B&Q Air Conditioners - any good?

[tvrforever]

Ok so had enough of the heat at home so anybody have any experience with these units :-

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/category/category.jsp?CATID=8140002


trying to decide between :-

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/product/product.jsp?CATID=8140002&entryFlag=false&PRODID=8090016&paintCatId=&maxBullets=999

and

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/product/product.jsp?CATID=8140002&entryFlag=false&PRODID=8090025&paintCatId=&maxBullets=999

As I'm going to be there at 10:30 cash in hand...

[nonegreen]

Bad idea just google and you will find proper ac units

[Roop]

I bought one of their cheap and cheerful units. Supposedly 8,000BTU cooling capacity, but nowhere near that. Having said that, it cools my bedroom at night perfectly.

The split systems are much better, but they aren't portable, you have to drill holes in your wall and have an unsightly box stuck on the outside of your house...!

Given the choice, I'd take a split system as they are far better but for £100 which is what mine cost, it's perfect.

[J500ANT]

We had the Amcor unit, 12000btu IIRC, which was ok but noisy and no swing so the air went the same way all the time.

Now got the 12000btu indoor outdoor one, much better. No idea of cost to run but its the one i'd recommend IF you can do the hole in the wall without too much problem. If you wait til Weds and take ur granny along they'll get an extra 10% off at Supercentres only NOT at Warehouses.

Tony

[Muncher]

Homebase have the best deals on air conditioning units at the minute, also another 10% off theis weekend. 12k btu ones, remote controlled including heater for £150.

[parrot of doom]

You can work out the cost of running one of these very easily, you just need to know the wattage.

You're charged approx 10 pence for every kilowatt hour of electricity used. So if the device uses 1.5KW in continuous operation, thats going to cost you 15 pence per hour. 2KW = 20 pence per hour, and so on.

[vixpy1]

parrot of doom said:

You're charged approx 10 pence for every kilowatt

Thought it was 7p

[Pigeon]

Get the biggest one you can because they're crap and you'll need a big one to do any good.

http://pigeon.dyndns.org/stuff/crapstuff/aircon.html

[tvrforever]

Thanks guys - any thoughts on one I can pick up today though?

Homebase only list mail order ones on their www site

[Youth Gone Wild]

Pigeon said:

Get the biggest one you can because they're crap and you'll need a big one to do any good. http://pigeon.dyndns.org/stuff/crapstuff/aircon.html

Woah, calm down.

[Pigeon]

Youth Gone Wild said:

[quote=Pigeon]Get the biggest one you can because they're crap and you'll need a big one to do any good. http://pigeon.dyndns.org/stuff/crapstuff/aircon.html Woah, calm down.

That's what those pages are for, really - to calm me down by giving me somewhere to vent the anger that I am too polite to vent more directly at the cause of it. If a few people find it amusing as well, that's a bonus