Are Portable Air Conditioners a Lot of Hot Air?

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Consumer Reports - 5/3/2017 - Mary H.J. Farrell - The heavy units are iffy at cooling and hardly portable. Think of portable air conditioners as the cooling choice of last resort. They’re better than a fan but not much. That’s what Consumer Reports discovered in its tests of portable air conditioners that, despite their claims, barely got a room below sweltering let alone the 78° F that’s considered the upper threshold of indoor comfort. Portable air conditioners are intended for homes in which window configurations or building regulations prevent installation of window units. But getting one is a compromise you may not want to make because they’re typically bigger, noisier, more expensive, and use more energy. In fact, retailers report that many portable air conditioners are returned each season by dissatisfied customers. Read more @ http://www.consumerreports.org/portable ... f-hot-air/