Hi all,
I have the cooled seats in my 991 and I'm not sure if they are working right. I hear the fan blowing when I turn the seats on, but I basically feel zero cooling effect even when all three blue bars are lit up. I remember in a test drive of another 991 really noticing them and being excited about them, but I've never been impressed with the ones in my car.

It's Atlanta, It's hot, I can't go on like this

Thanks all for the input.

 

recall that P's design is one where air is DRAWN away from the body. I personally dont like it and yes its very anemic.

 

Yeah, I read that. I just seem to remember something very different on my original test drive. I'd much prefer cool air blowing on my *** vs. hot air being sucked away from my ***. Who's with me?

 

I think you mean asthmatic

 

Same anemic sensation with both seats or just the drivers side?

And yes, the fans are quite noisy.

 

sgroer,

The clothing you wear will determine how effective the "Air Draw" system works. The first time I used it I was wearing suit pants, tee, long sleeve cotton shirt and tie. Looked at the 3 lit blue bars and couldn't tell anything was happening...........dissapointed to say the least.
Then on a 2 hour trip to NY in 90* sunny weather I wore nylon hiking shorts and and a Nike performance Golf shirt.............turned it on and what a fantastic difference!
Works like a charm, give it a try.

 

Turn the fan 180*

 

Finally figured the system out recently. Here's some tips.. many come from other kind folks on Rennlist:
1. When you know you'll be needing some seat cooling, try to wear clothing that will allow good air transfer.. performance polyester (athletic/golf) clothing with "quick dry" tech are best. Loose knit cottons are ok... thick jeans are near useless.
2. Don't stow anything in the foot well behind the driver & passenger seats. This is the main vent area for exiting exhaust air which needs to be free from obstruction. I originally had both footwells crammed with coats, sunblock, etc... which I now stow in the frunk.
3. ***this is the key. TURN THE AC ON !!! This puts some cooled air in the cabin that can now be FELT on your skin as the fans in each seat pull it around your body. I have the cabriolet and even though the cooled air exits the cabin quickly.. this makes a HUGE difference. As you'd expect... if all the air around you is warm... you're not going to feel much effect.
4. I've read some reports that "perhaps" some vented seat fans are not working properly at full power and need to be checked by the dealer. Before I tried the AC trick I was certain mine were not working properly. Sure enough... they are both fine and such a great addition.

Hope this helps.

 

I have the vented deats in my 991 and in a Cayenne. I also have two Benz's with cooled seats. The Porsches do not come close to the Benz system. The Porsche seats are better than nothing but not really very strong.

 

What about wearing muumuus? That would work right?

 

You guys are just looking at it from the wrong angle. Porsche makes sportscars. Their seat cooling system has the added sporty benefit of the pilot getting sucked into the seat, that's why they are programmed to suck harder in corners.
Other manufacturers just blow you out of the seat, nothing sport or racy about that ;-)

 

Whatever seat makes you happiest.

 

I though it was spelled MooMoo?

 

you need to move to the Peninsula part of the Bay Area...from late May until late October, the high temp is 78 degrees and overnight low temp mid 50s every day with gentle afternoon breezes , no clouds in the sky for months on end.... the car windows are down and its HVAC system is set to OFF !

Most houses in my town don't even have air conditioning and the two days a year we have " humidity ", it's the talk of the neighborhood and everyone mobs into sidewalk cafes downtown, pretending they're in Paris or NY, lol !

 

Oh yeah!

Well we got hurricanes and blizzards for our entertainment, so there!

The great Northeast baby!