Review on Evapolar EvaSmart Smart Personal Evaporative Air Cooler, 🌀 Humidifier, and Portable Air Conditioner EV-3000 - Stormy Grey by Lori Christensen

Seriously. If you're buying this to be able to use it with a Wi-Fi connected app, you're going to hate it. Most functions are available without using the app. As far as I can tell, there's only a timer that can turn off the device after a set amount of time that's blocked for the app. Otherwise, you can set the LED color, brightness and fan speed directly on the device itself. That being said, if you want a quick review of the app, this is hot bullshit. If you need help connecting, I'll talk a little about how it works for me at the end. ============================================== = === ==This is actually a good set. It's compact, the tank has enough water for at least 8 hours of use, and the fan is powerful enough to throw the air quite far. The best part is how little power it uses and that it uses a USB Type-C connector, so I don't have to carry a bunch of cables when I want to travel with it. If I want to go camping I can connect it to my phone's portable battery with a phone cord and that's it. The filter it uses is quite capable, but it doesn't seem to restrict airflow at all. . However, replacing them is quite expensive and the device will try to trick you into replacing them too often for my use. You can remove the magnet to get extra filter time if the device starts nagging you about it. You can test your filter beforehand to determine if it really needs to be changed or not. If you're using purified (good) or distilled (better) water, you're probably going through the filters at an extremely slow rate compared to the standard time frames they offer. If you use regular tap water, your filter can get very dirty after a few months of use. It has a built-in RGB LED light on the water tank. It's pretty good as a mood piece or just as a night light. It can get quite dark, or it can be moderately light. If you're using it as a child's night light, it will likely work for that purpose. I only leave mine on because I like it. The fan speed is quite different. It can range from very light wind to strong enough for a small fan. It doesn't move any more air than a typical desk fan, but pushes out a surprising amount of air at full speed. When the water tank is full, it can reduce the temperature in the immediate area by about 5 degrees Celsius. (it's about 10F). If you're using it in an office with an ambient temperature of 23°C (73°F), you can expect to feel a nice breeze around 18°C (65°F). You can even adjust the airflow up or down with the manual level on the side of the device. It definitely won't cool an entire room in the house. This is pretty much designed to cool a small room about 1.5 m (5 ft) cubic in size. You can expect most of the temperature drop to occur in close proximity to the Eva block. You can see another drop in temperature, but it's a pretty steep drop in temperature the further you get out of this thing's bubble. ========================== Conclusion====================== = ==== As I mentioned before, the best thing about this device is the power consumption. At full power with the fan and full brightness, the device appears to be maxing out at around 5V at 1.5A for a total of 7.5W of juice. It also does this via the standard USB Type-C connector, which is very useful for the portability of the device. You should be able to easily plug this thing into a regular USB port on your computer, or even directly from some modern phones using a Type-C to Type-C cable. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who doesn't have my use case. I love that I can take it with me and only have one power cord. I don't have to worry about having the right power cord for it, and I don't need to know if my power supply has enough current for it since it draws so little. I use distilled or purified water in it so I don't have to change the filter very often. For much less cost you can get another model from another brand that suits your needs much better than this one unless you need it. similar to me. Considering the price, I definitely do not recommend this product. In this price range I would at least expect a really working app. And replacement filters are too expensive for what they are. This product has a very narrow use case where it makes sense. If you do not fall under this, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. You will be disappointed and upset about it and regret your purchase. I took off one star for value for money, another star for the terrible app, and a third for the ridiculous cost of replacement filters. . I would rate the filters separately, but the device tries to force you to change filters too often as it depends on time rather than actual use, which is a downside of the device and not the filter itself. .=========================App====================== = =====If you really, really, really hate yourself, here's how I finally got mine to connect to the app. I warn you this may not work on the first try and you may need to factory reset your Eva device and also clear the app data on your phone for the Eva app. It's a really horribly designed app that barely works. This is not a feature; it is an obstacle. This app is for tech-loving masochists. I was able to set it up by first downloading the app. Then turn on your EvaPolar device. After turning it on, do a factory reset. You may need two hands to do this. You place one finger over the image on the display and one finger under it. Here you will see the up and down arrows when adjusting the fan speed or brightness. If these fingers are present, press the power button. The icon appears on the display. At this point, press the fan button and it will restart. Wait a minute and then turn it back on by pressing and holding the power button until Wi-Fi appears on the screen. Open the Eva app on your phone. Make sure you are connected to your regular Wi-Fi network, which is the one you want Eva to connect to. Click the plus button in the lower right corner. You will be prompted to connect to Eva's WiFi. Just click on "Next" until you are connected to the EvaSmart WiFi network. You should now be taken to a screen asking you to connect your Eva device to a Wi-Fi network. Click on your network and then enter your password. Here's the important part. You must hear your Eve device. If you hear it vibrate twice, it's connected to your WiFi network. Once you hear the double vibration, you must manually switch back to the normal network as soon as possible. Return to the Eva app. If you have an old phone and it reloads the Eva app, you're screwed. Returning to the app where it's still spinning, just leave your phone alone for a few minutes while it tries to find an Eva device on your network. Do not do anything with the app until the Eva device vibrates once after this point. This means the app has registered the device to your account. At this point, the app is probably still stuck, so close and reopen it. The Eva device should now be in your account.