portable aircon really works?

[CaiPuDan]

or just a fan with colder wind blowing out.

 

[Squeezer]

It no water drip out one means`only fan'

 

[cosmothecat]

Use a lot of electricity to cool down a bit only

 

[dambio]

Bluff 1 la

 

[standarture]

Small room can use those with heat exhaust.

 

[人造人16 号]

or just a fan with colder wind blowing out.

it cant cool the entire room, but it can cool a targetted area.

Like if u aim it at ur desk, that area will be cool but other parts of the room will probably still be hot.

So only useful if u wanna use it for ur bed, or at ur desk when using PC etc

 

[Acetron]

can work, but noisy.. you need to connect the exhaust pipe to blow hot air outside. Can buy thermal blanket to wrap around the pipe

 

[articland05]

install a proper aircon ba.
even a System 1 is better then portable

 

[nuilnuil]

I dont know how other portable aircon work but the Mistral 12K BTU Model that I bought cant even lower 1 degree after 4 hours. Beside that quite noisy, need window to pipe out the exhaust hot air.
The aircon just cycle thru 15min fan cooling => 2 min cold air => 20 sec warm air. Just 2 min cold air how to lower the temp in the room?

 

[weefred]

It does work. But you need to install a big exhaust to blow hot air outside the room. They use more electricity though.

 

[人造人16 号]

I dont know how other portable aircon work but the Mistral 12K BTU Model that I bought cant even lower 1 degree after 4 hours. Beside that quite noisy, need window to pipe out the exhaust hot air.
The aircon just cycle thru 15min fan cooling => 2 min cold air => 20 sec warm air. Just 2 min cold air how to lower the temp in the room?

i think ur aircon either got problem or something with ur settings?

Mine doesnt do that, it just continuously blow cold air.

Check ur settings, maybe u set it to cycle thru fan and cooling mode.

However portable aircons usually arent strong enough to cool down the entire room, it's more for cooling an area.

So i just aim it at my desk when im using my PC and it will be cold there.

 

[cosmothecat]

Just go install a proper inverter system 3 lah

If you really want cold, one room can install 2 fan coil units

You want to install all 3 FCU in one room also can

 

[zuppeur]

buy casement better than portable

 

[niefeng80]

yes it does but it is quite noisy.

And you need to guide the hot exhaust out of the room via window with proper ducting. Else the cold air will escape. normally they will give the accessories to clip on the sliding window or so.

 

[mryongtan]

it works to a small extent, but you need exhaust outlet & water drainage & it's noisy.

 

[Thoma5]

use liao ur bill can pay a normal aircon liao

 

[project_00]

Used in my old office. It works but its a worse option, It takes up floor space, loud and has tubings you need to lay

 

[deathan9el]

need to add water in the water compartment to make it cool right?
quite troublesome me feels

 

[iPod Jack]

or just a fan with colder wind blowing out.

It more or less works and can cool a given enclosed space, but its very inefficient and needs and wastes lots more electrical power than a wall mounted unit with similar btu...

 

[freshvibes]

It is useless in this climate. Still hot as f.