PSA: That $200 misting system I installed was a total waste

Bought one of those fancy MistCool kits online last summer for around $200. Hooked it up on my patio in Phoenix. Worked great for about two weeks then the nozzles kept clogging from our hard water. I should have just bought a cheap oscillating fan for $30. Anyone else dump money into a cooling system that failed?

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webb.ben1mo ago

Hey, I switched to a cheap fan in my yard and it works way better honestly.

rowanharris28d ago

Yeah I feel you on that. That line about the wet sheet on the swamp cooler really hit home because I did basically the same thing last summer. I spent like 150 bucks on a misting wand that just dripped everywhere and left white crust on my concrete. Finally I just put a wet towel over a box fan and it actually made the air feel cooler than that overpriced gadget ever did.

sarah_mason1mo ago

My neighbor up the street tried one of those misting setups last summer in Tucson. He spent about three weekends fiddling with it and ended up with a puddle under his hose bib and a lot of frustration. The funny thing is, he finally just hung a wet sheet in front of his swamp cooler and said it cooled the whole patio better than the mister ever did. I think sometimes we overthink these things when a simple solution works fine.