CoTD Reverse Cycle Aircon $299 + Delivery. Is That Any Good?

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  stumo on 15/02/2010 - 21:44

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  There isn't really enough to go on on their website, not even a photo.

  You don't need reverse cycle on these, they are so damn loud that you are better off using an electric heater in winter. Some models of these that aren't reverse cycle have an electric heater built in, which is what I'd go for.

  For cooling, you have to realise these are very loud and inefficient. They suck air out of the room, out the window/door hose. Some air gets cooled down and put back into the room, but most of it goes out the window.

  Removing air from the room causes 2 problems.
  1. Air you have just cooled down a bit is getting sucked back and spat out the window.
  2. The air that is constantly being removed from the room has to be replaced, so warm air comes in through all of the little gaps around the room.

  Both these things are wasting electricity.

  Dehlongi make a portable model that has attachment points for 2 hoses. So instead of sucking air out of the room, it sucks air from outside, transfers the heat from the room to it, and then spits that air back out the other hose. I would go for one of these if I had to. That solves those 2 points about inefficiency. But I think its around the $800 mark and you have to buy the 2nd hose separately.

  Or you can do a Macgyver on a cheap one and make it so it uses 2 hoses like the dehlongi, it looks a bit crude, but it really works a treat.

  There is nothing you can do about the irritating noise these things make though.

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  greenie4242 on 17/02/2010 - 23:10

  You're probably better off spending an extra few hundred dollars on a fully installed air-con system. Most people I know who spent money on these stupid portable things regret it almost immediately. They're horribly noisy, take up a lot of space in the room, sit low so the cool air circulates around the floor instead of near your head and upper body which are the parts of your body that tend to need the most cooling, require you to leave the window open all the time for the air pipe (which is bad for security) and most have large water tanks which catch condensation and have to be emptied often on humid days. Not to mention they are also extremely ugly.

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    stumo on 18/02/2010 - 00:27

    Some people don't own their house, so they can't just install a proper one.