Has anyone ever used a Portable Air conditioner?

not really going to do a lot on a patio- they work well in enclosed rooms

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not really going to do a lot on a patio- they work well in enclosed rooms

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The way AC works is it moves heat from one area to another. All these units work just fine if there is a way to move the heat out of the enclosed area, thought they are typically less effient than central AC or even window units.

If you stick it in a room and don't duct anything out, you will heat up the room rather than cool it off. It may feel cooler in the immediate area of the air stream and that may happen on a patio as well but it will not cool the patio.

You'd be better off with a homemade bucket/ice/fan cooler

Those water cooled port a cools are bad arse.

I bought one to help cool off an upstairs room in my townhome. Didn't work great and wasps kept making nest in the exhaust ducting. I've since moved and brought it with me, going to use it to cool the garage off when detailing my truck and hoping to get a TV and make a hangout area in the garage. I'll let you know how it works. Think mine is a 9000 btu unit, garage is probably a bit too big, but it should still work.

ETA: I paid $200 for mine on Groupon - think the brand is Shinco.

they only work in enclosed areas. They do have misting fans or "port-o-cools" for outside. A protable AC is just a simple heat exchanger.

Remember cold doesn't exist, it's just the absence of heat.

For larger rooms not able to be ducted, look into surplus PTAC units. Like hotels have. You can get them used cheap and they put out serous BTUs.

Keep me updated

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You want a port a cool or something similar.

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Holy crap. How did I live not knowing this existed?

Make your own AC using a 5 gallon bucket and $10 fan...youtube