tubez4321
Believe the negative reviews - here's why
TL;DR version: 1) Does not cool rooms as advertised. My regular oscillating fan does a better job. 2) It actually INCREASED heat in my room and made it feel soupy. 3) Unit does not hold a charge. 4) Their return policy and customer service is awful. Longer version: What got me: the "reviews" on their site and on search engine results. I put trust in reviews. If other people are confirming a product's quality or usefulness, I'll give heavy weight to that and give it a go. Thousands of 4.9 - 5.0 reviews couldn't be wrong, right? Plus, Chillwell's website offered some seemingly unbeatable offers and a slick user experience. I didn't see the Trustpilot reviews until today. Wish I had! I bought two units about a week ago and received them just yesterday. They include "for best results" instructions with the product which supposedly enhances cooling effectiveness. This means you have to go through 2 extra steps (which they leave out of their marketing) to get an alleged cooling effect. Those steps are: 1) Put the cooling filter/sponge in the freezer for an hour (which you have to replace every 1-3 months apparently at $30-35 a pop) 2) Put ice in the cooling unit Wish I had known you had to do this for maximum benefit, but I went along with their instructions, anyway. I also attached the "super cooling" attachment (cost me an extra $40 or so) which is just a water container you freeze and attach to the cooler to supposedly enhance cooling. All in all, I spent nearly $200 on my purchase and applied the "for best results" steps to get things cool. The result? After 3 hours of using the unit, my small 12 X 12 room did not cool down by even one degree. In fact, it may have gotten HOTTER. My regular oscillating fan which I've had for 7 years did a better job than Chillwell. The room next to me was cooler than the one supposedly being cooled! Moreover, it felt "soupy" (humid) in the room. I suppose this shouldn't be a surprise since it's a humidifier, but that part isn't emphasized in their marketing. Wish I had read the "real" reviews before buying this product, but these are buried in the search results amongst a bunch of hungry affiliate-type websites and fake review sites. It's really concerning that so many of the search engine listings praise this product or mislead the user into believing the reviews are unbiased. Even the ones that say "Honest Customer Warning" or "Buyer Beware" are review sites promoting the product! Highly unethical and manipulative. I'm thinking Chillwell, which is earning quite a bit of money from its marketing campaigns, is behind hiring companies to spam or craft websites with positive, misleading reviews so they lull you into selling you a cheap, ineffective product. The only site where I got helpful (and honest) reviews was here at Trustpilot, and nearly every review there mirrored my experience: not as advertised. Wish I had seen this before falling for Chillwell's slick marketing. Many people in the reviews here point out the horrid customer service and even more horrendous return policy. They only issue partial refunds on products you have not used, which is a preposterous, unethical, anti-consumer policy to have. If your unit breaks on the first day? Tough luck! You are stuck with it because by opening the box and using it, you can't return it for a refund. That kind of policy ONLY benefits Chillwell and is an extremely poor and predatory manner to keep your money. Bottom line: Do not buy. These are glorified humidifier fans from a slick, scammy, shady company with a horrible return policy. They do not cool even small rooms and the units turn off randomly even while plugged in. Do not fall for the glowing reviews of this product of which it SEEMS there are thousands. The reviews are most likely 100% fake or paid for, and their refund policy benefits only Chillwell. What a great disappointment because it seemed like such a promising idea.


