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The Williston Force is not an AC unit as they claim. The so-called portable AC unit is a swamp cooler. I ordered 2 Williston Force units in 2020, the units received were not battery-powered as advertised, but had to be plugged in to operate. In addition, they operated on "water curtains" which had to be filled with water and then placed in the freezer before inserting into the unit, rather than filling the unit with water as advertised.
Once inserted in the unit, the frozen water curtains lasted only about 30 minutes before they needed replacement, & the cooling effect was not adequate. I called customer service for a return authorization and refund and was informed that I would not be refunded the return postage even though the product was not as advertised. I would not recommend purchasing Williston Force Portable AC.
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I ordered 3 units they are awful and are going in the bin. They are weak not ac and have little use at all. Do not waste your money on these a game provides better cooling
The winston force ac or should I say not ac is a total waste of time, does anyone know how to gert money back ?
I have been waiting 2 months and same emails looking to my purchase but not received anything this is a scam
another scam, they get smarter all the time.
Oh dear, and here was I thinking a one month delivery period was excessive. Mind you, I am still waiting and except for automated platitudes I receive no response whatsoever to my questions, including one wher I ask them to correct my delivery address where their system has “autocorrected” my address to another town!
Still waiting for mine 7 weeks now !!! Sounds like I can write that off !!!
Bought 2 units and received nothing. When I enquire about the delivery, I'm told they are dealing with it. I suspect I will never get them. Add insult to injury, they keep sending sms meassages asking, if I would like to purchase more! Please stay away from this company.
Wish I had seen this first.Thank you
I ordered 4 units on 19.05.2022 along with the lifetime warranty. The purchasing process said I'd be advised of postage costs in the Order Confirmation phase - I assumed I'd be shown shipping costs before I committed to pay, since the postage cost might have been prohibitively high. I was debited the amount immediately. I was then taken to a screen which asked if I wanted to purchase further water curtains as they only last 6-8 months. Shipping costs and this new fact re: water curtains should have been pointed out before I finally committed to pay. They weren't. I immediately sent an e-mail to cancel the order prior to shipping. To date, they've just taken my money and keep sending emails to say they're dealing with my request. So, I have no refund.I will update this review site If I get a refund, but am assuming it won't happen. Please don't buy from this company. Has anyone out there received a refund from them? Does anyone have an address for the company? Best Regards,Richard Lees
Just read the reviews on trust pilot, exact same scenario's, I can't believe this company is getting away this, it is theft and I wish they could be stopped!
Same as you. They charged the payment and weeks later I’m still waiting for delivery. Keep away!
The sales advert showed 'Martin' from Ireland. University had 35° temp. Ireland has never had 35° temperatures, ever! We celebrate if we reach 20°!This story has to be a lie. If he was expelled from the University I'd like to know which one.This has to be a scam,so if they lie about the development presumably they're also lying about the gadgets effectiveness
Doesn't cool at all. Even in my tiny 6 square meters office it didn't make a difference. It just blows a pathetic weak flow of moist air, that affects the air 3 inches from its facade and no more. I fell for it and learnt my lesson.
Just seen a c**p youtube ad which claims this was invented by a Viennese student whose school had defective air conditioning... and that he was then extradited. What b******s.
I watched a YouTube ad but it was a Dublin student, I live in Ireland...not cool (pun intended)
I watched the same ad, except it was in French and the inventor was a French student, with the same script. Of course as I live in France all this confirms the suspicious side so here is my testimony.
I just watched the same ad only it was in Hebrew and said the inventor was an IsraelI student. Granted I'm from Israel and it seemed suspicious so here I am
DONT buy this rubbish!!! Generic emails promising thier attention and a refund and getting nowhere, total scam artists!!! Ignore all the reviews that are positive, they are fake and sponsored by them!
LOL to see so many people got scammed. To make you feel bad, these things are basically swamp coolers, and in China you can get them for about £2.
Hahaha. It's a scam!
oh this not a scam , In fact, I invented the same system prior to this studentI put a frozen bottle of water in front of a fan fully charged , it works ! yeaaahhhh
It is no AC.
Thank you for your post about your, not very nice , experience. One scam I will not be getting caught out by :-)
True - it's a different nationality in each country and a hard sell scam trying to push you into buying ....
Here in Spain they say the young genious is from Madrid, but the people in the video were clearly not from here. I was just cheking to see if someone else is saying that it's a scam.
Guess what ... here in UK he was in London. Like we get class room temperatures of 35 degrees C .... load of b****cks
Here in the Netherlands he is from Amsterdam.......
And here in France, it was from Paris!
In Italy, it's from Rome, but clearly it's a nordic guy
Yeah a Dutch boy genius invented it in a school to help his student friends, refused millions and make it with own firm.. scam scan...
Same here. In the add (in the Netherlands) they claim he was a student in NL. These folks are scammers!
The advert also claims its development by him in a a school in the UK when the air-con broke down no school in the UK has air-con. You don't use air-con in the UK
You all wrong ! I live in France, the student is from Paris !!
In Austria, they claim it's a boy from Vienna. So that alone clearly means they are dishonest and thus scammers.
Funnily, in the German advert it's a boy from Berlin, Germany - where we don't use air-con either. ^^
For me it said he came from a school out of Amsterdam.
To be fair: what school has air con in Amsterdam anyway? Also the text is not even well-translated.
Their advert on youtube is misleading. It shows a young man they call Martin - this young man shown is actually child prodigy, Taylor Wilson who is a Nuclear Physicist.
I bought these last year. when I tried returning it they just kept lowering the price until I gave in and kept it. These do make good humidifier for a small space and that is about it.don't waste your money
Absolute scammers
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!! My husband 'stupidly' bought two of these for the bedrooms, as they were advertised as air conditioning units! He had hoped these would help cool the bedroom down a degree during the hot nights. Firstly, after ordering, he waited weeks, and still, nothing arrived. He contacted the company only to be told the delay was down to Covid!!! Then after waiting a few more weeks, he contacted them again this time he tried to cancel his order. He was persuaded not to as the item was on its way and they offered him a 20% refund. (Not sure if that ever happened, and he won't tell me because he's embarrassed that he got scammed) Finally, these things arrived. The box was so small and when we opened it up we saw two very small round things. They needed to be charged via a USP and water poured into the top. (Not much water as they aren't big enough) The things are useless. No force at all and they do not cool anything down. They are no better than a toy. Also, the charge doesn't last very long. I think he paid a lot of money for these as well. If you look on Amazon you can get the same thing for less than £30 and at least you can send that back as they'll be a warranty. This is just a SCAM. Product is worthless, useless tat. Don't waste your time and money.
Good afternoon my name is Jacquelin and I am doing this Review so that another person does not fall into the trap that I fell with very Willian Willy Stone Fours that company seems to me to be something clandestine because three months ago on July 5 I bought an air a Air at a tiny hour online and a month later I called because they had never sent me absolutely nothing.They told me that in the same afternoon they were going to send me the Trucking name or the confirmation today, August 31, 21, I return and call and they are still with the same I tell you what are you going to send me the Trucking name that the product has already come out because the Trucking Number does not have it Chinese story I do not know here that you are going to believe it until I do not Until I have the product in hand for me It was a robbery, it is a scam because Care, what kind of company and is here in three months, it has hardly been able to give a Trucking, it names a person and that they sent the product and that the Trucking Number is not there.So you have to wait maybe three more months for That they send me the Trucking name I give is the money for lost because for me that is not true that is a clandestine company so it comes out here on the Internet with all the products they sell and how much for me is a robbery because what company and I do not think that even at the end of the world that the company will last three months and that they sent the product without a real Trucking name, which is a very Chinese story to believe
BIG SCAM! Don't buy this, it's a big scam, just take your money and you'll never get anything or hear from them either!! SCAM!!!
Beware of this company. They take your money and never send you anything nor do they reply to you at all. I ordered 5 units plus filter refills in June of 2021, said I'd receive sometime in August and haven't received a thing.You can't get a hold of anyone. So do not buy from them. I will never trust an online company I've never heard of again. BIG SCAM!!!! DON'T FALL FOR IT LIKE I DID!!
I wish I read all these reviews before falling. I ordered a few weeks ago, five units and an extra curtain wall. I got four delivered exactly a week ago and realised they weren't ACs as was advertised. Now, just yesterday, I was home all day, didn't get any delivery except the one from another purchase but boom....I got a mail saying my final delivery has just been made! Gush! What a lie! I immediately replied that mail but haven't heard back from them, atleast, not until this morning.Scammers everywhere. Online purchases are turning into something else these days and something has to be done about it.
Williston Force is a major SCAM from their base in Hong Kong to Australia Canada UK . I lost £90 . Save your money they use a christian advert but they are Muslim scammers
Why the hatred of religion. It has nothing to do with your purchase or if you got scammed... just shows you to be a rather horrible human being.
Now trading as blast auxiliary as well I believe. Obviously had to many complaints.
I ordered this in June 2021, haven't received anything. I think it's a BIG scam. I should have known better. Never again will I buy from an unknown company. Don't fall for it. Remember, if it's too good to be true...you know the rest
I ordered 1 unit in early June. Started to chase delivery in July. No sensible replies to emails. Even claimed they had lost the order, having taken the money. Received an email asking me to rate their service although I was still chasing delivery. They did give a 20% discount, but still did not receive the goods. Twice demanded a refund.finally contacted credit card Company who obtained a refund within 24 hrs.If it's not a scam, it's a totally incompetent company