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Portable Air Conditioners Buying Guide

Our buying guide will explain which type of portable air conditioner would suit you most, how much you can expect to pay for one, and which features are worth looking out for.

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37 reviews
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  • Build Quality
    4.5 (2)
  • Value for Money
    4.5 (2)
  • Ease of Use
    5.0 (2)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    4.0 (2)
  • Room Type
    • Large Bedroom (2)
    • Living/Dining Area (1)
  • Noise Level
    2.7 (3)
  • Heating / Cooling Speed
    2.7 (3)
  • Portability
    4.0 (3)
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Perfect for a small room

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I have been using this air conditioner for around 5 years and still works perfect. It is a little bit noise but you get used it. I dont have complaints

Purchased in January 2021.

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Home Insulation Level Not Insulated
Room Type Large Bedroom
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Sirpa K.

Sirpa K.Canberra Central 2602, ACT

Satisfied.

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This air conditioning unit is fabulous for our bedroom. Does exactly what it is supposed to! It does well on it's highest setting and does well on the lowest setting to maintain the cool.

Purchased at The Good Guys for A$800.00.

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Home Insulation Level Good
Room Type Large Bedroom
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Nathanael G

Nathanael GSouth East Queensland, QLD

Awful

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We’ve kept it on all day, sealed off a small area of room to survive the heat and it’s still sweltering in here. If you stand right in front of it, you feel a cool breeze (albeit weak at best on the highest fan setting), if you move 1m away from it, you can easily sweat (32 outside 29 inside). Very disappointing to purchase the worst performing portable aircon I have ever owned. Please save yourself the disappointment, do not buy.



Purchased in February 2021 at The Good Guys for A$799.00.

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Home Insulation Level Good
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Sue

SueMurray Region, NSW

  • 20 reviews
  • 3 likes

Perfect for small bedroom

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My Evaporative cooler wasn't enough when the temperatures started reaching 44, 45 so my Son turned up this air conditioner. I am pleasantly suprised at how cool it gets my bedroom and how quiet it is.....compared to the evaporative cooler. It is light and easy to manouver and has more than enough exchaust pipe to reach my window. I live in a very dry area so perhaps that is why I havent had to drain any water like other users. I do however agree that fixed vents which point up toward the ceiling are rather annoying, also no swing function, which is why I gave it four stars.

Date PurchasedJan 2022
Poppy

Poppysouth australia

  • 6 reviews
  • 4 likes

Worth getting if you have no other options

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This certainly does what it's supposed to which is cool a room. Bear in mind it isn't designed to cool large areas. I've only ever used it in a bedroom and it may take half an hour to an hour to get the room to cold but once it does it gets icy cold and stays that way. It can get a little loud on certain settings but if the choice is to sleep in a 40+ degree room that is quiet or a 20 degree room that is a little noisy, I'll take the latter.
Yes, it is heavy and awkward to move around, messing around with the window kit and filling gaps is annoying and it costs a lot to run, but if you have no other options to cool your place then this is still an excellent option to get through an Australian summer.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
Shaun Marriott

Shaun MarriottCessnock, NSW

  • 11 reviews
  • 2 likes

Great Air con for renting

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My wife and I only rent so we needed to look into a mobile Air conditioner and we purchased this one it is an amazing little air con and especially being able to move it from room to room, the controls are really easy to use and understand, and even on the hotest days it went great.

Date PurchasedAug 2017
AVD

AVD

  • 6 reviews

Survived the summer

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Date PurchasedJan 2017
William H

William HNew South Wales, 2161

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Great system for a studio apartment

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Great little unit for smallish rooms or studio apartments.
Keeps my bedroom at around 20c in summer.
Easy to set up.
Just a bit confusing when a F l error message for filter cleaning pops up even when the filter is clean
This is a must product for them steamy summer days

Date PurchasedSep 2017
ish mul

ish mulsydney

  • 8 reviews

average product

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Very nice to sit in front of but didn't cool the room. Might be okay if you only want to cool the house at night when it's cool outside anyway, but too noisy to use in a bedroom. The window kit was a bit useless but we have improvised. Average buy.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
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ishtahd

ishtahdsydney

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like

average product

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This is a good portable air conditioner for small small apartments. Although it does a good job at cooling down the room it’s in, the air fails to travel as far as it is advertised on the website. Additionally, the unit sometimes becomes get quite loud due to the compression of air.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
Noorhan

Noorhan

  • 5 reviews

So good product

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I would truly recommend that product for everyone wants to buy this Olimpis Splendid Piu mechine.
You can use this machine in summer and winter. Makes your living room or bedroom cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
It is the best. Choose it please.
Thank you so much for your time!

Date PurchasedDec 2017
Jenny

JennyPerth, WA

  • 14 reviews

Works well and keeps me cool!!!

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Date PurchasedDec 2017
IAAM

IAAMParramatta

  • 4 reviews

Below average

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I bought this item one month back and i am not at all satisfied with it. The cooling is really bad, even if i keep the temperature at 18 degrees, the room does not cool. Plus its too noisy as well. Only plus side is i avoid the installation cost and mess.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
Beyonder

BeyonderAuckland

  • 2 reviews

Good option!

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I have been using this unit for more than a month on daily basis and I am satisfied with the performance, but not with the power bill. Quieter than other options, but overall I believe it is a good value for money if you look for a portable, reliable cooler.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
Alan

AlanMCLAREN VALE

  • 6 reviews
  • 1 like

It Does the Job

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Bought one of these 2nd hand off Gumtree. We have ducted air, but I could not justify using that to cool just our bedroom at night. Set it to 19 the other night when it got to 37 during the day and it cooled the room quite well all night. It is not silent by any means, but it becomes background noise and I'm a light sleeper. It's heavy and cumbersome to move around, but all in all worth it for a good night's sleep in hot weather. Our bedroom is 20m2 with 2.4m ceilings.

Date PurchasedJan 2018
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Kruti

KrutiNewcastle

  • 7 reviews
  • 3 likes

Does it’s job

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Date PurchasedSep 2017

Rubbish

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Worst product ever i had the thing in a 25 Sq meter room never worked there so i tested it in 8 sq meter room, only cooled the room to 26 c when it was 28 c outside. Never buy a single hose portable ac any single hose ac is a piece of junk 3.5 kw yeah right more like 400 btu.

Date PurchasedOct 2017
Ohioboy1984

Ohioboy1984Middlesboro

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like

splendid

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We recently bought 1 and we like it very much it keep the place nice and cold thinking about getting some for my family member for this christmas! who all is reading this should get one they are nice not to bad for there value I would highly recommend this to anyone.. especially during the hot months when we need to stay cool.

Date PurchasedApr 2015
Tony05

Tony05Nowra

  • 4 reviews
  • 3 likes

portable airconditioner

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Bought this unit to go in my bedroom for the summer as I am a night worker so I need to be in bed by 4:30pm during the week. Was noisy but still able to go to sleep. Cooled down room well (3.4m x 3.0m). The unit wheels around well but if you have to lift it over anything it is heavy. Exhaust hosing does take up room and unit needs to be away from wall for hose to attach, but I am happy with the unit.

Date PurchasedJan 2017
shayne

shaynebrisbane

  • 2 reviews

great for the price

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this model was a great portable air conditioner for the price I paid . most other models for the same KW were at least another hundred dollars . it was in stock and easily picked up . I would consider buying another one and also referring to family and friends .

Date PurchasedFeb 2017
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Questions & Answers

Dione S.

Dione S.asked

Olimpia Splendid Piu Eco 12

What is F1 code means? And how to resolve it? Thanks for the response

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Rahail A.

Rahail A.asked

Olimpia Splendid Piu Eco 12

Hi. How do I clean the filter. I can open the back grill and don’t know what to do next? Thanks

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Louise

Louiseasked

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Looking for a slide part to aircon that fits into the window in w.a . Could U please let me know where to get this from.

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