Idle-Aire a flop ?
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Using Idle Aire for the 2nd time today. Its HOT in El Paso. Not as many trucks hooked up here at the Loves as the last time we were here but there are several other truckstops nearby with the service.
Last time wasn't pleased with the "stuffy" smell from the air but this time didn't have that problem. Since we are sitting about 24 hrs waiting for pickup figured we would "splurge" and get a decent TV signal for a change, already exhausted our supply of DVDs.
However, IMO service a little pricy for routine use.
Last time wasn't pleased with the "stuffy" smell from the air but this time didn't have that problem. Since we are sitting about 24 hrs waiting for pickup figured we would "splurge" and get a decent TV signal for a change, already exhausted our supply of DVDs.
However, IMO service a little pricy for routine use.
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The smell everyone is describing is simply the air inside the truckstop being pumped into everyone's trucks. Many truckstops have that permanent cigarette smoke/body odor/greasy food smell and you can't get rid of it. The Idle Aire is just pumping a little of that hopeless air right into your truck.
As far as permanent smells of desperation go, I had a single keg cooler one time that had come from a bowling alley, and no matter what I did I couldn't get that smell of cigarettes and spilled beer off out of the cooler. I finally had to get rid of it when I realized my friends were starting to treat my house like a bar.
As far as permanent smells of desperation go, I had a single keg cooler one time that had come from a bowling alley, and no matter what I did I couldn't get that smell of cigarettes and spilled beer off out of the cooler. I finally had to get rid of it when I realized my friends were starting to treat my house like a bar.
Regarding the stale air smells... if you'll look at the Idle-Aire system... and see how it is actually set up... you'll notice that each spot actually has it's own seperate Air Conditioner Unit. What is that pipe made of that puts that cool air down into your rig???
Plastic/Rubber like material... which does what? holds odors! The smell of exhaust... and naturally there's going to be smokers using these systems, and naturally some of that smoke smell and odors from their trucks will end up in that tube... that's probably where that smell is coming from.
if your a smoker, your going to smell smoker "like" air because everything in your truck that can hold odors... from your plastic dash parts to your cab curtains to your mattress... are all having cool air from a different source other than your truck being blown at them. AC in your rig comes from certain area's that your used to, AC from Idle-Aire comes from one big venting area, that your nose is not used to, therefore the air circulated is moved in a different way and naturally your going to pick up on odors your not used to... smoker or not.
I myself am a non-smoker, though I do pick up odors that I normally would not when I use the system... all simply due to a different air flow within the cab.
Plastic/Rubber like material... which does what? holds odors! The smell of exhaust... and naturally there's going to be smokers using these systems, and naturally some of that smoke smell and odors from their trucks will end up in that tube... that's probably where that smell is coming from.
if your a smoker, your going to smell smoker "like" air because everything in your truck that can hold odors... from your plastic dash parts to your cab curtains to your mattress... are all having cool air from a different source other than your truck being blown at them. AC in your rig comes from certain area's that your used to, AC from Idle-Aire comes from one big venting area, that your nose is not used to, therefore the air circulated is moved in a different way and naturally your going to pick up on odors your not used to... smoker or not.
I myself am a non-smoker, though I do pick up odors that I normally would not when I use the system... all simply due to a different air flow within the cab.