De'Longhi Pinguino Compact PACES72 Classic Compact Portable 8,300 BTU Air Conditioner, 3 in 1 Air Conditioning Unit, Rooms up to 60m³, A Energy Efficiency, Window Kit Included, Energy Class A, White

I am currently using this to cool a room at the exact maximum rated capacity - 60 cubic metres - which isn't terribly well sealed, and it works perfectly well. In fact it works considerably better than the previous no-name unit I had which had a stated 10, 000 BTU power rating - compared to the 8300 BTU this unit is rated at.It managed to keep the room at 22 degrees when the outside temperature was 30 degrees, while running mostly in the surprisingly quiet "low" mode and eventually even turning off because it had sufficiently cooled the room.I did have all the doors and windows closed, and have some thick plastic sheeting that I use to seal up the window that I vent it with.There are some compromises compared with the more expensive models. You can't change the angle of the air output, it always vents it upwards at a 45 degree-ish angle. It has a remote but no wi-fi smart control. Presumably the lower capacity means it won't work in larger rooms, where the others will, theoretically.It has a couple of advantages as well: it's smaller, uses less energy, and is surprisingly quiet.If you have a room at or below the rated 60 metres squared, this is a good option from a quality brand.

I thought I'd leave a review for this as most of the reviews here are for the larger model. I bought the smaller one, Classic Compact.It's certainly compact, very small compared to a larger De'Longhi unit I owned in the past. It also puts out less cooling, but that is to be expected as it's smaller and less powerful. I ordered this unit during a recent heatwave, and just my luck it arrived the day it ended! However, my flat is a heatsink so despite is being now low 20s outside the flat was still 26 degrees. The DeLonghi Compact Classic soon sorted this, and within 30 minutes the room (around 20sqm) was sitting at 21 degrees.I think the unit would struggle with a larger room. I don't know where the 60sqm is coming from as I'd be very surprised if it could manage that. Perhaps in a perfectly sealed room under ideal conditions. But in the real world? Nah. Even having my lounge door open into the hallway significantly reduced the cooling ability of the unit. But you need to be realistic. The specs of this unit are nearer the "cheap" no-name ACs rather than the Classics bigger brothers. I'm happy that it cools a single room down. it does what I expected.There's no window kit that comes with this model. You get a hose and an attachment to poke out the window, but no panel for sliding windows. I have push-out casement windows which are common in the UK, so used the supplied attachments which do mean your window is slightly open during use. There are 3rd party attachments which you can buy to narrow the ducting further, creating quite a thin long shape to the end of the hose, meaning the window would only need to be open a couple of centimetres. This should improve the cooling efficiently.The unit is quite loud, but well within its specifications. I measured the noise level to be 52db with the low fan settings, 59db with the high fan setting and 62db with the compressor active along with high fan. It's unlikely that you would want to run a >50db unit during the night. But the sound levels are clearly noted in the product description. My use case is to run the unit for a few hours in the early evening to take the heat out of my (too) well-insulated flat after a hot summers day. For this the sound level is perfectly acceptable.The compressor unit does produce vibration, which creates a low level hum in the adjacent room and various other locations within the flat. I believe this is due to the units location and/or vibration from the compressor transferring to the hard floor, walls and furniture. I've invested in a thick anti-vibration mat to place the air conditioner unit on with the hope this will help.The unit was on offer at the time of purchase and I paid £367. Which is a similar price to a lot of the budget no-name models. When compared to those I think this unit was the right choice and great value for money.Edit:A few weeks on and the unit still working perfectly. I bought an anti-vibration mat (the kind used for washing machines) which sorted the hum of the compressor almost entirely. I also bought from Denlongi an insulated hose cover which I would highly recommend (make sure to get the proper one direct from Denlongi as there are quite a few knock-offs on Amazon which I expect do nothing). This hose cover not only reduces the heat expelled back into the room - increasing the performance of the air conditioner, but it also reduced the noise of the unit further. It seems a lot of the “fan” noise is actually the thin plastic between the ribs of the hose vibrating and acting almost like a speaker.

I paid £367 for this in June 2023, as it was on offer. I'd really struggled through the heat during the summer of 2022, I have a medical condition which means I struggle to regulate my body temperature especially when it's hot. Like many, I was wary as to whether a portable air conditioner would be sufficient and more importantly how much would it cost to run. I needn't have worried it works a treat and costs less than 20p and hour to run (SVR and a smart meter). It's not a great deal louder than my tower fan and I can definitely sleep with it running.To sum up, works really well, not too expensive to run, wouldn't be without it now. Worth every penny.

I bought this during the winter when the price was lower, I paid roughly £310. Now it summer I've had a good go of it. It is noisy, and I knew it would be because I did my research before buying. I could never sleep with this thing running, and also I think the next door neighbours would be shouting through the wall at me to turn it off. I have tried running it for an hour before going to bed, but this isnt much use really, the bedroom quickly warms up again after its turned off.Other than the noise it does a good job. The only way to get a quiet AC is to get installed a proper split unit system.