Scandinavia – Meltdown

Keeping cool isn’t a big priority in Sweden, seeing as we freeze to death for the biggest part of the year. That’s why every summer the annual heat wave is treated like it’s a complete surprise, and there is absolutely no air-conditioning anywhere on the peninsula. But after having old people and babies dying from the heat, and the rest of the population smelling like AC/DC roadies every summer for the past 12,000 years, the Scandinavian market for air con is finally growing. The MATSUI EC1000 is being sold at the leading home fixing/electrical appliances store in the country for about €100. It’s as big and chunky as any proper AC, so you’d expect it to do the job. Open it up, though, and you’ll see it’s about as useful as rollerblades to somebody who’s legs have just been blown off in a suicide bomb attack. There’s just a regular fan standing on a little built-in shelf, with an ice tray in front of it. That’s it. And there’s only one ice tray, so you’ll need to turn it off every time you re-freeze the ice. This is not a joke either, this is something people actually buy for their homes. We know a guy who works there and he tells us it (allegedly) has no effect whatsoever on temperature of the air surrounding it. What a crock of shit.