I have 2 portable aircons - both De Longhi Pinguino & they are both *fantastic*. They are "real" airconditioners, one of them has a water boosted action & a tube that you use to vent the hot air out a window/door. The other is a portable split system, so the fan part sits inside the room and it's connected to the split system by a long insulated tube thing that you can feed out thru a window or door. It's very powerful and can cool a large space like a large l-shaped kitchen/family room area. It was quite expensive but a godsend, especially if you're moving from rental to rental. The split system is quieter than the other but obviously cost a lot more so there's a payoff there.
I can't think when it gets too hot so it's been worth every penny here - but it was very expensive to run both of them day & night during the big heatwave we had in Jan so I think I'll be a bit more careful with their use from now on.
Last edited by AnyDream; October 28th, 2009 at 10:06 AM.
When we were renting we bought a portable aircon. It was a refrigerative one with a tube you stick out the window. It was useless. We spent about $900 and got a very powerful one. It blew out cool air, but the unit itself and the tube got so hot that it all evened out. I read the manual and there was one sentence that said it wasn't a 'room' airconditioner, it was designed to cool a personal space within a room. It was also so loud.
We ended up taking it back and buying a box one and temporarily mounting it in a window. It worked so well.
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