Air Conitioner Alternative?

Question

Can anyone give me tips, preferably from personal experience, on AC alternatives?

The details

- I live in Southern Colorado - hot and dry. Not quite as hot/dry as Nevada, but hot and dry nonetheless

- I need something portable. Nothing to be mounted or put into windows.

- Inexpensive but effective

- Do swamp coolers do any good at all?

Answer 1

The_emer swamp coolers do a good job, that are used in some chimerical buildings.  I used to have part time job repairing washers in laundry mat in Georgia.  This is what owner used to cool and I will admit they did good job.  I did not know small compact units were available until reading your question and doing Google.  I would go for it.   Read the information from link below.

http://www.compactappliance.com/EAC211TS...