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The most convenient, comfortable, healthy way to cool your home using your existing swamp cooler.
Continuous Comfort™ lets you set the exact temperature you want your swamp cooler to blow. Instead of just turning on and off, the Roadrunner Comfort uses a remote sensor to monitor and adjust the water flow to the pads, ensuring the air is cooled to your chosen temperature. This means everyone in your home enjoys continuous comfort, no matter how close or far they are from the vent.
Wire nuts for connection to your cooler’s wiring are included.
The remote temperature sensor clips to your cooler’s air vent. If your home has ductwork and multiple vents, it can be clipped to any vent within about 30 feet of the controller. The sensor is powered by a battery whose lifetime exceeds five years, so replacing the battery will be an infrequent need. The spring-loaded clip and sensor electronics are designed to last a lifetime, like the controller itself.
The Roadrunner Comfort RC2 comes with either a single or double-wide wall plate, making it compatible with virtually all existing swamp cooler controller installations. Some newer coolers use a low-voltage controller and put more electronics in the cooler itself; these systems use low-voltage wiring to the thermostat which may not be immediately compatible with the Roadrunner Comfort. If you have one of these systems, you probably need the help of an electrician for installation.
Features
Continuous Comfort™
The Roadrunner Comfort uses a sensor clipped to your air vent to measure the incoming air temperature. It uses that measurement to vary the pump operation and control the wetness of the cooling pads. By doing this it can achieve a near-constant temperature on the incoming air, mostly within +/- 1 degree Fahrenheit. The Roadrunner Comfort is the ONLY evaporative cooler control with Continuus Comfort™.
Color Touchscreen
The color touchscreen works like the one on your phone, making operating your cooler familiar and easy to use. Screens are sorted by function, and colors used to help guide quicker recognition of control functions and differentiate screens.
Simple On/Off scheduling
It’s easy to set times for your cooler to automatically turn ON and OFF. Just tap the blue Option ‘button’ and then select ON or OFF time. You’ll come to a screen with swipe up/down rollers to set hours, minutes, and AM/PM. To disable the ON or OFF time, just tap Clear and you’ll be returned to the Options screen with the selected time (ON or OFF) disabled.
Pause control
Pause turns off the fan and pump right away, and sets a countdown timer for when it will return to automatic operation (“Auto”). It defaults to 10 minutes, but you can add 10 minutes at a time with each touch of the “+10 min” button. Cancel returns you to automatic operation (“Auto” screen).
Manual Control
Touch control of fan on/off, fan hi/lo, and pump on/off.
Intuitive operation
Thoughtful use of color and simple controls makes using the Roadrunner Comfort a no-brainer. The main operating screen has big buttons for WARMER and COOLER, and an easy-to-read display of the current temperature setting. The ON- and OFF- TIME setting screens have big, easy to use rollers for changing hours, minutes, and AM/PM. The SET CLOCK screen, which you will need to visit if you have no Wifi, uses the same design, but with inertia on the minutes roller so you can give it a swipe and watch it spin on its own.
Self-Updating (requires Wifi)
Once you’ve connected it to your home Wifi network, the Roadrunner Comfort controller will check every morning between 1 & 5 AM to see if there is an updated version of its software. This means that it will always stay up to date with the latest features and the best possible performance and security.
Vertical or horizontal mount
The Setup screen includes a control for switching between horizontal and vertical display orientation. This makes it compatible with virtually every swamp cooler control installation.
Long battery life
Sensor battery life expectancy is 5+ years.
An early low battery warning gives you plenty of time to acquire a replacement so you can enjoy uninterrupted cooling.
Made in New Mexico
Made in New Mexico where evaporative cooling is ubiquitous. Enclosures are 3D printed of compostable PLA plastic, and the Chinese-made electronics are assembled and tested. We do extended life testing and extensive quality testing to make sure that every unit performs as our customers expect and deserve. If there is a problem with your Roadrunner Comfort, we are here for you.
General Questions
What is Active Temperature Control?
Active Temperature Control maintains the temperature of the air coming out of your cooler by controlling the wetness of the cooling pads. To do this, it samples the temperature of the incoming air, then compares the temperature to your set temperature. It also determines whether the temperature is rising or falling. Based on this information, it may choose to not run the pump at all, or to run it for 1-55 seconds before fetching the next sample 60 seconds later.
How often does it check the temperature?
When set to Auto, it reads the temperature once a minute.
When the Set Temperature is changed, it will recheck the temperature within about 5 seconds.
While reading the temperature, it displays the message “Scanning” in small text in the upper left of the screen.
How long does the sensor battery last?
The sensor battery should last at least 5 years.
The controller will display a flashing alert when the battery gets low, and an audible beep once a minute when it is about to die.
What is the warranty?
The Roadrunner Comfort is warranted to be free from defects for two full years. For any failure not due to external electrical disturbance, invasion by fluid, temperature extremes, or other external cause, Nangeroni Design will repair or provide a replacement at our discretion. Nangeroni Design is not responsible for any damages beyond the unit itself due to any cause, including incorrect installation, improper usage, or defects with the evaporative cooler being controlled.
Returns for full refund will be accepted within 60 days of purchase date for all units purchased from the Roadrunner Comfort website.
Is it really made in New Mexico?
Absolutely. The actual circuitry and display are made in China; there is no reasonably affordable domestic alternative, and their quality is unsurpassed. But enclosures are 3D printed, and assembly and final testing are conducted here in Los Ranchos. All design and development work is conducted in Los Ranchos.
I love the “set it and forget it” aspect of this controller. I also really appreciate Roadrunner Comfort’s responsive and friendly customer service no matter how silly my question or issue—even coming out to my house! These folks stand behind their product, and it shows!
This made our house a lot more comfortable this summer. It was especially useful on hot days where we wanted some cooling while going to sleep, but didn’t want the cooler to stay on all night.
I was looking high and low fo a smarter controller and this is it! Easy to install and loving the product so far. Customer service has been excellent as well!
I’ve been running mine for about 2 months now, and it works great. I’m looking forward to a little more integration into smart-home systems but for now it’s much better than my old “best-I-could-find” sorta-smart thermostat.
Very easy to install and runs well. I just had the 3 switches and would have to leave my evap running all day to come home to a cool house. I’m very happy to have automatic control over it.
Just installed it took less then 20 minutes to install and so far so good.
Very impressive product. After years of struggling with a clunky technology for the 80s, there is finally a modern solution. The temperature output of the cooler is impressively stable and it definitely reduced our what consumption. The installation was straightforward and the interface s very intuitive. Excellent product, Nancy! Thank you.
I’ll start by saying I’m not in the market for any sort of home-based cooling unit, AC or Swamp. I live in an senior retirement complex, but I’ fascinated by your product, which I read in the Albuquerque Journal. The church I attend–just last Sunday–has a problem with the swamp cooler in the sanctuary, so I’ve texted the pastor to inform him of your invention. Hopefully, he’ll pass on this information to the Building and Grounds elder(s), and they can take it from there. FYI, the church is La Mesa Presbyterian, in the International District.
I installed this controller a week ago. Installation was quick and easy. No going up on the roof.
The controls are simple & intuitive.
It does a great job of keeping the house comfortable. The temp is steady, unlike our old controller.
Humidity level in the house is lower, indicating that we’re using less water.
Thanks for the kind review, Jim, and for letting us know that we’re saving water. I guess we can add that to the Roadrunner Comfort benefits!