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i was dreaming about buying one of these a couple nights ago. central a/c went out and temps approached 100 during the day and 90 inside. decided against it--expensive stop gap measure.
i was dreaming about buying one of these a couple nights ago. central a/c went out and temps approached 100 during the day and 90 inside. decided against it--expensive stop gap measure.
I live in a basement apartment in DC... I don't know what I would do without my portable air conditioner... I would just sit and cry I think.
They forgot about the Pinguino!
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It is 90 degrees inside my apartment...I cannot wait til payday.
I used to have a 12,000 BTU unit by Haier that I got for my barracks room in Korea. Online price was over $300, but the PX had it for $150. Best investment ever. It was a bit noisey, but didn't require any drainage or bucket.
the newer ones are evaporative, so you dont have to drain out the water. It still collects water, but will recycle it once you run the a/c. I have central air, but with 4 members in the household who doesnt want the a/c on all the time because they are the devil, I went out and got one. Nothing is better than sleeping with the blanket in the 90 degree heat outside and the a/c on super cool. The minor happiness in life is so bliss....=)
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I recently had to buy a portable. As these things go, the unit is very much a \"glass half full\" kind of appliance in that it provided a highly optimistic assesment of the area it could cool. I'd recommend purchasers cut in half whatever area cooling metrics the units provide, and then make their decision.
A portable air conditioner in my bedroom has saved me from hot sleepless nights this summer. It's a Koldfront 12000 Btu Portable Air Conditioner KF PAC1200W that I got from Compact Applicance. It doesn't require draining and has a timer on it. Very nice product, but a little on the loud side. But I've gotten used to it.