# Are these advertised products frauds? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-advertised-products-frauds/988306 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [August 9, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-advertised-products-frauds/988306 "2023-08-09T11:25:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines) #### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-advertised-products-frauds/988306/18 "2023-08-09T17:28:53Z")
Our prior thread on the mini-swamp coolers as a scam: > [@Chillwell A/C units. Do they work or is it a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chillwell-a-c-units-do-they-work-or-is-it-a-scam/966272/2): > > Based on everything I’ve seen about them, it’s not . . . totally a scam. What it seems to be is a micro [swamp cooler](https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/heating-and-cooling/swamp-cooler.htm), like maybe, one smallish rooms worth. If a swamp cooler works with your climate, then, yeah, it would cool you a bit. Especially for the brief time you add ice to the unit. If your climate is humid, or the temps are high enough, nope, does nothing more than a multi-speed fan would. But for the small coverage area, they seem quite expensive, so I’m leaning towards over-hyped … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-advertised-products-frauds/988306)._