Date:         Sat, 27 May 2006 19:52:15 -0700
Reply-To:     jon <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
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From:         jon <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Anybody know about this cooling gadget?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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Oh yeah...I have a buddy that filled the intake "tray" of his rabbit with
ice before a trip. It would last him an hour or two.

A very cheap (free, I guess, not counting the price of the ice).

;)

Jon

On Sat, 27 May 2006, Jim Felder wrote:

> 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
>