Air conditioning units?!

Zildjian said:
Hi all,

I need an air conditioning unit because I honestly don't think I will survive through the summer with my bedroom this hot.
Are the portable unit's worth it?
I am looking at spending a max of around £400 as long as It's good.

Any advice?!
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erm, if its just for one room, £100 ish should do it. for £400 you can buy one that will turn your house into an ice box :rolleyes: :D
 
Spinal2k2 said:
I bought a new one - mainly because the one that comes with them is quite short - the onje i got is a fleix type so easly to stretch/bend etc.

Ducting hose stretches quite abit (depending on the size - the diamiter of it is the problem as most places do the sizes for tumble dryers but you can get adapter rings to fit the smaller size to it).
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Ah right thanks, had a feeling you did have a different one by the photo, the one that comes with the AC is a bit short and too stiff tbh.
 
Spinal2k2 said:
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Get out more... :rolleyes:
 
locutus12 said:
erm, if its just for one room, £100 ish should do it. for £400 you can buy one that will turn your house into an ice box :rolleyes: :D
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Please point me in the direction of a £100 unit. That homebase one is the cheapest I have seen.
 
lucasade1 said:
Please point me in the direction of a £100 unit. That homebase one is the cheapest I have seen.
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for those who dont have a homebase store near them argos do the same ones just under the argos challenge name (they are identical units apart from the boxes etc)
 
Phog said:
That is the main reason why my room gets hot. It's a toss up between death by heat or death my moth. I plan to put some sort of fine netting over my window this year to allow decent air flow while blocking invading insects.
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I'm doing the same, but it isn't the moths that are bothering me, It's the 3 inch hornets!..
 
Zildjian said:
I'm doing the same, but it isn't the moths that are bothering me, It's the 3 inch hornets!..
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I'll count myself lucky then! The ones that get me are the daddy long legs' if I was honest. Those things are pure evil.
 
Phog said:
I'll count myself lucky then! The ones that get me are the daddy long legs' if I was honest. Those things are pure evil.
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Had one land on my hand the other day.... It was HUGE!
 
I think the 8000-10,000 btu ones use around 900w, so they are quite expensive to run although its not going to be on constantly unless you are trying to cool a whole floor.

Im pretty sure the argos/homebase and b&q ones are near identical they look very similar just different colours. I wouldnt expect them to last too long before they need binning because the gas leaked out.

I bought a 10,000btu b&q one for £100 ish last year, best to get one when summers finished ;)

A+ energy efficient appliance just means it only uses so many watts not that its more efficient.
 
Right, you can only order the one at Homebase online and it takes 7 days to deliver. I just phoned Homebase and they have their own one, which is exactly the same at the one above, same price and everything, but a different name and they have it at their store. I am going to pick it up later and see what It's like.
 
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