This price beats their recent 20% off offer for singles day and seems to include free delivery.
They also have other Black Friday deals, https://ausclimate.com.au/collections/sale
I have an AusClimate dehumidifer and it's an absolute beast of a unit.
Same. I always get talked out of buying one of these but then my landlord refuses to put in an A/C upstairs and it’s unbearably hot during summer
Yes they are because while they function fundamentally the same as a split system, they aren't split. That means that it takes the air it just cooled in your room and uses it to cool the hot side of the heat exchanger and shoots it outside.
So while yes, it will cool your room, compared to a split system it is very inefficient.
But when renting sometimes it is the only option.
Depends on the circumstances. If you are renting or can't get a split system, then this would be 1 of 2 options. The other would be a window air conditioner, however you would need the window space to fit one in.
Recommend window air cons where possible as they are alot more efficient. I used to use a teco window air con (vertical one) before getting a split. As comparison I was getting 900W initial startup to stabilise around 300-500W cooling. Compare this to a portable air con which uses a constant 1000-1500W, much savings can be had.
The good thing about portable is you can reposition the aircon to blow at you which you would be doing a lot of as it's not cooling the room as efficiently like split/window air con
How do you install a window aircon unit into a rental? Seems like the sort of thing you couldn't install yourself
It comes with a window frame that slots into the sliding window frame. It can be DIY!
The one I got doesn't need to remove any flyscreen/windows
This is the model (website has pics to show installation/better idea)
https://www.betta.com.au/teco-air-conditioner-reverse-invert…
I have an Esatto brand portable AC, and it is an absolute lifesaver. Easily cools downs a single room. When its 35 and humid, I really don't care how inefficient it is.
Yes, though not as terrible with the window kit.
However if it is only to get you through the heatwave nights and you are using it just for bearable comfort temperature blowing on you then it isnt really a big deal.
Also cooling efficiency asside, it is only 1600W so the ammount of damage it can do to your bill is limited. A typical small unit is double that and many 5x that. So the fact that you have a small directional cooling airflow limits the temptation to cool the whole house to 20C.
No you're wrong. The 1600W power usage is not vastly different to a split system. E.g. 2.5kw split does not consume 2.5kw of electricity, that is merely the cooling capacity.
Furthremore the reason these are vastly ineffeicient, as they suck hot air into the room they dont ever reach the set temperature, so the compressor is always running full tilt on a hot day. Whereas with a split system it will cool the room down to the temperature you set, then switch off until it is needed again.
I say this as someone with numerous portable AC. They have their purpose, but dont be fooled they are not efficient.
By default these are awful. I modify mine to make them a bit better. Still loud and power hungry but actually capable of cooling a room.
They reason they suck is they use air from inside the room to exhaust out whilst cooling the compressor. This resultingly creates a very strong vacuum sucking hot air in under the door etc.
I add a wooden box, with a second hose and window vent onto the air intake for the compressor, in theory turning the system into a ghetto split system with the compressor side being isolated from the air inside the room.
Fun fact. 2 Hose portable aircons (such as what you have created) were banned in Australia for being too inefficient. Manufacturers saw the ban and introduced the 1 hose system which makes them LESS efficient but somehow legal. As you can see, some manufacturers will cripple their 2 hose machines (or simply take away the second hose) to sell them here. Ain't life grand!
https://www.energyrating.gov.au/industry-information/publica…
Double duct portable air conditioners are subject to energy efficiency requirements, whereas single
duct portables are not.
A perverse outcome of the current requirements is that relatively energy efficient products such as double duct
portable air conditioners appear unable to meet the MEPS levels set in 2011. Their compact, portable size means
that they have small heat exchangers (a key determinant of an air conditioner’s energy efficiency) and are unlikely
to be able to meet current MEPS. There are currently none of these products registered and therefore available for
supply in Australia or New Zealand. Yet double duct portables are often significantly more energy efficient than
single duct portables, which are the other main portable option.
Single duct portable air conditioners are not subject to any requirements.
Yeah it's ridiculous! Very frustrating.
Oh well I'm happy with my homemade 2 hose setup.
God damn, that's absolutely bonkers.
Would recommend this small window air con unit if you are renting.
https://www.kogan.com/nz/buy/kogan-vertical-window-air-condi…
Will work so much better than this portable unit.
Yep I have two of these Kogan vertical ACs, they work really well.
So you can extend it to the top of the window? and secure enough it can't be removed from the outside? how does it lock in place?
It's more like a temporary install to use on hot days and you pack it away when not using it.
It's not designed for a permanent install. There is no lock to secure it.
Aren't these portable AC units awful? Inefficient? Genuinely curious