portable air conditioner/cooler?

[SnowSurfer]

I'm moving into a place in late summer thats window sizes will not accomidate a window ac unit (they slide to the left and arent big enough...)

would one of these units be able to keep the room cool enough for me to function?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PORTABLE-AIR-COOLER-CONDITIONER-FAN-WITH-REMOTE_W0QQitemZ6059051136QQcategoryZ79624QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

all of the portable air conditioners i've seen at home depot and lowes are way out of my price range (over 200 dollars) and they are too large to fit in my car.


thanksssssssssss! :)

edit: or would this be better?

http://cgi.ebay.com/PORTABLE-EVAPORATIVE-SWAMP-AIR-COOLER-AIR-CONDITIONER_W0QQitemZ6059674510QQcategoryZ20711QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[neutral]

If you get it, please let me know if it works. I have the same situatation. Thanks.

[indiglosolara]

I have one of these in my home office area. Since I'm usaully the only one home it didn't make too much sense for me to turn on my central A/C. Since i'm in my home office about 85% of the time I bought one of those.

I've been using it for about 1.5 yrs now without any problems. The unit i bought came with everything i needed to install.

Worth it IMO. Plus you don't have to use so much electricity like the central AC units.

[Cubsfan]

I don't know what your area is like, but those would probably increase humidity quite a bit as well.

[SnowSurfer]

the room i plan on using it in, is 15'x15' (bedroom). I will probably buy one of them to see how it works out.

Its really unfortunate I can't use a window ac and the actual portable ac's are so expensive.

[SmokeyDP]

It must not get hot there, because one of those would not fly in NJ in the dead of summer. Even when its in the 70's we will sometimes run the AC to lower the humidity in the air. This thing does the opposite and seems like it would only lower the temperature of the room by a bit.

[zero2dash]

all of the portable air conditioners i've seen at home depot and lowes are way out of my price range (over 200 dollars) and they are too large to fit in my car.

The ones that are $200+ are genuine air conditioners which (more than likely) have condensing units to actually cool the air in the room.

The two you linked to are nothing more than a glorified bucket of ice in front of a $20 fan you can buy at Walmart. :heh: All those things do is blow out air that flows over water or ice, which may buy you about a 2* temperature drop, but will also (as Smokey said) raise the humidity in the room a ton. Again - if you want to buy one of these, save yourself the trouble and buy a $20 fan, a $2 rubbermaid bowl and a $2 bag of ice and get the same effect.

Remember man...you get what you pay for.
I'd get one of the $200 units because you can always take it with you wherever you go and it will actually work, but it's your money to spend. I can tell you from a St. Louis perspective - living with AC for $200 is a steal for 100* degree days with 85% humidity. :) If you order one of the units online, you could always have it shipped to your house (and if you get it on a promotion or a sale, maybe even shipped free). Either that or you could always put it somewhere in your car with a tie-down (ie hanging out of the trunk) or get a friend who has a truck or van to help you get it to your place.

[Pemolis]

It should have an exhaust (it blows out alot of humid, warm air). I'd suggest getting a portable one that can be a fan, air conditioner, dehumidifier and Heater (you might as well get one that can do all of that). It'll be around 3 to 500 bucks, but is worth the trouble of having a 4 in 1 unit.

2 more notes.

1) It should have an exhaust on it.
2) Some are drip and others are dripless. Meaning that drip ones come with a pan inside that you need to empty every few hours. Dripless evaporates the water from the AC and sends it out the exhaust hose.

One of those can cool a good size livingroom (it won't cool your whole apartment). Best to get 1 for the living area, and 1 for the bedroom (or if you can, just move it each night).

[nhbilly]

these swamp cooler are not a bright idea for humid regions and for you computers.

[indiglosolara]

It should have an exhaust (it blows out alot of humid, warm air). I'd suggest getting a portable one that can be a fan, air conditioner, dehumidifier and Heater (you might as well get one that can do all of that). It'll be around 3 to 500 bucks, but is worth the trouble of having a 4 in 1 unit.

2 more notes.

1) It should have an exhaust on it.
2) Some are drip and others are dripless. Meaning that drip ones come with a pan inside that you need to empty every few hours. Dripless evaporates the water from the AC and sends it out the exhaust hose.

One of those can cool a good size livingroom (it won't cool your whole apartment). Best to get 1 for the living area, and 1 for the bedroom (or if you can, just move it each night).

All good points to look at when getting one of these units.
The one I have has a Exhaust that i needed to set-up and place it blowing out a window. All the items needed to do this came with the unit.

Also mine has a Pan for water.. Or they made it so I can attach a small hose and lead it out a window or patio. I have mine just going out the side of the window...

[JackHammer]

You should consider this:

http://www.haieramerica.com/products.php?pid=1182

[SnowSurfer]

thanks for the responses guys, im forgoing buying a new motherboard (if you read my other thread) and im going to buy one of 200 dollar units. Being cool is really more important at the moment! :)

[Jcranmer]

You can always try something like this: http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~gmilburn/ac/
:D

[johnnymk]

You can always try something like this: http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~gmilburn/ac/
:D

Very interesting, for $25 and a little work, the guy got 2000 BTUs per hour.