Buying a portable air con unit

[Paul-H]

Don't forget 2 things

1 because everything is in one box and all in the room you are trying to cool the free standing ones are very noisy

2 because they vent cooled air through the vent hose as they all use room air to cool the heated gas in the evaporator they are give less than 50% of the claimed cooling figure so a 9000btu unit is only delivering around 4000btu of cooling which with today's temperature is almost worthless.

The best compromise as a true split system is rather expensive is to try and get one of The American style through window unit, they are a lot quieter and closer to their claimed rating.

They are twice the price of a stand alone but well worth the expence because they actually work.

Paul

who has 2 crappy stand alone units and wishes he knew then what he knows now as one through window unit is better than 2 stand alone units

[Steve M]

Just got home from work where the best place to be was the milk freezer (about the size of a small garage).
The temperature peaked at 39.5°C in the shade in our part of North Kent. Sleep may be hard to achieve tonight.

[yelrow]

Paul, sorry your units were poor. Ours is 14 years old, and still giving excellent service. We have tested with thermometer, and temp drop, in lounge, is vast. May be, its the make, or we have just been lucky. Ours does exactly what the instructions say it does, and , as it was 40, here, yesterday afternoon, outside, we were very content.

[RAF96]

7 day shop was promoting an ‘air conditioner’ for £19.99.

USB powered so that should give you a clue as to its overall effectiveness and value.


Essentially a PC fan blowing over a sponge like material soaked by water from a top up tank.


Yes the evaporative principle works but on this scale a total waste of money.

[yelrow]

We had a similar one, last year, for heather, next to her chair. Was fine for 2 weeks, then stopped. Full refund given, and they did not want it back. It was ok, when it was running, H, was happy with concept.

[Paul-H]

Paul, sorry your units were poor. Ours is 14 years old, and still giving excellent service. We have tested with thermometer, and temp drop, in lounge, is vast. May be, its the make, or we have just been lucky. Ours does exactly what the instructions say it does, and , as it was 40, here, yesterday afternoon, outside, we were very content.

What make is it, and whats it's claimed BTU rating?

Is it a single or double hose design, double is much better than single as they use one hose to suck air in to cool the evaporator instead of using the cooled room air.

Paul

[yelrow]

Paul, blizair, 2201. 2200 W- 7500 BTU/h Air max 350mh temp 18 degreec-32deg c frigo R407C-340g. Remember, it has been 41 degrees here, and 28 today. Machine has coped at all times. We say, ( hats off). well done.