I live in a humid climate now, so they wouldn’t work.
But when I was growing up I lived in the desert - hot summer days could reach 60C/140F and we used primitive evaporative cooling to stay comfortable. Wet towel your your head, fine mist sprays, etc. It was extremely effective. We also had reflective insulation on our house, so the indoor temperature wasn’t even remotely as close to the outdoor temperature… but it certainly would have been uncomfortable without evaporative cooling.
quicklime@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sorry for chasing a side point, but I wanted to mention this group that provides a ton of information on dry eye syndrome beyond the very limited resources that my optometrist showed me.
www.notadryeye.org
dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Something to add is that you need good ventilation in and out of the house or room that you’re using the cooler in. Place it at the window, draw air from outside, push the cooled air into the room, leave a door or an opposing window open so that the humid air can exit.
Or vice versa, cooler in a doorway, window open. Just make sure you have a flow through ventilation through the area.
If you use one in a closed room you’ll rapidly end up with a very humid room and no cooling effect.
yoz@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I was using it in a closed room but after keeping it near the door and also opening a window it made a huge difference. Thank you so much
yoz@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The website is good but feels like click bait. I am not sure if I want to read everyone’s life story. A solution to the problem in few lines would be nice.
quicklime@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I agree. It’s just a resource you can save and look into later when you might have more time or find yourself bored. They do have some other pages or sections that discuss helpful treatments but there’s no short summary, I gather, because it’s been so different for different people. Anyway, not my site or anything, just something I came across recently.