Is the ac really worth it

Looks like its shaping up as a ,save your money, Might look at a small portable one there only a few hundred bucks and can throw in the boot when not in use . Thanks for the tip guys Cheers Tony PS yes trevor if the kids not happy mums not happy if mums not happy dads not happy WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP EVERY ONE HAPPY. lol

Trevor,

My wife agrees. In our case $2500 wasted and could have been spent on something else, but we were ignorant at the time and its only by living with it for a while that you realise these things.

Cheers,

Cruiser

It's an option , but will be noisy . The first advantage of the split is less noise .

K-Mart had split systems on special recently at $300, which would easily refrigerate your van!

In my view anything would be better than an LG.

Hi Balko,
Have a look at what this guy did to a few caravans
Wazzaaaaa
link

I don't know what happened there but copy and past this link
http://groups.msn.com/Caravanersforum/airconditionerinstalls.msnw

Gerhardp1, What's wrong with an LG?

I was told by a number of store salespeople, when shopping for Plasma TV, to avoid LG. Reason quoted was the atrocious service level when problems occur, which they reportedly do with alarming regularity. TVs would be collected, and not seen again for months, no loan unit. All heresay, but a google of LG service will reveal the experiences of others.

I bought a Pioneer and it's fantastic. It had a buzzing issue which would not have been noticed by most (due to my room being super quiet), but they came and took it away, leaving me with a brand new loaner of the same model (which was quieter). Two weeks later it came back with the excessive noise removed, new firmware flashed in to cater for some HD changes by the TV broadcasters (these changes brought LG TVs to their knees for months, with LG not accepting that they should fix their products, eventually they did to avoid class actions). The Pioneer didn't falter when the broadcast changes were implemented, but the firmware apparently renders a better picture. I can't tell the difference, the picture is superb anyway :) Point is, LG TV's died, the Pioneer kept working.

I have several friends in the Aircon game, their recommendation is Fujitsu, Mitsubishi or Daikin for the best longevity in domestic series units, but some of the cheaper ones are OK for low intensity usage.