Customer Reviews for Champion Cooler 3000 CFM Side-Draft Wall/Roof Evaporative Cooler for 1000 sq. ft. (Motor Not Included)

The swamp cooler works just fine and for the price I find it satisfactory. The only concern I have and this was for the two I have installed this year is both times the motor mounts were bent in shipping. Also when you go to pop out the hole for power it is very difficult.

Perfect ready for use, just need the motor, I did not use the recommended 1/3, I put a 1/2, Money.!!!!!

Anymore, you are just paying for the metal box. There is no electrical receptacle for the motor or the pump, no overflow drain, float or pulley. The metal bends very easily as this is very cheaply made.

Our complaint is not about the performance of the cage itself but that the company, Champion, gave us no hint that they had reshaped the opening from the cage into the house compared to the Champion cage which we were replacing rather than coating its rusted floor. It took well over $400 to have the installer improvise the cage so that it would fit! We couldn't return the cage since we'd already removed it from its box and discarded the old cage before we realized the problem. Our guess is that he installer's improvisation was as good as could possibly have been done but is certainly not an ideal solution and given that the cage had the same measurements as our old cage should have had a notation that the opening into the house had altered! I can only hope that what has been done can stand the test of time. I am also not happy that, since Home Depot offers the product, H. D. would have had an installer available who knew and could accommodate the problem!!!!!

I purchased the cooler on 6/14/2017 and the Home Depot salesman filled out the online request for a contractor to install the cooler. The Home Depot contractor has never called me. The cooler sits in my garage waiting to be installed.

I put it on a thermostat controller and it works great I set it and has done exactly what we needed it to do

Cooler works great it is quite kind of wished I had purchased the larger one , but I'm happy.

Unit was easy to install and operates well.

Unit was easy enough for handyman to install to replace existing but he did a poor job. Motor included would have been nice as former tenant stole the motor out of the old shell. Looks good and works well.

But as all swamps go the water will get passed the paint and we all know what happens then RUST

My experience ordering online and dealing with staff was good. However, the cooler was damaged and very poorly built. I was truly surprised that they would have even considered boxing the cooler up when it was not even riveted straight. It took a lot of work to straighten it out and make it square the way it was intended to have been...... Never again! That is the problem with ordering online....you cannot view the product before purchasing.

I'm a new man! I finally got a good nights sleep without tossing and turning and sweating in the heat. This cooler is excellent. Not wanting to spend thousands on central air along with the higher energy costs/consumption of it, I sprang for this evap cooler and it is cool cool cool. Disclosure: I'm really handy with tools (not a contractor) but I can do electrical, plumbing... but be warned this unit is a bit of an involved install. Things like preferred placement and proper sized vents/ducts aren't in the manual. It ain't rocket science but still, it would be nice to have more info from the manufacturer. I chose to cut a hole in the wall and formed my own duct and then used a 16X16 return air conditioning grill on the inside. Came out real nice. Note: because of this type of install the fan blower is LOUD inside the house. Better than sweating and after enjoying a night of TV with cool air and then getting the best night sleep in months, I can live with the noise level. I may cut an intake filter for central A/C units to use as a noise baffle and add some extra air filtration. This is a good commercial grade unit. If you're handy working with tools and don't mind the extra maintenance evap coolers require, you'll be happy. If you have more money than time, call an HVAC company and let them do it. And kudos to Home Depot for even carrying this equipment. Out here in So. Cal. try and source these from anywhere else without a contractors license. Ya can't!

Great product, delivered in record time from out of state.

This is the second one I have bought. Replacement for the first one that is almost 20yrs old now. Long life due to maintenance evey year, replacing pads every other yr. Oil pillow bearning evey other month, and motor. New one come's without motor, but have existing one that is only 2 yrs old. Not sure if new come's with pump? But also have existing pump that is only 1 yrs old. Side Draft for easy service. Their 1/10th the coast of regular air condition. Just the thing for So. Calif: For the price, it cant be beat.