Portable Air Conditioner

[Vapin' Joe]

https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/ambiano-portable-air-cooler-with-led-000000000634102001

Bought one of these last week on a whim as my partner gets hot and bothered far more easily than I do. It's a bit noisy on the highest setting, but for individual cooling she has no complaints. Won't cool a whole room down but it's very effective for an individual and for £15 I don't think you'll find much better.

I've tried one of those, though much bigger and around £70. Like you say it won't cool a room down which made it useless for the bedroom. The ice you put in the water compartment melts in about ten minutes.

 

[fossyant]

Flexible ducting if you need an extension - gaffa tape to secure to existing pipe. We changed to 150mm as the outflow is much improved over any distance.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-pvc-flexible-ducting-hose-white-3m-x-100mm/18232

 

[steverob]

Like @Drago we invested in a fixed air conditioning unit back in 2018 and it is the best purchase we have ever made. Only the one room is covered (bedroom obviously) and while the outlay was about £2,000, the running costs have been negligible - did not notice any difference in 'leccy bills at all.

Last night at 9pm our bedroom was almost 27 degrees C when I switched the unit on. Came back less than an hour later and it was 21.5 C and a perfect temparture to sleep in. The unit then automatically switched to 'fan only' mode at about 1am, as there's no need for it to run on full once it's got down to the right temp.

We probably only use the cool mode for maybe two months of the year, but the rest of the time it does still get used on the fan only setting, as I do like the feeling of air circulating in the room.