Portable air conditioning unit

[sully301]

we put ceiling fans in bedrooms and kitchen last year and they are worth their weight in gold.

[mickey house]

Originally Posted by catherinesian

We bought one, lasted about a week before we ordered a split fitted unit. Much, much too noisy to ever sleep with.
The split unit cost us about £600 all in, best monies we have ever spent. It's quiet as a mouse, you can just hear the sound of the moving air

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I also have the proper split air con units because the portable ones are a waste of time.

£600 is very cheap for a decent make split air con unit supplied and fitted, they would usually be around double that supplied and fitted, but obviously subject to there location and there size.

[Libby]

We use ours to cool the room before bedtime and then keep a fan going during the night. Even if the a/c noise is bearable to fall asleep to, the thermostat turns the unit off and on all night long waking me up each time.

[SquishTheWhale]

Thanks for the suggestions, we rent so we can't install proper aircon or a ceiling fan.

Have passed all the comments onto DH and he is still determined to look at some units and 'he will cope with the noise' this from a man who complains about the stand fan.

I agree it is stupid hot at night though, although my suffering could be intensified because I have a bun in the oven!

[Lola]

We’ve had one for years but it’s very noisy so just donated it to DD and hubby. We’ve had a split system fitted and it’s great, very quiet. Expensive though

[Unexpectedpenny]

Originally Posted by SquishTheWhale

Thanks for the suggestions, we rent so we can't install proper aircon or a ceiling fan.

Have passed all the comments onto DH and he is still determined to look at some units and 'he will cope with the noise' this from a man who complains about the stand fan.

I agree it is stupid hot at night though, although my suffering could be intensified because I have a bun in the oven!

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We rent so can’t put in proper air con or ceiling fan either, so annoying.
We have a portable air con unit to cool down the flat. It works really well but it is LOUD. That’s in the day/evening too, in the quiet of night it would seem even louder. We put up with it in the day because it works so well but have to use a fan at night.

Let him look at/hear some if he wants, he’ll soon realise it’s a silly idea for night time

It may be the one you have but we use this tower fan at night. It’s the only one I can put up with as the quiet mode is actually quiet. The tower Dyson one isn’t silent and I find the hum of that more annoying than a normal fan! I think the smaller dyson desk fans are quieter though.
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I also recommend a frozen cold compress gel pack wrapped in a small towel for under your feet. Keeps cool all night.

[Big Jim]

We also have fitted air con units but prior to that we had a Dyson tower fan which cools the air far more than a bog standard tower fan so worth the extra money in my opinion.

[mickey house]

I just thought I would give a 'like' to everyone who have contributed to this thread (including me)😀

[Bellasmummy]

We have a dyson tower fan - it’s amazing!

I’d definitely recommend as it’s quiet and actually cools the air.

We’ve had standard fans and a portable ac unit before and this is so much better.

I bought it from the dyson eBay page so saved quiet a bit as it’s a refurb but you still get a warranty.

[Guest]

Can’t help with the ac unit but I have a dyson heater/fan. It’s brilliant as a heater (which is what I brought it for) but not as good as my £25 desk fan I got from John Lewis.
As for the noise of them, they are pretty equal in noise, and as a light sleeper it takes me about 2 night to adjust to it being one all night and now it’s just back ground noise. You do get used to it.