Comparing a wall-to-wall air conditioner with a mobile one is the same as comparing a supersonic airplane and an airship. In terms of comfort, performance and functionality, this is an incomparable technique. However, sometimes you have to make a choice in favor of the airship. What do consumers of mobile floor air conditioners lose and gain?
About outdoor-wall split systems
Floor and wall air conditioners are able to create optimally comfortable conditions:
- silent operation (up to 29 decibels indoor unit);
- wide selection of operating modes (cooling, heating, drainage, ventilation, sleep);
- the presence of a timer;
- the presence of complex filtration systems;
- the presence of additional functions to improve air (ionization, disinfection);
- remote control;
- inverter control over compressor operation;
- economical energy consumption;
- stealth in the interior (the indoor unit is installed on the floor near the wall or hung on the ceiling).
At the same time, wall-mounted air conditioners have a number of disadvantages:
- the need for costly installation and subsequent after-sales service;
- high price (especially for inverters).
About floor mobile air conditioners
It is decided to buy floor-mounted mobile air conditioners if it is not possible to install a stationary split system. This is a choice for those who rent a house or office, live in an old housing stock, where installation of a split is impossible for technical reasons, or leaves for a summer cottage where it’s impossible to install a stationary air conditioner.
We have to put up with some significant inconveniences arising from the operation of floor mobile air conditioners:
- Noisy work. This is the main disadvantage that cannot be circumvented. If in splits the compressor is located in the external unit, then here it is inside. And the more powerful it is, the louder it works. The noise level reaches 52 decibels, while the norm for a living room is 39 decibels;
- High power consumption: about 1 kilowatt in cooling mode;
- The need to install an air duct.
Before you buy a floor mobile air conditioner, you need to clarify the principle of its operation.
Most models use air to cool the compressor, which must be evacuated from the room. And this is done through a corrugated pipe, released into the window, ventilation shaft or hole in the wall. Such an option for a mobile air conditioner can hardly be called mobile. But there is an alternative: a floor-mounted mobile air conditioner without duct.
About floor air conditioners without duct
The work of floor-mounted mobile air conditioners without an air duct is based on an environmentally friendly and simple way to cool the air by passing it through a filter soaked in water.
They work much quieter, and take less electricity. Minus - a small area of the served premises.
