If you live in a dry climate — especially in the West and Southwest — air conditioning isn't your only option for keeping a room cool. A portable evaporative cooler (aka "swamp" cooler) does basically ...

As the days get hotter and muggier, you're probably looking for the best ways to keep it cool – especially the bedroom before you need to sleep. When it comes to really effective cooling that doesn't ...

Ideally suited for cooling spaces that are both hot and dry, a swamp cooler (also known as an evaporative cooler), can be a budget-friendly alternative to a portable or window air conditioner. Many ...

An evaporative air cooler is an energy-efficient and eco-friendly cooling solution that uses water to lower air temperature. It works by drawing warm air through water-soaked cooling pads, where it ...

Summer in the Pacific Northwest seems to last five minutes — but those five minutes are intense. When the days heat up, my normal course of action is to take my kids to an air-conditioned mall or ...

Ditch your AC and save on your energy bill with one of these portable coolers. If you've landed here, though, you probably already know what you need. These six evaporative coolers are the best for ...

Which swamp cooler is best? When summer breezes get hot, and there isn’t an air conditioner available, a swamp cooler can help. Swamp coolers don’t provide the frosty chill of air conditioning, but ...

As Seattle sweats through a summer that is giving signs of being among the hottest on record, those who have eschewed air conditioning (eh, it's only used 3 days a year!) or live in a place where air ...