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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