Summer is almost here and I am looking to buy a portable AC for my room. I'd like to know some input from people to who owns one. Thanks

You mean like a window unit? I just installed a new window AC unit about 3 weeks ago to replace an older unit that we had. It's a 25,000 BTU GE that I bought online from Sam's Club for $390. So far I LOVE the new one! It's powerful enough to cool my whole basement in this Georgia heat. The only down sides were: 1. we had to have an electrician install a 240v outlet(Like the kind your washer and dryer plug into) and 2. It was a B!TCH to install by myself. Other than that I could not be happier!

Link: http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product...._sku=sku3714074

no not a window unit like something that you can move from room to room. like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQDFe4rHCXk

I have a portable unit that's 12000 BTUs. I'm not sure how much higher they go.

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how do you like it? is it worth getting one?

My bad, it's actually 14000 BTUs. PlasmaCool.com

There are probably cheaper units (12000 or 10000 BTU) you can find locally, but 14000 is about as high as they go on a regular 110-120V outlet. I like mine a lot actually and got a discount for getting my friends buy one. Check out this page to see if you can get one locally.

I know what you're talking about now. The window unit that I just installed replaced one of these "Portable" units. Originally, a few years ago, we bought one of those "portable" units after being talked into it by the sales person at sears. The kind that we bought was a Royal Sovereign that (at the time) cost about $700+. We chose it because it was able to cool during the summer, and heat during the winter. From my experience with ours the Pro's were: Somewhat portable (although pretty heavy, and leaked everywhere if you moved it), dehumidifier, Heating and cooling, and easy setup. The Cons were: Although it could heat and cool, it could do neither of them very well. Constantly had to drain the water from it (at least every 1-2 days). No matter how hard I tried, I could never get the piece that sits in the window to seal properly, so eventually I got ghetto-fabulous used a roll of duct tape to seal it off. In the end, the unit only lasted a few years. IMO I would just get a window unit, so far I have had none of the issues that I had before with the "portable" AC. The only way I would ever get another "portable" unit is if my windows wouldn't allow for a window unit. That's just my experience though... I'm sure if you only intend to use it for a pretty small area it might work out a little better...

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The thing is I do not own the place, I just rent a room. I can live with draining the water since I not here most of the time. If I decide to moved out here, at least I could haul it easily without to worry about installation wherever I'm gonna move.

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