Set up & customize your Portacool evaporative cooler with CoolSync™
Take a new approach to beating the heat with a portable evaporative cooler. The Portacool APEX™ Series comes in a range of sizes— perfect for cooling your patio, garage, workshop,
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Seasonal maintenance tips for optimal evaporative cooler performance
Evaporative coolers, also called swamp coolers, are simple and effective cooling solutions. With minimal moving parts and easy-to-replace components, they’re easier and cheaper to repair than air conditioners. However, regular
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Find the best evaporative cooler for your space with the Portacool Buying Guide
How do you choose the best evaporative cooler for your space? Evaporative coolers, also known as swamp coolers, boast a wide range of features. From air flow and velocity to
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DIY Troubleshooting: Common Evaporative Cooler Issues & Fixes
Portacool evaporative coolers are built Texas Tough, designed for industrial cooling, residential spaces, and high-demand environments. These powerful coolers, also known as swamp coolers, are built to perform in extreme
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Portacool is Texas Tough
From small town Texas to the global stage In 1990, we founded Portacool as a small business with a big mission: protect people from heat. For the past 30+ years,
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Beat the Heat: Win the Game
Your team is a force. You can see their hard work on and off the field: sweat, grass stains, maybe bruises. But you can’t see their biggest competition. It’s not
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Can I use an evaporative cooler with my RV?
RV life is about getting to see and enjoy the great outdoors in relative comfort and convenience. One big part of that is keeping cool in and around your RV
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Hot working conditions result in significant medical costs for businesses and employees
Your teams are checking machines and equipment for any type of buildup. Is anyone checking your warehouses for heat buildup? In the summer months, these facilities store heat, thanks to
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Hot working conditions cause productivity and profits to plummet
You rely on your employees to perform their job accurately, effectively, and efficiently in order to maintain an optimal profit margin. When their performance and productivity drops, it can have
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Are hot trucks threatening the health and productivity of your workers?
Summertime can create grueling conditions for workers tasked with unloading shipping trucks. Whether the truck has spent days on the highway or was simply docked at a shipping facility for
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What is the most sustainable cooling solution for my industrial business?
Industrial businesses rely on high levels of performance from their employees to ensure the job gets done quickly and accurately. However, scorching summer temperatures around the country cause many industrial
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Do swamp coolers work on a patio? Get answers from the experts and cool your outdoor spaces
An outdoor patio can be our oasis of calm, the center of our outdoor activities, or the perfect setting for rambunctious family get togethers. That is, unless it’s too hot
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Best holiday gift for a DIY enthusiast who has everything
The holiday season is here, and it’s time to start thinking about gifts to get your loved ones. Some people are pretty easy to shop for, while others present quite
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How do I cool down my outdoor patio?
Very few things add to your enjoyment of your house as much as an outdoor patio. When the weather is nice, it can provide an entirely new living space offering
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How much does air conditioning cost to run?
It’s that same old song and dance. Summer sends temperatures sky-high, and electricity bills seem to follow. Yet why does it have to cost so much to stay comfortable in
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What is a swamp cooler?
The answer to the simple question, “what is a swamp cooler?” isn’t so simple. In fact, the history of swamp coolers may go back as far as 6000 years and
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How does a swamp cooler work?
Swamp coolers are a powerful technology that are able to dramatically cool the air with very low energy use. But how does this marvelous technology actually work? It’s very simple,
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What is ductless air conditioning?
If you are considering getting air conditioning, it probably hasn’t taken you long to realize that there are many different types of AC units. One of the types you have
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How can I keep my workshop cool in the summer?
You were probably very excited when you finally got a chance to set up your home workshop. That is, until the summer rolled around, and you realized that it was
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5 ways to beat the heat at summer corporate events
Summer is a great time of year to hold your corporate events. It’s a perfect time to be outdoors, enabling you to choose a location that will provide your guests
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Tips for buying an evaporative cooler
Should I Buy a Portable Evaporative Cooler? Determining the right cooling solution for your space is an important decision. Portable evaporative coolers harness the scientific process of evaporation to deliver
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Heat illness prevention for summer sports
For many people, fall sports season starts in the middle of the summer. Over the next few weeks, practices will ramp up for many sports – both at the organized
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Heat-related illness prevention best practices for construction workers
There is no shortage of jobs for construction workers during the summer months. Unfortunately, this is also one of the most dangerous times of year to be a construction worker.
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How Do I Make My Patio Cooler?
You’ve got a new grill, your guests are seated around the table, and the latest hit is playing on the speakers. It’s shaping up to be a beautiful sunny afternoon—except
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5 ways to minimize heat stroke during summer football practice
Summer football practice and training camps will be ramping up at all levels (youth, high school, college, and pro) later this month. While this is an exciting time for the
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Will a swamp cooler work outside? Expert Answers for You
When you’re outside in the heat, it can be hard to work and even harder to enjoy yourself. Will a swamp cooler work outside? Or is there any way to
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How much does it cost to install air conditioning?
Are you considering installing air conditioning in your home or workspace? Perhaps you have no cooling option, and you’re tired of relying on fans to try to make the space
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Can air conditioning cause a sore throat? Discover the Truth
Air conditioning is supposed to make us more comfortable. Usually, it works. However, there are some times when air conditioning can lead to significant discomfort. Many people report that they
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How much is an air conditioning unit?
With rising heat around the country, including some excessive heat in unexpected parts of the country, more people than ever are considering getting an air conditioning unit. Of course, this
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Why is my air conditioning not cooling my house?
Your air conditioner is supposed to protect you from the summer heat. Your air conditioner turns on, and it is blowing air, possibly hot air. So why isn’t it cooling
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Can air conditioning make you sick?
There’s no doubt that air conditioning can be a life-saver. The recent heat dome event over the Pacific Northwest shows how deadly high heat can be without air conditioning. While
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What is better – swamp coolers or AC?
It’s spring, and across the country, temperatures are already spiking. It’s time to start thinking about cooling solutions to make it easier to work, play, and just live when the
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