Car Camping with Arctic Air - Will it Work?

It's a modern day swamp cooler. They work great when there is zero humidity. If you are in a humid climate it will just move the humidity around. Arizona "WOW", Florida "I want a refund".

Those "AC units" are actually mini swamp cooler, so they work best with dry air. get a portable dehumidifier run it for 15 minutes and CLOSE VENT ZIPS to keep more of the humid outside air out. Then the swamp cooler will truly be worth your money. - A Southern

Something about watching these type of videos, allows me to humble myself beyond measures. It also reminds me of how much of a free spirit I truly am deep down, but continue to let the measures of society scare me off from truly being free and doing what I want to do.

Awesome content man, these types of videos are so interesting, your swamp cooler was cool too! Perhaps you could try some follow up videos on those ideas where you try and improve their design (artic air using ice water, freezing the artic air's filters/getting an extra to swap out)? Some other comments made great points about the high humidity, maybe you close up the camper and use a dehumidifier/humidity "sock/bag" to combat that? All of this is coming from a good place and just want to throw out some easy video ideas, take it easy!

"its 90* out....Im making soup tonight" "yeah soup was a bad choice, Im sweating bullets"

Hey buddy, From experience with that exact “AC unit” the only way that you will feel true cold air blowing out of it, is only when I filled it with freezing cold water that I bucketed when I was in South Dakota last fall. I found that, Unless you have a Freon based system, you wont find anything other, to cool your badass camper brother. Not trying to be a negative Nancy just trying to give you a bit of experience advice is all 👍🏼 your the man to this day keep on truckin 🤘🏼

Thanks for your video and how you are naturally sharing your unique car camping experience. I admire your rig!! I wish someone would create a similar camper for my Camry!!

I've seen tons of reviews for this cooler, and finally someone actually tested it in a small room instead of just testing it by standing in front of it.

I bought one of those last year, and you're supposed to wet the filter, and then put in the freezer to get cold before you install it and fill the reservoir with water and turn the unit on. But your way is fine too, .. if you want warmer air. Lol.

That mexico trip really got to Mav. He's out here making soup on a hot ass day like all my Mexican mama's out there. Ustedes saben

I just sold a 40' 5th wheel, had everything in it. I got older and it seemed to get longer. People were tent camping in July in Mississippi. It was right miserable. They placed an ac on their cooler, in the door. Zipped it down and pulled the sides to the ac. I thought that was brilliant. Perhaps doing that to your door? Some plastic taped around it to seal? Or cut a doggie door in the door. Thanks for sharing your travels. I don't care to get out much anymore and your travels and great. Why I remember VietNam, '68, lay there and sweat soaking everything. And Korea January '93 for a month. I relate to those -19 with showers and toilets a good walk away. Subscribed..

I bought one of these for car camping too. With just ice, no water in the top it puts out a decent amount of cool air.

Hey Mav, you already have a hatch on the ceiling, just install one of those Fantastic fans there. They pull out the hot air from the top of the camper. According to others those can work miracles.

You'd probably be further ahead to start the car and crank the AC. Those swamp coolers work best in dry environments.

I'm glad you made this. I was thinking about buying one of thos Arctic Air devices. Not now. It's good to make video reviews for these new products. Good to watch them before you buy anything too.

Agreed. The air in my area during summer is humid and this thing does nothing more than a small fan.

Evap coolers only work well in dry climates - I'd save that for your trips to the SW. My recommendation would be to set up a fan near the door to exhaust the hot air out, and have another window cracked as a passive intake if you're consistently hotter inside vs outside. Keep trucking!

I ran two of these in a room that was really hot in the Valley. Worked great but had to freeze the freezer after running them under cold water. Placed them on a plate and stuck them in a freezer, not sure if you have this option available. Then i used cold almost frozen water bottles to fill them up. Also stuck a few ice cubes up top in the little craters. Worked great but had to point them directly at my face.

I have one of these and use it when sorting through my storage unit in the summer. Adding ice helps it a lot.

I like how this guy makes mistakes and as I’m watching , it’s pretty cool to see someone going through the motions just to do better next time. Much respect.