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.
