View and Download Carrier Miracool owner's manual online. Glass Door Merchandiser, size 2000L. Miracool merchandiser pdf manual download. Also for: Miracool mc2000h, Miracool mc2000s. You may have seen full-page ads for the $298 Cool Surge. It promises to cool a room up to 10 degrees using no more energy than a 60-watt light bulb. Here's what Consumer Reports tests found.
The hot weather is here and people are looking for ways to save on their cooling bills. Buying a new air conditioner seems to be a rite of passage into summer for some people. We take a look at one product that is being heavily advertised.
We have been noticing these ads for MIRA-Cool popping up in newspapers like USA Today and Parade nationwide promising, 'Public set to get free air cooling units'… 'A new miracle air cooler is actually being given away free to the first 11,337 readers who call to beat the order deadline for their first miracle air cooler to stay cool for just pennies a day'
From their website: 'The New MIRA-COOL uses 95% less electricity than a typical window air conditioner, yet blast out ice cooled air to keep you cool for just pennies a day.'
Sound too good to be true?
Way down in the ad copy it says you pay $298 and $98 shipping for a MIRA-Cool, then get a second MIRA-Cool unit free. They will make 11,337 x $396 = $4.4 million from this ad!
Connecticut watchdog has some analysis of this cooler. A MIRA-Cool is a unit with two small ice blocks placed in tap water with a fan blowing over the ice, creating an effect similar to an evaporative cooler. Consumer Reports reviewed the predescessor to the MIRA-Cool, the Cool Surge, and issued a Don't Buy.
Check out their Better Business Bureau BBB D+ Rating.
This ad reminds me of the Amish built heaters and the Bob Villa Edenpure heater ads run in the winter.
If you want a real evaporative cooler, look at this evaporative cooler article
Check out our Air Conditioner Energy Savings article if you really want to save on air conditioning.
Our article Ways to save Energy, Money, on your Energy Bill has other money saving tips.
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Posted on July 12th, 2010
It seems that once a company (this one being Fridge Electric) gets a 'Don't Buy!' rating from Consumer Reports (for their Cool Surge evaporative cooler) they just figure they have to wait a summer and release it under a new name: Mira-Cool. The Consumer Reports article on the air cooling unit opens with:
The Cool Surge might sound appealing when you consider the roughly 500 watts needed to run even a small air conditioner. Ohio-based Fridge Electric LLC, which markets the Cool Surge, has even offered a two-for-one deal in full-page ads in The New York Times and other newspapers. But our tests show that when it comes to cooling a room, the Cool Surge is likely to disappoint you at any price.
I first started researching the Mira-Cool product when I saw their full-page ad in USA Today. I guess they decided to change the name of the unit after Consumer Reports suggested that nobody buy it. From what I can tell, there is no difference between the Cool Surge and the Mira-Cool.
Their ad in USA Today starts off incredibly misleading with the title, 'Public set to get free air cooling units' and goes on to say, 'A new miracle air cooler is actually being given away free to the first 11,337 readers.' Well, after further reading I discovered that it was really a buy 1 (at $298) get 1 free, but you still had to pay for shipping on both units! But why who cares if you get both of them free if they don't work as advertised?
Mira Cool Model Mrcacl Manual
View and Download Carrier Miracool owner's manual online. Glass Door Merchandiser, size 2000L. Miracool merchandiser pdf manual download. Also for: Miracool mc2000h, Miracool mc2000s. You may have seen full-page ads for the $298 Cool Surge. It promises to cool a room up to 10 degrees using no more energy than a 60-watt light bulb. Here's what Consumer Reports tests found.
The hot weather is here and people are looking for ways to save on their cooling bills. Buying a new air conditioner seems to be a rite of passage into summer for some people. We take a look at one product that is being heavily advertised.
We have been noticing these ads for MIRA-Cool popping up in newspapers like USA Today and Parade nationwide promising, 'Public set to get free air cooling units'… 'A new miracle air cooler is actually being given away free to the first 11,337 readers who call to beat the order deadline for their first miracle air cooler to stay cool for just pennies a day'
From their website: 'The New MIRA-COOL uses 95% less electricity than a typical window air conditioner, yet blast out ice cooled air to keep you cool for just pennies a day.'
Sound too good to be true?
Way down in the ad copy it says you pay $298 and $98 shipping for a MIRA-Cool, then get a second MIRA-Cool unit free. They will make 11,337 x $396 = $4.4 million from this ad!
Connecticut watchdog has some analysis of this cooler. A MIRA-Cool is a unit with two small ice blocks placed in tap water with a fan blowing over the ice, creating an effect similar to an evaporative cooler. Consumer Reports reviewed the predescessor to the MIRA-Cool, the Cool Surge, and issued a Don't Buy.
Check out their Better Business Bureau BBB D+ Rating.
This ad reminds me of the Amish built heaters and the Bob Villa Edenpure heater ads run in the winter.
If you want a real evaporative cooler, look at this evaporative cooler article
Check out our Air Conditioner Energy Savings article if you really want to save on air conditioning.
Our article Ways to save Energy, Money, on your Energy Bill has other money saving tips.
Related
Filed under:Conservation, Easy, Eco Friendly, Effort, Electronics, Energy, Green, Home, Indoor Air Quality, Money, Shopping | Tags:Air conditioner, Mira-Cool
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It seems that once a company (this one being Fridge Electric) gets a 'Don't Buy!' rating from Consumer Reports (for their Cool Surge evaporative cooler) they just figure they have to wait a summer and release it under a new name: Mira-Cool. The Consumer Reports article on the air cooling unit opens with:
The Cool Surge might sound appealing when you consider the roughly 500 watts needed to run even a small air conditioner. Ohio-based Fridge Electric LLC, which markets the Cool Surge, has even offered a two-for-one deal in full-page ads in The New York Times and other newspapers. But our tests show that when it comes to cooling a room, the Cool Surge is likely to disappoint you at any price.
I first started researching the Mira-Cool product when I saw their full-page ad in USA Today. I guess they decided to change the name of the unit after Consumer Reports suggested that nobody buy it. From what I can tell, there is no difference between the Cool Surge and the Mira-Cool.
Their ad in USA Today starts off incredibly misleading with the title, 'Public set to get free air cooling units' and goes on to say, 'A new miracle air cooler is actually being given away free to the first 11,337 readers.' Well, after further reading I discovered that it was really a buy 1 (at $298) get 1 free, but you still had to pay for shipping on both units! But why who cares if you get both of them free if they don't work as advertised?
Mira Cool Model Mrcacl Manual
Any company that says this in their FAQ has to be joking:
Mira Cool Mrcacl Instructions Printable
Q: Can I leave it on when I'm not home?
A: It's recommended that you don't because when you get home, the MIRA-COOL can quickly blast out ice cooled air.
Download hp deskjet 1515. Unfortunately I don't think Mira-Cool and Fridge Electric is kidding even though their claims are a joke. Whenever you read something that seems too good to be true..it probably is. There are hundreds of companies out there trying to take advantage of the public's ignorance on energy issues. Keep reading Mapawatt Blog (and keep your eyes peeled for other energy scams) and don't get taken advantage of!
Mira Cool Mrcacl Instructions Manual
P.S. : If you want to see the Mira-Cool product for yourself (and at your own risk) go to www.mira-cool.com and enter claim code MC1008.
