We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you find yourself experiencing an unexpected heatwave and your air conditioner goes down, keeping cool can be difficult. While nothing beats the ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And given these are desperate, heat-stricken times, let us introduce Mike Hosking's DIY swamp cooler - made out of items you'll (possibly) have around your ...

How you can make a simple 'air conditioner' for $30 Oregonian Daves Killen and Cansler endeavor to make a $30 DIY air conditioner with mixed results. If you try this at home, be sure to remove the ice ...

For those who don’t know, Burning Man is a week-long festival in the middle of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The event attracts a wide range of creative people from all over the world. This year, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether your air conditioner is broken or just not cutting it during the summer, you should not have to suffer the heat indoors, especially if ...

It’s a scorching 95 degrees in northern Minnesota, and I’m testing my DIY skills by building a homemade swamp cooler in a Walmart parking lot to see if it can actually cool down my camper. Between ...

Summer in the Pacific Northwest seems to last five minutes — but those five minutes are intense. When the days heat up, my normal course of action is to take my kids to an air-conditioned mall or ...

From New York to Nebraska and all points north, south, east, and west, the United States is in the midst of another year of record heat. Yes, another: 15 of the warmest years on record globally have ...

If temperatures have spiked in your locale—as they have in many areas of the country—you might be looking for a quick fix to cool off faster. Set up a super basic evaporative cooler for a free and ...

After the June heatwave, she’s taking stock of which heat prevention tricks worked and which were a waste of time. The deadly heatwave in June has taught me a lot. Our house doesn’t have air ...