Date:         Sat, 27 May 2006 20:28:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Anybody know about this cooling gadget?
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The new Sharper Image catalog has a cooling gadget called an IceFlow
Personal Air Conditioner for $129. They may have always had it, but I
became aware of it when my wife pointed it out yesterday.

"A self-contained chamber of water freezes into a solid block of ice
after an overnight charge. Turn on the three-speed fan and its
cooling breeze blows across an ice-cold chilling plate for a distance
of 18 or 24 inches (that could be interpreted several ways... is the
path 18 to 24 inches long, or is that the distance you can fee the
breeze?). There is no need to empty or refill the water chamber.

Uses 10 watts when cooling, 60 watts required overnight for freezing.
13 x 6 x 13 inches, 11 lbs. Runs on 110.

Item number S1357.

Claims to put out a stream of air "several degrees colder than the
room." Several? I sure hope so for $129.

If anybody knows anything about this item, I'd like to hear it.

Jim