchase portable swamp coolers and these can be useful when you are looking to cool a single room.

There are obvious advantages to using portable swamp coolers. In many cases only a single room requires to be cooled in a home such as during the night when a bedroom may be the only room that needs to be made comfortable. This can be more affordable than using a full home system. A portable swamp cooler is easy to move around and this means it can be taken to locations such as a garage or basement where ducting for a full home system may not have been included.

When looking to purchase portable swamp coolers you will need to consider the size of the rooms in which it will be used. Most portable units are rated to work efficiently up to a certain area and it is therefore common sense to purchase a portable swamp cooler that is designed for the size of the rooms you have in your home. Most portable units will show the size of area for which they are rated and this can make picking a suitable unit a simpler task.

There are a number of manufacturers that produce swamp coolers in a portable unit, with some of the brand names including KuulAire, NewAir, Symphony and Convair. These companies make a range of portable swamp cooler devices and can therefore be good manufacturers to look to when considering buying a unit. They can typically be found for sale in a number of locations with online retailers such as Air Conditioner Home and Air & Water Inc. being examples of this. An in-store location such as Home Depot also has them for sale.

The cost for portable swamp coolers starts in the $100 to $200 for smaller units with the NewAir AF-330 at $130 being a cooler that gets good reviews. Larger portable swamp cooler units more suited for commercial use can cost in the low thousands of dollars, with the Convair Mobile-Max 3 which retails for around $2500 being a good device to consider.

For those that live in hot, dry climates, portable swamp coolers can be a good accessory to have available. They will both cool and add humidity to air and this can make for a more comfortable living or working environment.