Portable units are typically bigger noisier.
Best small portable air conditioner consumer reports.
A portable air conditioner is an alternative but not an ideal one says chris regan who oversees consumer reports air conditioner tests.
Units range in price from 100 to 800 and in btu from 5 000 to 28 000.
Frigidaire air conditioners are available in independent and regional appliance retailers as well as at best buy and lowe s.
The homelabs portable air conditioner is one of the most powerful options in this roundup with 14 000 btu performance.
According to the company it can cool up to a 600 square foot room with ease.
Consumer reports tests the comfort level of portable air conditioners based on how a model cooled a room sized for the particular unit on its low fan setting and how accurate it came to.