Portable Climate Control for Your Cube
Mon Jan 7, 2008 12:18PM EST
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Just a quick post about one of the coolest (and coolest-looking) things I saw last night at CES's Digital Experience event, a big pre-CES splash. Herman Miller is moving heavily into personal peripherals for the workspace, not just lamps, but also this snazzy gizmo: the C2 Climate Control unit from HM's "be" collection.
No, it's not a speaker, it's a combo heater and cooler that sits right on your desk. The C2 draws 60 watts of power and gently heats or cools the space up to about 18 inches in front of the vent. It even includes an air filter in the base, cleaning the air while it cools you down.
No knobs or dials, either: Temperature is managed with a touch-sensitive strip on the front of the machine. Price is $280 (hey, it's a Herman Miller product). A little pricey, yes, but you probably won't bother thinking about that while you're nice and cool and everyone else is sweating in their cube.
LINK: Herman Miller
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2 Posted by snappytom56 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:30PM EDT Report Abuse
Hmm...might be interesting to put one into a computer case and see what cooling benefits there are compared to water cooling and high fan noise.
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3 Posted by ramfisher65 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:27PM EDT Report Abuse
is this what they mean by "ice-cube?"
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4 Posted by lukedawson1980 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:00PM EDT Report Abuse
Looks like a cross between an Ipod and a toaster.
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5 Posted by speranza82 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:35PM EDT Report Abuse
Now that's a good idea!
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6 Posted by lisamarie7733@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:53PM EDT Report Abuse
Fantastic idea for the office cube. Half of us are hot with fans on our desks and the other are cold most of the time. Little pricey still.
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7 Posted by containercrazy on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:29PM EDT Report Abuse
Beats that little fan you put the ice cube in and spray yourself with! The price tag is another story...
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8 Posted by gama144 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:05PM EDT Report Abuse
Looks like a cross between an Ipod and a toaster? Correct. But working more as a toster :)
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9 Posted by mikewofsey on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:20PM EDT Report Abuse
Lessee ... 60 watts, huh? Since there is no place for the thing to dump the waste heat, both the cooler and the heater operate as 100% efficient HEATERS of the immediate space around them. So the best anyone can hope for out of these are an an incredibly weak, overpriced cubicle warmer (compared to a $25 1500 watt space heater) or a an incredibly overpriced fan, possibly with some evaporative cooling. But considering you can get mostly the same thing for about $15, I would say this product is both useless, gimmicky and destined for failure. Sorry, but the laws of thermodynamics stubbornly resist fancy technology.
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10 Posted by kng30294 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:52PM EDT Report Abuse
60 watts???? Good Idea for company bosses to get their slave style employees. To save them money on their bills. I say use the regular heater which gets the job done even better and provides more comfort. what about the fortunate corp slaves who have the bigger cubicles.. LOL 18 inches is not gonna cut it...
1 Posted by nolo_8 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:40PM EDT Report Abuse
haha, seems like a nifty little gadget. Im still in school and interning, I don't have to use a cubicle, so I don't really know if it really does get too cold.hot. I'd like to try it out though, seems quirky.