Princess 3-in-1 Portable Air Conditioner - Cooling, Dehumidifying and fan functions - With remote control and window kit

I have wanted an air conditioner for so long and I finally took the plunge! After several days of comparisons, reading reviews and the usual deliberating that I always do. I went with this one, it had many positive reviews and the main complaint was noise!In a nutshell, it's actually very good and zero complaints, the noise is as expected, I personally think it's okay, yes its noisy but no more than my large floor standing industrial type fan, the type that sits close to floor and has metal mesh case, it's got a smaller footprint and it actually cools the air, no more getting hit in the face with a warm wave of air!! Air is fired out the front but directed to the left side not straight ahead which I found strange, one reviewer here made fins to help send breeze forward instead of to the left, I think thats a good idea but where I have mine placed it's not necessary.Having finally got one I discovered the pipe at the back of the air conditioner is to pump the warm air gathered out of the room, I didn't know that, although it's obvious really, (I expected liquid or something, shows you how much I know about them). so it's very important to use an air conditioner in a sealed room, no open windows. It will still pump out cold air but the heat removed is actually rather warm and your room's temperature will not change too much.Controls are easy to use, it cools my room down nicely and I will have it for Years to come.So my advice is to bite the bullet and invest in an air conditioner, I'm happy I finally did and this one is probably as good as any at this price point. I was tempted to get a more expensive one but I doubt there will be much if any improvement.I've had it a few months now, moved it round the house and it's all good I noticed prices go up in heatwaves as demand rises, I was going to buy another but it had gone up by £80!

This is a real aircon with compressor inside. Note one of those evaporative coolers being sold as aircons (which in UK are a waste of time. It's too humid here for evaporative coolers to do anything). The headline is that this aircon works well at cooling my room. At the time I got this one though it was the cheapest available on Amazon uk. There are some niggles about it, compared to my other unit make me give this only 4 stars. The cool air is blown out at a weird angle - if you face it directly to you, the air will blow to your left-hand side. My other aircon has some vertical fins you can use to adjust the direction of air, but this one doesn't. It's very loud - I'm quite a heavy sleeper and I'd say it's still a bit loud for me to sleep easily. The remote doesn't have a display on it, meaning you can't see what changes you're making to the settings - this means you don't know what speed you're setting, or whether you're setting cool, fan or dehumidify mode without getting up to look at the unit. The unit doesn't tell you what the current temperature is, meaning it's a bit of trial and error to choose a comfortable temperature set-point. In aircon mode, I feel like it really dries out the air - more so than my other unit - to the point that my eyes sting if it's on for too long. I found that hanging a wet towel up in the airstream helped, so I've ordered a humidifier to counter this. So there are these niggles, but if you're in the market for the cheapest possible air conditioner, and this one is the cheapest you can find, then I'd recommend it. If you want something a bit nicer to be around though, my other one was half-price end of line (so not available any more), but if it's representative of what £300-400 gets you on an aircon, I can also see the benefit of paying a bit more for some quality of life features.

the room we use this in, is approx 4m x 5m with high ceilings. we also don't have the correct window for the attachment so i cant seal the room properly, BUT.. this thing works wonders. Don't get me wrong its not amazing in high heat (35C-36C+) but it makes the room cool enough to sleep in summer. I only brought this half way through summer and my only regret was i didn't buy it earlier. the noise isn't that bad after a while as you get used to it and now we've hit winter i've packed it away and i actually miss the noise, felt like it helped me sleep. made me feel refreshed in summer.only DISLIKES i can think of is.-It's quite heavy so lifting it can be an issue.-you have to have a large tube hanging out the window.-its difficult to place it as the tube hole is on the back, you cant put it against a wall. it sticks out kinda to far for my liking.-It's a bit of a eye sore.-Noise might be an issue.LIKES- cools the room quite rapid, room is 4m x 5M.- moveable on wheels.- has a remote.- filters are easy to clean- low energy cost (700W)All round i really like this product and would recommend if you hate the hot weather in summer and like me struggle to sleep. big thumbs up!

Some of the reviews on here are the usual... People who don't understand how to use the thing or are nitpickingSo.. Is it loud? When the refrigeration kicks in it's pretty loud yesCools great we had ours upstairs during the heatwave today and a fan downstairs the house was cold! We live in a South facing 2 up 2 down cottage and usually it's ROASTINGYou need a window kit. You can't just shove the house out the window it won't work you need to use the one supplied or get the universal one with the zip you don't want warm air coming in.Totally impressed was a good price and does the job. I'm sure it's basic compared to others but as an emergency purchase it was much better than expected