Air Conditioner units - portable

No one? So next question, is anyone using a portable air conditioner purchased in Malta that works well - any brand names & places of purchase?

Hi rooikat,

I hope you get some information as it is quite hot now and the temperatures don't drop much during the night.

I have seen portable AC units in shops but I have no idea how well they work!

Cheers
Ricky

i dont have one but have heard theyre not as good nor as efficient as the installed ones.

Had some experience of these when I worked (yuk, dirty word!) we used large portable ones that were very good. The only downside that I remember were that they had to have a place to vent  and drain (warm air and water), so an open window and or a drain point. The smaller ones may not need this or perhaps technology has moved on?
What about hiring on for a period to try it (if you can find a plant hire place in Malta that does them)?

Terry

tearnet wrote:

Had some experience of these when I worked (yuk, dirty word!) we used large portable ones that were very good. The only downside that I remember were that they had to have a place to vent  and drain (warm air and water), so an open window and or a drain point. The smaller ones may not need this or perhaps technology has moved on?
What about hiring one for a period to try it (if you can find a plant hire place in Malta that does them)?

Terry

I have a portable one in my office in Switzerland and it works quite good. 2 Problems with portable ac are:

- you have to have an opening or something like that to vent the hot air

- portable ac is rather noisy

Other than that it is a great investment

Thanks very much guys, all useful, might look at a short hire to test, especially as we won't be able to cut holes in the landlady's mosquito netting! We are 99% mosquito free inside our flat so opening the screen to vent the hot air might create a whole new set of problems

I can give you some feedback next week when I have collected one from a person selling me a new one and I have collected it.

Thanks Redmik - we will investigate in meantime.