Billgtt

Does anyone know a cheap place for portable air-con units? I work nights and find it a right pain trying to sleep during the day in this weather (it's bad enough at night). My air cooler is just not up to the job of cooling my room.

The cheapest i've found is this one at Argos for £170:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/4140014.htm

The only problem is it's home delivery only which is sometime within 21 days. I want one NOW

Lord Shrek

homebase my son...i bought 1 the other day for 150 notes...it has been reduced since to 135 notes

it is the same as that 1 but lighter

Lord Shrek.....tells it how it is

StickyMicky

in 21 days time it will be snowing LOL

Billgtt

Exactly! Which I why I want one now

Thanks Shrek. Lets hope Homebase have some left.

speed demoness

my other hlaf is having the very same problem as you this week too billgtt!
in at 7.30am... off to bed for 8am... up again at 11am..... it's just too warm to sleep!
he goes up to bed early eveining.. about 7pm, and he's up again at 10pm.

thinking of going to get a desk fan or something

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i got mine last year fron B&Q and i wouldnt be without it. cost £250 but they have gone down now i think. they are ment to be portable but are too heavy to take up and down stairs............well worth it though

i havnt missed any sleep as i am cold all night

Lord Shrek

i did a jeremy kyle chav scum price match with b and q and homebase and homebase were cheaper

Lord Shrek......the man who thinks 'sophie anderton' is an @rse

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

B&Q are better though

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Sleep by the fridge with the door open!

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

hide in Iceland when they shut for the night

Huxley

Don't waste your money on a portable get a fixed system

Having the 3rd one fitted this weekend for Huxley chicks office at home as she spends 3 days a week couped(sp) up in there and it gets foofing hot ,the unit is an LG S12AHP heating and cooling cost for internal and external units £208 trade so we have lounge, main bedroom and office.

As for the cost of running who cares when you can sleep at night

Billgtt

Well it looks like i'm the last person to finally decide to spend my money on one. Everywhere's out of stock this morning. Homebase, B&Q, and a few other places I tried. The only ones left were the £500 fixed units at B&Q

There's another Homebase up the road in Reigate that I might try. But i've done my back in and the only one of my cars that's legal at the mo is my R5 on coilovers, which doesn't help matters *lol*

Scooby-Doo

Spend the money and get a nice fixed system if you are staying in the house for a while. Went overboard and installed 6kw of cooling

Some of the B&Q fixed systems are now illegal to install under the new building regulations part L so be careful before you spend you money.

DavidBrown

Meaco.com have a good range in stock and do next day delivery.

I ordered one today.

Yes, it'll be snowing next week, but the productivity here is so low it'll pay for itself in a day.

Bluie

Try these

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/w...category=10085

Shark Man

Ooo, How many BTUs is that little cheapy?

It's a pity I don't have a huge van anymore. I'd be carting the things in from Europe everyday if I had the chance (same price...just swap teh pound sign for the euro sign ).

Luan Pra bang

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/w...egory_rn=13224


We use those and they are very good. They are cheaper from other places though.

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

ive got the £250 B&Q one but i want to get a longer hose as they are very short and not very flexable. does anyone know where to get the hoses from, they are bigger than tumble dryer hoses

logiclee

Fixed had to be the way to go and get the compressor and fans outside.

The portable ones are too noisy to leave on in a bedroom while you are trying to sleep IMO.

Cheers
Lee

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i have mine in my bedroom and i cant sleep with it off now

HankScorpio

What are they like for emptying water, I've seen a website where it says automatic condensate removal but the manual talks about a drain plug and a drain tray etc...?

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i have a drain plug in the back of mine. i got my unit last year and i opened it last week for the first time and a small amount of water came out. i use mine every night and so far about an egg cup amount of water

there is a light on the unit which would come on if it needed emptying anyway and it never has

Billgtt

Well after touring the South of England yesterday trying to find one I finally got one this morning. I was speaking to a woman in Homebase in Guildford and she said that the public are going mad. A lorry delivered 60 units to them last night and people were there trying to buy them direct off the driver!

I got the last of the 60 at 10:00 this morning and my room's cooling nicely as I type

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

how much was yours?
i cant believe how much they have gone down since last year when i got mine. i might get another one for the downstairs as well

Billgtt

It was up for £150 but the woman on the checkout muttered something, and picked up a voucher which gave me £5 off

Lord Shrek

good man

is it model no. 253797?

i have my model pointed at my left ear in bed since it feels like a boiled turnip in this weather

Lord Shrek...dont diss the master

Neverguess

Air cooler in the bedroom works wonders, especially with ice



£35.00 from bid-up tv

*gets coat*

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i paid £100 more for mine

i dont have to add ice or anything, just lie in bed and let it do the buisiness

Billgtt

Yep, that's the one mate. Cheers for the recommendation

I don't want to leave my room now. This thing is so much better than my air cooler, quieter as well. Shame my dad's already doing his nut about the electricity bill!

Huxley

We have just had a delivery of our new LG split system sat in the garage to be fitted tomorrow "wahooooooo"



Now I just got to clear a space to run the pipework through the loft in the garage