'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet
The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.
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"I really feel for the people that have been sucked into buying some of this rubbish."
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The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.
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