Portable air con

Mr_Singleton

Can anyone recommend a portable air con unit for a medium sized room.
I’m guessing that a budget of £500 to £750 should get something decent, reliable and energy efficient.
Thanks

TadleyBaggie

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a portable air con unit for a medium sized room.
I’m guessing that a budget of £500 to £750 should get something decent, reliable and energy efficient.
Thanks

I bought this AEG one a couple of weeks ago, works well:

https://ao.com/product/axp34u338cw-aeg-chillflex-pro-air-conditioning-unit-white-60572-146.aspx

Price has gone up £20 but it's currently out of stock. It will reduce the temperature of our lounge by 4 degrees C in 45 minutes.

Mr_Singleton

Looks interesting thanks for the he tip will check it out tomorrow.. any idea on running costs?

TadleyBaggie

It is roughly 1KW when the compressor is running, so about 8p and hour I think.

Nile

Would this one be suitable for your home? It's cheaper and not as noisy:

https://www.aircon247.com/p/9303194/toshiba-compressor-kyr-25cox1x-m-9000btu-portable-air-conditioner.html

Nilrem

What is the actual floor space of the room in meters squared?

We found that we had to move from a 9000btu unit to a 12k one for our living room because it was just on the edge in terms of size, which added to a huge window at the back and large one at the front meant it got the sun pretty much all day so the 9k unit was struggling.

IIRC we paid about £350 for the 9k unit (and electrolux) from John Lewis a couple of years back, and about £230 for the 12k one from Screwfix (notably before the weather got hot) last year (it was cheaper than their 9k one at the time).

For £750 you may just about be able to get a split unit fitted, those will be far more efficient and quieter, also it would only need a pair of about 1" holes in the wall whilst a portable unit either needs about a 4" hole in the wall (a friend uses the old gas fire vent), or out a window which even with a cloth barrier means it's far less efficient (as you're letting a lot of warmth back in via the uninsulated cloth).