To check moveable air conditioners, we warmth a climate-controlled room to 92 levels. After the room reaches 92 levels, we flip off the warmth and activate the moveable AC unit to chill mode, with a medium fan velocity and a set temperature of 68 levels. We run the unit for two hours and half-hour and repeat the identical take a look at twice per AC unit. We then use the info collected throughout the checks to measure two issues:
- How constantly the moveable air conditioner retains the room inside 5% of 68 levels
- How constantly it saved the room inside 5% of the AC unit’s particular person lowest temperature
As soon as we’ve this info, we examine the outcomes throughout the models to see which of them maintained the set temperature for the longest time frame. We additionally take a look at which models maintained their particular person lowest temperature for the longest time. We did this in order that if a unit did not attain 68 levels within the allotted time, we had been nonetheless capable of observe how constantly it maintained the bottom temperature it achieved. The upper the share, the higher the unit carried out.
When efficiency, it is necessary to notice that the models we examined haven’t got an identical specs, so direct efficiency comparisons aren’t the one factor we think about when arriving at our checklist of greatest moveable air conditioners. We additionally take a look at a unit’s options and different choices in reference to its value and specs to find out its general worth.
We additionally do not draw direct efficiency comparisons when models of vastly completely different sizes and capabilities, say, the 12,000-BTU Midea MAP14HS1TBL versus the 5,500-BTU Frigidaire FHPC082AC1. For that reason, we in contrast efficiency ends in two teams primarily based on protection space. Particularly, we in contrast the smaller Midea, Black+Decker, Frigidaire, Whirlpool and GE fashions (which all have protection areas of as much as 350 sq. ft) towards one another and the bigger Black+Decker, Whynter, Haier, LG and Midea fashions (which have 500-to-550-square-foot protection areas) towards each other.