Yes, we sell portable air conditioners, as they are perfect
for allergy sufferers, since they do not breed mold. However,
they are not the answer to everyone's prayers in the heat
wave, but they do have their good points. For those people
who own their own homes with central air and heat there is
nothing better than central air conditioning. It is one of
the things that has helped me most control my own allergies.
As soon as I moved into a house with central air conditioning
my allergies improved a hundred fold. Nothing in my opinion
does better than central air conditioning.
However, like many people with central air conditioning,
it does not cool the second floor so well and during the heat wave
summer weeks, we always need some extra spot cooling. So I end up
begging my husband for days (sometimes weeks) to install the window
AC in our bedroom and I cringe as the window frame gets butchered
with drilling, screws and duct tape. A portable air conditioner
is an alternative. However, there are some caveats.
In
our opinion, portable
air conditioners are not as effective yet as regular window
air conditioners. They should be used only in situations where regular
window air conditioners will not fit or where there is another compelling
reason to buy them. The portable air conditioners on our site are
the best performing and most reliable of the brands currently available.
However in our testing of comparably rated BTU window air conditioners
to portable ones, the window ones were the clear winners. Portable
air conditioners do best to spot cool hot areas in centrally air-conditioned
homes and only in moderately sized rooms with eight-foot ceilings.
We advise our customers if they need to buy a portable
air conditioner, to buy the maximum BTU rated machine available,
but alternatively to invest in a first-class dehumidifier, which
we have found is the driving component to contribute to people's
comfort level. Our best-rated home dehumidifier is the Santa
Fe.
First Published: mid July 2003
Updated: April 2007
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