Challenge AF10000E Portable Air Conditioner

Introduction If your bedroom is in the loft, you will know that in summer temperatures get very high, temperatures in my loft bedroom have gotten as high as 38C! As you would have gathered living in a loft at such high temperatures is no joke. The first summer I was living in the loft I purchased an air cooler which was useless as it just threw extra moisture into the room. The next summer I done a lot of research and concluded that an air conditioner would be my best bet since the loft was already insulated and well ventilated. The main cause for discomfort is humidity, the higher it is the ... more

Well where do i start? I bought this air conditioner last week and was that impressed that i had to have it put on Ciao, so i did and here it is! I bought this from Argos and it was £169.99, which is a little pricey, but hey it does the job. When i got it home i took it out of the box and undid the packaging of the accessories etc. I nearly broke my back getting it out of the box, its very small and handy but it weighs a ton. I had another air conditioner that its massive and is less powerful than this one. Its about 3 times the size of this one. So what i am trying to say is that i think the ... more

Bought this unit on the cheap from Argos as my first foray into the world and AC. The unit is mainly used to cool down my computer/ home theatre room and also my bedroom on those hot & sticky nights. The unit can cool both rooms rather well but does struggle when all of my equipment is running ( the computers and amplifiers kick out rather a lot of heat!). It is rather compact and is about half the size of some portable air con units. Noise levels are rather poor. The actual fan noise isn't so bad but the compressor is very noisy indeed when running. I can't sleep with it on or watch a film ... more