Having the best portable air conditioner in your home is a must-have for hot summer days and nights. But one of the most common mistakes everyone makes with portable air conditioners is putting ...

This is different to a central AC unit which has interior and external wall-mounted units. Josh Mitchell, HVAC technician at ...

Portable air conditioners account for almost 20 percent of the room air conditioner market, but our lab tests reveal that they deliver only mediocre performance. In fact, not a single model earns ...

Any type of indoor AC unit—a mini-split, a window AC, or a portable AC—condenses water from the air. Split air and window ACs drip water to the exterior. A portable AC collects water in an ...

[VincentMakes] got a portable AC unit for his home, but he found that the place he wanted to put it was too far from the only window he could use to dump the hot air. Having too long of a duct on ...

Using a portable AC unit is not only cheaper, it's also less of a hassle.