Is this basically just a branded tumbler that comes with a refreezable ice pack and a special lid? Could I in theory drink a Starbucks venti iced caramel macchiato out of this after (or before) using it for the advertised purpose?
@kensey The bottom part is basically a tumbler. You might be able to fit a different lid on it.
The top has two little cyclone-looking things that reach down into the tumbler. In total, about 2.75 inches extends from where the middle of the top meets the top of the tumbler.
If you’re at all serious, I wouldn’t advise putting anything other than some form of water in it, for a few reasons, but namely because it would surely muck up or damage the blower unit, if you didn’t properly clean it out before use.
I’m genuinely curious whether it’s suitable for potable water: I mean, is it safe to drink from or do they not recommend that. Because it makes a lot of sense to me that one would want to drink the water out of it as the ice melts. Similarly, not sure if the freezer puck is considered safe.
There are a couple of stickers on the top unit of the sort that probably wouldn’t be there if it were meant for drinking. But I wouldn’t say that that’s categorically preclusive.
I hope we can be informed. I will likely look into it myself if no one else knows, but I make no guarantees about the timing.
@kensey Yeah. Unsurprisingly, the manual explicitly warns against using “this device for consumption of beverages, food, or any other ingestible items.”
It probably wasn’t good for us to be drinking from the garden hose or eating dog food back in the day either. But I’ll probably avoid it now that I’ve been officially warned. I haven’t done those other things since I was a kid. I can’t remember when I last ate raw bacon. I hope this doesn’t seem irrelevant (it all makes sense in my head, but I did all of those dangerous things, so who knows what might have happened to my brain?
I was so excited when I bought these… seemed like a portable swamp cooler, perfect for the desert I live in. But the hole the air comes out of is so small as to render it basically ineffective at doing anything other than temporarily making a spot on your face slightly less uncomfortable.
I run hot. I work with multiple monitors that make my immediate vicinity even hotter. I’ve purchased multiple small swamp coolers and misters, including the Misty Mate Mistpros sold during the same mehrathon, from both Mediocre and Amazon, always looking for something cheap, but that functions more like AC than swamp, given that humidity is already part of the problem.
Of everything I’ve purchased over the years, this is by far the best and is the only one that produces noticeably chilled air.
So, good job, meh and Mission, and thank you.
It’s still got lots of problems (in the replies), but it feels like the one small form-factor enhanced fan I’ve experienced that’s actually doing a goddamned thing. And I don’t completely hate it.
as @user85442241 mentioned, the output portal is tinyish. To be fair, the cool air spreads reasonably well, and I suspect some engineering to maximize coolness while still creating a diffuse impact. It definitely cools at least a few square feet for a bit of distance.
likewise, fan speed isn’t overwhelming. And there are only two levels. But again, it seems to get the job done.
the fan is pretty loud
using ice, as the ice melts, it starts to spit. I don’t actually hate this for myself, but others might not like it. They’re not huge, but definitely droplets and not mist. If one used the puck or some other contained cooling agent, water shouldn’t be a problem. It may also be that I overfilled it and keeping the water volume low would prevent or at least mitigate the problem. Of course I haven’t yet read the manual.
as mentioned in other comments, it’s not rechargeable (despite the fact that they refer to the cable as a “charging cable”). It requires 4 AAs or to be plugged in. Plugged in is fine for my use case.
Specs
Product: Mission Instant Personal Air Cooler
Condition: New
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Jun 25 - Monday, Jun 29
‘insert batteries’…care to elaborate?
@cshupe It doesn’t have rechargeable batteries; you either power it with USB… or use AAA batteries?
What a weird device.
@cshupe @heartbleed It’s a ANTIFA milkshake cup.
@cshupe @heartbleed @tweezak I might regret asking, but how exactly is it ANTIFA?
@cshupe 4 AAs
@cshupe @heartbleed @joelmw You’re right. ANTIFA wouldn’t spend money on a cup when they can get the same effect by putting concrete in a paper cup.
@tweezak you good? Don’t tag me in your psychosis
/showme your blast pack mediocrebot
@therealjrn Here’s the image you requested for “your blast pack mediocrebot”
@mediocrebot @therealjrn will these be on sale on Meh soon? (maybe refurbished, by refurbished crashed bots??
the coach’s son, no doubt
I hope that they have Mission cooling towels offered later in the Meh-rathon
Is this basically just a branded tumbler that comes with a refreezable ice pack and a special lid? Could I in theory drink a Starbucks venti iced caramel macchiato out of this after (or before) using it for the advertised purpose?
@kensey The bottom part is basically a tumbler. You might be able to fit a different lid on it.
The top has two little cyclone-looking things that reach down into the tumbler. In total, about 2.75 inches extends from where the middle of the top meets the top of the tumbler.
If you’re at all serious, I wouldn’t advise putting anything other than some form of water in it, for a few reasons, but namely because it would surely muck up or damage the blower unit, if you didn’t properly clean it out before use.
I’m genuinely curious whether it’s suitable for potable water: I mean, is it safe to drink from or do they not recommend that. Because it makes a lot of sense to me that one would want to drink the water out of it as the ice melts. Similarly, not sure if the freezer puck is considered safe.
There are a couple of stickers on the top unit of the sort that probably wouldn’t be there if it were meant for drinking. But I wouldn’t say that that’s categorically preclusive.
I hope we can be informed. I will likely look into it myself if no one else knows, but I make no guarantees about the timing.
@kensey Yeah. Unsurprisingly, the manual explicitly warns against using “this device for consumption of beverages, food, or any other ingestible items.”
It probably wasn’t good for us to be drinking from the garden hose or eating dog food back in the day either. But I’ll probably avoid it now that I’ve been officially warned. I haven’t done those other things since I was a kid. I can’t remember when I last ate raw bacon. I hope this doesn’t seem irrelevant (it all makes sense in my head, but I did all of those dangerous things, so who knows what might have happened to my brain?
I was so excited when I bought these… seemed like a portable swamp cooler, perfect for the desert I live in. But the hole the air comes out of is so small as to render it basically ineffective at doing anything other than temporarily making a spot on your face slightly less uncomfortable.
@user85442241 I hear what you’re saying and don’t altogether disagree, but . . . (see below)
I run hot. I work with multiple monitors that make my immediate vicinity even hotter. I’ve purchased multiple small swamp coolers and misters, including the Misty Mate Mistpros sold during the same mehrathon, from both Mediocre and Amazon, always looking for something cheap, but that functions more like AC than swamp, given that humidity is already part of the problem.
Of everything I’ve purchased over the years, this is by far the best and is the only one that produces noticeably chilled air.
So, good job, meh and Mission, and thank you.
It’s still got lots of problems (in the replies), but it feels like the one small form-factor enhanced fan I’ve experienced that’s actually doing a goddamned thing. And I don’t completely hate it.
/giphy cool air
Quirks and shortcomings: