arobodude

Good question. I'm not totally sure since I was only using it for the 10 days of Burning Man and will be using it again this year for another 10 days. It seems like it would be an issue though so maybe the cooling pads are treated with something?

A taller thinner design would probably work better for cooling since you are trying to get as much evaporation to happen... but it would probably be harder to design. The big plus on this one is the simplicity. And as far as noise... totally. I mean at Burning Man the fan will be the least of your worries as far as noise but for another venue I could see that being an issue. You could also get the same size and airflow fan but just buy a higher quality/more $$$ one. People like their PCs to be quiet as well :)

Nice design

Sure did, and thanks. It worked great! It doesn't need to be perfectly sealed because water is dripping out of the tube anyways