Portable Air Conditioners
This is about the ones with the exhaust hose, as opposed to the evaporative water ones.
Just wondered if anyone has purchased one of these & struck trouble.We are renters & cant put a proper a/c in .After much thought we went to one of the larger chains here in Qslnd,they asked us what we wanted & what for i.e. bedroom. They told us the one we were looking at wasnt big enough & consequently we bought a larger size.We asked all the pertinent questions as to noise, efficiency etc. & were told this would do the job.
When we got home after finding a few hassles as to fitting it in, we finally did a temporary job to try it out. We have only a 5 square bedroom, it struggled to get the temp down by 3 deg.& then switched straight back on. To top it off ,it was like trying to sleep with a Motor mower going full pelt by the bed.
Saturday we were in another electrical chain store & lo & behold,all their stock of these sort of airconditioner had a sign on them saying " Personal Coolers only, will not cool a room down "
My husband went back to the shop where we bought it this morning & was laughed out of the shop, & told he should have been sure before we bought it, it was now second hand.{ it was on at the most for 3 hrs } we were prepared to take a price drop & maybe a credit in the shop for the rest,but no go. Any comments !!![size=3][/size]
Thank you for your support. I have been in touch with Fair Trading & waiting on what happens next. Also told the retailer this,their comment was," Go ahead, we are covered " It seems that because they told us in passing to be VERY sure it was what we wanted as their policy was no return, they think that covers them. We will see what happens, thank you all.