Portable Air Conditioners

Not in a van but we bought a Tecoair from HN for this summer while we are in rented accommodation, It is not the greatest aircon ever bulky and very noisy but on 40o+ days it is really really nice to have one cool room in the house to escape to.

At $700+ for the unit it was not cheap but we will give it to our kids when our house is finished and we have split system wall aircon fitted.

I just bought a 12000BTU Hotpoint and I reckon its great, its ion a room but in a van it would be spectacular.

We recently bought a Nobocool from Hardly Normal, about $800 and 18,000 BTU. The beauty of this unit is that it has "misting" technology meaning there is no need to empty a water tank.

It cools the office in our factory which has a very big window that gets the afternoon sun. It does an excellent job BUT it is very bulky and heavy (about 55 kg). It also draws 2300 watts, so it would need a big genearator if you're away from power.

Quite noisy if that bothers you, but me, I'd tolerate listening to Kylie Minogue if it meant being cool.

You've also got to run the exhaust hose somewhere.

On balance, if you've got the space and can find somewhere to run the hose it's not a bad option and a lot cheaper than a fitted unit. Also gives you the option of using it at home.

Jim.

We had a Dimplex portable for a while, it now resides in the junk pile in the garage!....Purchase price a joke,...Noise!, like sleeping beside a railway track.

And if the outside temperature equals the exhaust temp they cut out.



Cheers Axle.

Hi AusSteve,

I went down this portable aircon route just a few days ago and as always got a lots of advice from EO People.

I will let you read my post and the responses #75095 rather than repeat what is already there. On the strength of them we decided not to go down the portable (refrigerated) a/cons.

Regards
Benny

Hi - have a look at the following recent threads

75171
75169
75140
75095

hope they help you, cheers....

Thanks for all the replies guys, it would seem, on balance, that possible portable may not be the best option. Will continue to ponder & consider domestic split systems.