Stay in charge with the easy-to-use display and remote control, you can also adjust the temperature and even engage sleep mode to ensure you get a restful nights sleep. The Chillmax Air Pure Chill gives you the best features of both fans and an air conditioner in one, compact unit that’s also a night light. Even without its cooling ability, this is a decent fan. It’s fitted with louvres that offer automatic horizontal oscillation, and manual adjustment of vertical wind direction. At the top, a touch-sensitive control panel lets you choose from three fan speeds, and three modes. You can switch the cooling or oscillation on and off, and set an auto-off timer in one-hour increments up to an unusually long 24 hours. Not only is this great value unit an air conditioner, it also purifies and humidifies the air around you too, ensuring you stay cool and comfortable in lovely clean air.

Keep your home or office the perfect temperature all year round with this Beldray 4 in 1 air cooler, which has versatile settings so you can keep your surroundings brilliantly cool or warm. While it’s not much to look at, there’s lots to recommend this evaporative cooler. It combines a powerful fan with subtle but genuine cooling, helping you stay fresh within a smallish area. The fan’s whine means I wouldn’t want it running overnight in my bedroom, but it did keep me cool while working on hot summer days. You might find its basic smart features helpful, but it’s a shame there are no sensors to let you create conditional programmes. This gutsy 12,000 BTU unit has an air flow of 380m³/hour so it’s good for rooms up to 100 m³. It even has a dehumidifying function. Given that it’s 25˚C outside right now, I hastily got it out of its box (which lifts off to expose the unit underneath) and wheeled it into the lounge where I conveniently have a wood burner to position it in front of, obviously with the burner’s door open. If you don’t have a fireplace to hand, the product ships with a 1.5m concertina hose to port the warm exhaust air either through a hole in the wall or a partly opened door. Alternatively, you can use the supplied universal window kit to seal the area around the hose outlet but this always looks a bit Heath Robinson-esque to my mind. De filter is gemakkelijk schoon te maken en het overtollige water is gemakkelijk af te voeren door de knop los te draaien en er een bakje onder te plaatsen.The good news is that retailers seem to have realised that demand for portable air con is rising and are responding with more supply and more choice. That's good because when you can't find a portable air conditioner, you're forced to resort to less effective options, such as trying to find the best fan– another product category that sells out fast in good weather –so at least the air is moving, even if it stays warm. With a 7000 BTU rating, this air conditioning unit from Meaco applies practical cooling in living rooms, bedrooms and offices with a size of between 12² to 22m².

If you're looking for a pretty compact air conditioning unit - this option from NETTA is a top contender. This powerful air cooler is also a humidifier and air cleaner that doesn't need a window venting kit or any permanent installation.This air conditioner is ideal for small to average sized rooms ranging up to 20m². The multi-functional unit offers individual fan, cooling and dehumidifying modes to help create the perfect and most comfortable environment throughout those warmer months. The Princess Smart Air Conditioner 9000 352900 is a monobloc mobile air conditioner designed to cool rooms up to 80 m³ in volume. It uses R290 refrigerating medium weighing 212 g, with a cooling capacity of up to 9000 BTU/h and an airflow of 280 m³/h at medium speed. The air conditioner is also equipped with Wi-Fi and an auto power-off feature for added convenience. You can't beat actual air conditioning when it comes to cooling a room and the people in it. But if you live in the UK or Northern Europe, the climate isn't really warm enough to justify the expense of getting a full domestic aircon system installed. That's why we're looking at the best portable aircon systems rather than permanent installations: they're great at delivering super-cool air when you need it, and they're small enough to park in a cupboard when you don't.

With this Princess air conditioner you can cool and dehumidify your home. Thanks to the adjustable fan speed, digital timer and swing function, you can set this air conditioner exactly to your own wishes and needs. The air conditioner also has a convenient "Fan" mode. Is it always so hot in your bedroom during the summer? At night, set the Princess Air Conditioner to "Fan" mode and enjoy a nice breeze while sleeping. Can be controlled via remote control, or connect with your smartphone via the free HomeWizard climate app. Compatible IOS and Android, as well as via Siri for voice control The higher the BTU the more expensive it gets, but remember lower BTU products are only going to be suitable for cooling smaller spaces. Do I need to drain a portable air conditioner? Portable air conditioners are rated in British Thermal Units (BTUs) the higher the BTU, the larger room it can dispense cool air for, anything below 8,000 BTU is likely best for a small room. Many air conditioners also require outdoor venting system to really operate properly.

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A good footrest is as important to comfort as the chair you sit in, and Secretlab’s Professional Footrest is ideal for home or office use This is described as being perfect for keeping conservatories, bedrooms, home gyms and offices cool and fresh. There's nothing wrong with going premium and the EcoFlow Wave 2 fits the bill. This high quality portable air conditioner and heater has a pretty big price tag and it can be fairly heavy but it makes up for that with its fast temperature change and easy-to-use app.