Portable air conditioners are a sort of light, handheld conditioners, which don’t require special assembling. These devices can be moved easily in any place. You just need to pass a flexible hose through the hole in a wall or a window. Along with the air, warmth is also taken out and these conditioners work as an exhaust system.
In addition to benefits, listed above, a portable air conditioner allows you to air a single room or many rooms with less hassle and for less money, comparing with a central air conditioning unit. However, if you need to cool a large space (three or more rooms), a central air conditioning system can be simpler and more cost efficient.
 Portable air conditioners are similar to window conditioners. If you are interested in window space, you should choose a portable device. But remember, that window air conditioners are more affordable and may perform better than some mobile air conditioners.
Portable conditioners may help to air apartment if you have no time or opportunity to set a split system or a window air conditioner. Mobile air conditioners are right for those who often change address. In that case small sizes of a conditioner allow putting it in a boot easily.
Besides a cool feature, these devices have also a heating function. At that time heating doesn’t depend on how low temperature is outside, unlike in split systems. Mobile air conditioners have also a range of additional features such as a remote control and a timer on/off for 24 hours.
Portable air conditioners are divided into mobile split-systems and mobile monolithic blocks. In the first case they looks like usual split system but its compressor is in an inside block, which are connected with an outside block by a flexible hose. As a rule an outside block is put up out a window or a door.
The second sort is a monolithic block, connected with outsides by a flexible hose. Warm air is removed outside with the help of this hose. As a rule, these devise have built in heating spirals.
Mobile conditioners are also made in single-vent and dual-vent systems, for those that want more cooling power. Most include window and ventilation kits at no extra charge.
But portable air conditioners are relatively low-powered and designed to cool small spaces, which don’t exceed 400 square feet.
Choosing a portable air conditioner, pay attention to more convenient devices with built in water pump or a self-evaporation function. In that case a window for ventilation as well as a tray to collect condensation will not be needed.
An important characteristic of all air conditioners is the number of British Thermal Units (BTU) of heat they can remove per hour. The more high-capacity the device is, the higher its BTU is. Another characteristic of air conditioners is EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio). Models with the higher the EER use less energy. Acceptable the EER for a mild climate is 9.
Portable air conditioners provide homeowners (or renters) with the comfort of having air conditioning without troubles of a large central unit.
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