Cool the person, not the air
Has anyone tried cooling the person (not the air) to save juice, especially at night? I found this product but wow it's pricey! To add one to every bed would cost around $4000. It does however only...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
Only one thing wrong with your design.
""he "Ice Water" models are not normally used for camping as they use about 12 pounds of ice PER HOUR at night and almost twice that during the day. This is generally not practical while camping,"
Right. They're cooling the air, not the person. When you cool the person you need less ice.
Even so, if you need 5lbs overnight to cool the person (as I ballparked it) that's still a lot of ice.
rockhillmanor wrote:
Here is what campers use:
http://www.swampy.net/camper.html
Been around for years and works.
Hmm ordinarily I'd pass on swamp coolers because they only work really well west of the Mississip. But they claim these work well even in high humidity situations. Not sure how?
