Heat is coming...how do you stay cool?

[BadBrent]

I needed a new fan for my bedroom since I stepped on my old one last night and broke it in half.  Luckily in Wally World today I stumbled on this piece of magnificence:



$40, and it will blow the dick off of a grizzly bear, plus I can plug extra shit into it.  I also dumped a travel size bottle of Curve Crush inside it and let it spew everywhere all over my room, so it smells extra manly.

What do you guys use to keep cool during the hot months?  Sarcasm welcome too 

[Mr._X]

I have aluminum foil on my windows, so it gets kindof like a baked potato in my room, but I like the heat so I'm fine with it.

[[BTF]Sigma]

Abbostford grow-op styles Mr._X?



I'm getting a few fans set up this year. Every year I plan to do this but every year I just don't get it done. I'll have them set up so one pulls air from the sliding door in my living room, another at the other side of the main room, then one to pull this cirulated air into my bedroom and out the window.

That's been the large plan for the last 3 years, but now I'm looking at one of these:

 42" Wind Curve with fresh air Ionizer, oscillating space-saver fan

[Mr._X]

oh yeah, I forgot to add, I have a large 7x4 grid of 80MM fans I have all wired up neatly and the fans are connected together with zip-ties. I plug them into a spare old PSU and I hook that up, they fit nicely in between the crack of the window frame where the window slides in and out. They sure push alot of air outta my room.

[BadBrent]

Anybody know if these things work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PORTABLE-AIR-COOLER-CONDITIONER-WITH-REMOTE_W0QQitemZ6049577436QQcategoryZ79624QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If they actually do provide an air cooling type effect, I might be interested in buying one, or at least a window-mounted AC for my bedroom.  My whole house had sufficient cooling during the summer, except my bedroom which stays 10+ degrees hotter due to the vacuum effect in the house.  All of the cold goes to the living room and bathrooms, and bedroom stays the hottest. 

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1903616077.1145147736@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdaddhidmdmlfcgelceffdfgidgin.0&CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc/searchResults.jsp&MID=9876&N=2984+3573&pos=n05

I was also thinking about one of these things, but not sure if 6000 BTUs would be sufficient for a 16 x 24 sq. foot room if I want to be able to cool the room to a comfortable level (70-72 degrees).

[Mr._X]

Please, learn how to use tinyurl.com , LOL

[BadBrent]

Why?  I'd rather look at the whole link so I know which website I was going to be transported to.  Tinyurl is for pansies.

[console]

In addition to a couple commercial-quality floor fans that provide a stiff breeze from 30ft. away, I finally got one of these for my office:


12,000 BTU - or so they claim.  It works, and I have no complaints, except it can barely pull my office down to 75 degrees on a hot day.  But that's better than 90.

More info:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006FTXGQ/002-6921865-1427200

(I've never experienced any leaking problems that were described in one customer review there.)


Regards,
     

[BadBrent]

Maing, dat shit be TIGHT dawg.  Only problem is that it's out of my budget range  .  It's okay though, this room still gets AC, just not nearly enough.  If I could make my bedroom the same temp as the rest of the shagpad, I'd be content.  I will however keep an eye out for a unit like that though...I saw one like it a while back that sold on eBay for less than half of what it was worth, but it was also during the cold seasons.  Thanks for the input though console!

[[BTF]adam]

Well, if you lived in the far better part of the world.. (The UNITED KINGDOM PEOPLE) ((Just kidding, I love america and its citizens, however, i've never been there :p) - you dont need fans or nothink, cos its cold as hell already, and when it is warm, the simple "window" does the trick.

[[BTF]Sigma]

A bonus too is having a room that is facing away from the sun to do most of your "chillin" in. (sry 'bout the pun)

What I mean is that in a house I try to set up my office/den in the area that is optimal for relaxing. Summertime sun isn't blazing down on it and I can walk out to a shady patio. In the winter I just wear my Hef style robe and stay cozy.

Right now I'm in an appt that is facing away from the sun. I hope it gets uber hot this summer in BC. I want to get outside and do nothing but cardio to burn off this spare tire I've accuired since loggin on to TastySpleen.net. Coming home to a cool appt is a great way to relax after running/blading for a couple hours.

TCH-PHHHHT!!!  A coold beer is good as well.

[Om3ga]

here in the semi-tropical or the lower (upper if you live south of the equator) temperate climate. 

it stays warm here like more than 2/3 of a year.

we just simply use air conditioners (fan isnt recommended, as it circulates hot air).



the real cold places in the u.s (warm short summers/cold,snowy winters) creates cold fronts, and act like air conditions for u.s, so it gets cold sometimes, but never below 0.

Disadvantage: the tropical lattitude fucks our climate up sometimes, bringin us cyclones, and hot ass humid air.   

[Remedy]

I have a air conditioner window unit in my room that has a remote control, it's the shit

[{TNP}Dukie]

I want to get outside and do nothing but cardio to burn off this spare tire I've accuired since loggin on to TastySpleen.net.

Excuse me while I slip away into the pizza induced coma   

TCH-PHHHHT!!!  A coold beer is good as well.

 

[[BTF]n0ctuary]

I replace my matress with a 4'x6'x6" box filled with ice cubes. I sleep on that. I also hooked it up to an old washing machien motor, so it vibrates, like one of those old massage beds. It's pimpin'.