Portable air conditioners like the one above, and no, that's not our house, are not so much portable as they are stationary. You have to keep them in one place because they have to have an exhaust hose to vent the hot air they create and the hose has to go out a window. And they're not so much quiet as they are loud as hell.
I bought one yesterday to put in our upstairs bedroom. The rest of our house stays relatively cool and we're hoping to be able to get away with using the main AC as little as possible downstairs, the basement stays cool all summer, but all the heat of the day rises and it sits in our bedroom like a 400 pound teenage girl with the words 'Future Juicy MILF' tattooed on her lower back. Even with a oscillating floor fan the hot air hangs around longer than Dick Cheney at a shoot your friend in the face party. So I saw a portable air conditioner at Target and I bought it. The picture on the box didn't show the ugly exhaust hose and the copy on the box touted that you could move the unit from room to room, so I thought, 'Great! I'll get one for our bedroom.'
Big mistake.
Did it cool down the bedroom in question? Yes.
Was it as loud as letting a 747 land in your back yard? Yes.
Was it ugly and not at all like it was pictured on the box? Yes.
Will Target be getting this one back? Oh hell yes.
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So what's the supposed advantage of something like that as compared to a window unit?
Since my upstairs gets all the heat - no cold air returns - I had to settle for window units for the two bedrooms. That is one ugly monstrosity.
I was going to get one of those last year because my room in my old apartment didn't have a window. Then I realized I had nowhere to drain the water to. They seem pretty pointless.
I got a solar attic fan last year and that along with ceiling fans kept my house pretty cool. I rarely turned on the AC and saved almost 40% on my AC bill from 2007 with similar weather. Plus, I got a tax credit or write off or something. There was some sort of tax benefit when I did my taxes.
a 400 pound teenage girl with the words 'Future Juicy MILF' tattooed on her lower back - I almost peed myself.
We've got a window unit upstairs for the same reason. Hoping to get some soffit venting to help the problem, but not convinced it'll do. Enjoy shoving that one back down Target's dirty craw.
I hate to disappoint you, Dr. Monk, but that's not an air conditioner. It's a rejected robot from Dr. Who, pretending to be an air conditioner.
I was going to buy one of these for my sunporch, now I guess I will think better of it. Great advice and you saved me a fight with the Homo Depot.
I researched these last year when Mr. Dewey moved to night shift - thinking it would be nice to be able to keep his sleeping room cool while the rest of the house was left open. All the reports said basically what you are saying, so we decided against it. Supposedly the advantage is if you live somewhere that won't allow you to put a window AC unit in (like the public housing in JC, which says that blocks the "emergency exits") or have small or really big windows, etc.
I call that perceived need.
Is that 'Future Juicy MILF' tattoo spelled out in Asian characters?
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