Van Life AC Solution! - How I Stay Cool in the Heat (IcyBreeze V2 PRO) 

Came here for the review, but you convinced me overall a great person. I’m looking forward to van life content and motivational things 🙌🏾

I have one for my no A/C dump truck. I freeze two gallon milk jugs and put them in with one bag of ice around them to jump start the cold. Works great and it keeps cold air for up to 8-10 hours.

Keep going strong 💪, you will reach all your goals, I love this product ❤️

Exactly what I needed. I drive a semi truck and wanted something to help on hot nights and I have trouble sleeping with the engine running

I like your approach on the scientific aspects of this topic.

Intense! 115 degrees is no joke. I'm thinking about getting one for my garage that gets to about 90/95 in the summer. Hoping to keep it around 85ish during the day. Also good to have for hurricane season here in FL.

Thank you for doing such an in depth review. I have been considering this vs 4x the cost to fix car A.C.

You completely answered my question. Thanks

Chasing 70 degrees is much more fun! Good test and useful information to not waste my money, for that thank you!

I prefer the frankencooler method with the intake AND vent having a radiator. Gives you a 50 degree differential vs the 30 you get with the icy breeze.

Solid review! Subbed 👍

I live in a van in Vegas too. It's so hot

Now this was a really good review and it sucks because I don't think I'm going to purchase one of these units because for only 2 to 3 hours of relief and if I'm off grid traveling back-and-forth to a gas station to get bags of ice only to produce 2 or 3 hours worth of cold air🤔 Well that's just labor and financially too intense

I'm hoping this works well for my much smaller taxi. Have to sit at the airport for sometimes just 20-30 minutes, but also up to 2-3 hours for a trip. I built one of these with a Styrofoam cooler, minus all of the technology, & it kept me cool in the car with the windows up & engine/AC off for a little over 45 minutes. This has got do much better.

You don’t have to pay for ice you can fill up water bottles from 20 ounce to 2 L freeze them overnight an toss them bad boys in the water little hood tip from back in the 90s with them swamp coolers😂

Hey Kalacade! Wow, thanks for a great video. I'm about to make a video on the IcyBreeze myself, and I was really impressed with your video editing skills! I'm going to use your channel as a master class, haha. I'm a musician too! Just subscribed, so looking forward to checking out more of your content. - Kelly

Great work bro

I got one and I did a solid block Ice with the gallon jugs mixing in the saltwater it only took 15 W running it on low it lasted for hours

I just bought one today but I don’t plan to use it often but I just wanted one for if In case I need it at the beach or something. I did make one on my own that uses a large 4 inch inline fan that blows 270cfm of air with two cpu radiators and it blows very cold but I bought the icy breeze because it’s more compact.

At least you have clean water left over from the ice which you can store for use when camping, cooking, making coffee, tea. Get an Arctos instead. It runs on 9-10 watts, runs on 12V, just like your van, and this means about 1 or 1.5 AMP used per hour, so can easily cover entire night sleep period using a standard auxiliary 100 AMP battery. The humidity absorbs the heat into "latent heat" so you should also have a small exit fan, such as a computer case fan, further from the little swamp cooler to blow the heat absorbed humidity back out. These work best in low humidity climatees, like the desert where you are now in Las Vegas.

My wife and I are full time RVers in the SW desert. An evaporation cooler is the way to go. It uses far less power then an AC, the moving air helps on days when it is just too hot. And it can be more then a 20 deg Delta when conditions are right (we have had up to 40 deg). Our RV needed parts to get the AC to work correctly, three month back log before COVID. We got a rolling unit from HD and it worked great. It cooled off our 38 foot AClass well. At night we would roll it to the be more direct to the bedroom. This worked well. We still use a system like this when we have limited power options in the heat.

Las Vegas. Low humidity area. You'd do best with a small swamp cooler, bringing in fresh dry air, then humidifying it, and also have an exhaust. The water will absorb heat as "Latent Heat" and can even cool very dry air at 100F down to 70F. My sister lives in panhandle area of Texas, and for the heat wave this summer, I sent her a swamp cooler for her 1000sq ft home, because the air was 20%, so dry here AC alone couldn't get it below 80F, After the swamp cooler she managed to get it down to 75F inside. The AC then was able to absorb heat better from the humidified "latent heated" moist air, and expel or drip it to the outdoors, taking MORE heat from the home. The Icy Breeze does seem to work like a swamp cooler, except with no water mat in it, or does it have such?

Great video! Have you had any problems with the drain plug(leaking)?

What about if i live inside of a volcano does still cools down my van i have a 1985 astro van

I’ve been in my van a little over a year. I hate the heat! 🥵

I bought an IcyBreeze v2 it does not work as well as expected. Ice doesn't last eight hours. I live in North Central Texas. It doesn't cool any small area except exactly where the vent is, and it is pointed right on me about five inches from me. Not worth $400+ that I gave for it.

Are the batteries similar to dewalt batteries? Anyone else know they look like them from what I can see in other vids I've watched.

Florida and Texas heat is no joke either. But there is so much humidity I can’t use a swamp cooler mold will be a serious issue

Nice video. I definitely won’t be getting one. I need to cool down an entire bedroom and can’t use a portable ac unit because of covenants

Should frozen water bottle to make adding ice. Make ice last longer

Ugh, I ordered one but I don’t think it’ll do the job. I’m playing on stage and this might not be directional enough. Unless… I come up with a pipe to go up my leg so I get personal AC…

The window unit air-conditioning with a solar set up would cool that real easily.

I bought one. And a small icemaker from Amazon about $75

Did you have to buy any extras like a charger or a different battery? Also what about the noise, I deliver mail in California (the high desert) in a 2005 jeep wrangler im concert that is gonna be to noise to have on for my 4 hrs route on the street. Tya

The one thing you didn't mention is how quiet (or loud) it is. I'm in need of a personal AC unit. It doesn't need to change the ambient temperature, just blow cold air on one person, but it is actually for a music ensemble, so it would need to be fairly quiet.

Freon was a gift from God. It's so much easier to heat,wood burning stove is s nice.

I sadly bought one and had to return it because the product uses up ALL the ice in 1-1.5 hour and could not cool down a small studio in the summer. Buyers beware, they will charge you a restocking fee of $25 and $45.32 shipping!!! So they kept $70.32 from the return! To keep it short- They have horrible customer satisfaction and customer service. They lied to me and said there was “wear and tear”, when I just used it twice, and cleaned it thoroughly (never placed drinks or food in the unit), and I took photos before sending it back too. Refund took two weeks as well. Horrible product and even worse customer service

I wish you can do test using DRY ICE see how long last

I wanted to try this. But i get the same relief from throwing my shirt in the cooler ringing it out and wearing it

What temps you think I’ll have if I use this for my track car(mustang)?

Why don't you buy a tarpaulin big enough to serve as a second roof for your van when it is parked ? either tie the tarpaulin to nearby trees or setup some homemade posts to tie to or if your van has a ful-length roof rack , to just lay the tarp over the roof rack. Whichever of the previous suggestions, the basic idea is to cover the entire van roof with a tarpaulin to serve as a second or double roof. Will that work ?

You gotta start it a couple hours before it gets hot to stay ahead of it

You need to do a retest and use blocks of ice. It melts slower and put it on max.. the ice you use is to easily melts fast.

Is this a 12 v cooler or just a regular cooler with a heat exchanger and fan?

I wonder if big blocks of ice would last longer?

Maybe I missed it but do you need to vent for exhaust?

Basically, it does not work to cool down a small vehicle space. thanks for the info and effort to test

Would this be ok In a suv at least it’s smaller than a van it only brand the temp down by 3 degrees.

The reason why it's not lowering the ambient temperature fast enough is because it's not a AC meaning it's not removing the heat load from the condition space need product though

You should get the Hessaire MC18M - it will cool down the entire van. Uses about 1 gallon of water per hour on high and a bit less on low. Only uses 58 watts on low and about 100 on high. In Michigan it’s working for me just with the front windows halfway down and my Maxxair fan running on high. Keeps the van at 75. I suspect in Vegas with the dry air you won’t need as much air circulation.

Well it's 10 months and you've not quite made 10k sub but the video was cool 😎👍

Just curious? Is your van fully insulated? Roof, walls?

The door was opened to drain the water. Didnt that let all the heat back in?

Your videos are so cute and helpful! If you ever tour through SW FL and want to collab with a mermaid, hmu! 😄🧜🏽‍♀️ I use icybreeze for my vanlife too here in FL!

How do you this this will work in a dump truck cab

Is it too loud to use in a recording studio? My pops offered me his

Liked and subscribed.

What battery is it "compatible" with? DeWalt, Ryobi, who please?

How can cold air blowing not cool down the “space”?

Can you do the test again but add salt to the ice?

Would the cost of gas to just run the vans ac not be better than the $7 to run 2.5 hrs?

The need to continously puchasing bags of ice will quickly outprice the unit itself.

Is it a swamp cooler?

Did u ever try to put a white tarp/ tent over your vehicle to reflect the heat when u are stationary . The key is having a gap between the roof and tent. Should help cut the heat inside the van and should put the water in jugs and store for emergency. Also use led lighting inside Not a halogen puck lights if that’s what those are

I live in a mini van in San Diego so it doesn’t get too too hot. I just want something to keep the van cool for my dog when i have to leave her inside while I go to the gym or go to work. Has anyone used this for the dog in their van?

What about block ice ?

Look up ecoflow wave..game changer

Did I completely miss the temperature difference while it's operating? Because I care way more about how effective it is while running than how long it lasts. Honestly, that's kind of a useless information to me to confirm it's effectiveness for my situation.

You should drain your water into a brita filter, then use it for drinks

Are you still using this machine after a year? Did you find anything better?

For sure too expensive ... operating cost and so on.

I think the biggest single block of ice you cant fit would give it the longest runtime

Staying in a hotel would be cheaper than the amount of money I would need to spend on ice to run this thing

I haven't seen 1 advertisement saying 5 days. Only around 5 hours

Aww, man, that wasted water! I’m not trying to tell you how to live your life 😅, but you could’ve definitely reuse that melted water for your “fresh” water tank; for washing dishes, etc. Especially since desert states are in a drought year round. 😂

how much you paying for ice

You really need a cheap harbor freight infrared heat testing gun.

it was a waste. Bought it to cool down my car in-between clients, hoping inside air will be cooler than outside.

How about dry ice???😮

Using chip ice like you are using is the worst you need cubes and ice packs.

Rock salt maybe?

Add Dry Ice

30 pounds of ice cost me $1.25 so you’re definitely overpaying for ice 😅

The relationship between ice, heat and temperature, is a very sad story when discussing a product like Icybreeze and down right depressing when using it in a van during extreme heat. For anyone that has any hope this product will cool them or their van, please remove the idea from your mind. The amount of energy, time, money and frustration is better directed to finding a true compressor driven cooling solution. Even these have limitations for an off grid van. Yes, these will require more money and thought, but it can be done.Or at least be able to sleep in comfort at night.

Well if you are in Vegas when it is really summer make sure to park in shade and use your cab A/C to cool the cab down as much as possible. That cooler is fine but if it were bigger say 48lbs of ice and you put rock salt in the water it will get about 7 degrees cooler 25 deg F and it will blow cold for 11 hours at night and about 8 hours during the day if the cooler was already cold. Cab AC gets it down to about 80 when it's 115 outside when in the shade. Maintaining under 85 deg F only required the cooler A/C and a 5 minute run of the cab A/C every 2 hours during the day. It would rise from 80 inside(115 ambient) to 85 with the cooler A/C only then bring it back down to 80 every few hours. At night the cooler is all you need for 75 when It's 90 outside. The area right infront of the 4" vent is more like 60 deg F. The key is more ice/larger cooler & fan/vent, rock salt, shade, pre-cool the cooler and the van.

Hoping this works in my semi truck while I’m sleeping instead of idling my truck

It's to expensive for such weak performance.

Honey I don't know too many AC units that can handle 115 degrees. Be careful!

Don’t try to get people to subscribe before you even give them anything I need to at least get an HJ before I give you any money

If you don’t care about the look of your van too much, paint it white with some cheap paint.

No more rent...

So its a waste. For a van anyway. Still 110.

Face Cooler...EXPENSE MISTAKE..COULD NIT EVEN COOL DOWN MY 22 ft. Winnebago...

I would die in 95 degree heat at night

just freeze gallons my guy save yourself the money

Looks like a Gimmick, waste of money. Didn't even cool down the van to comfortable level. 110 degrees?

Totally useless just hook up a fan and be done with it

It's a glorified swamp cooler not worth the price point.

113 in the van with no ac. Wtf. Lol. Ur living in the wrong state to live in a metal box

It doesn’t matter how good it works, or not. The company that makes this SUCKS! They screw up and refuse to take responsibility for their actions and even worse, after admitting that they screwed up put it back on the customer. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED