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

It's fustrating to see people complaining about the noise because it just means they haven't bothered to read up or research air con units. Split systems cost over £1000-1500 without even considering installation, so considering these things come in and less than a third of that, there is going to be a catch. And that catch is the noise. They do make you jump when they fire up, and they do require the hose to be draped out the window or attached to a vent in the wall if you drill one, however if you are looking for a solution to the rising heatwaves, have space to store it when not in use, and would do pretty much anything to deal with the heat then they are an absolute blessing. We move ours around the house depending on what we need it for and it can cool a pretty large space if necessary, but unless you have a very big house you are unlikely to have a room so big that this (or this + an oscilating desk fan to help with room circulation) couldn't handle. Absolutely no regrets, it is awesome. If you can't handle the noise, there is no alternative than having a full split system installed, it's that simple.

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.

Great great great. Need a longer hose but the ac unit isn’t loud and it really worksLots of water comes out the drainage but get a bucket under it and it’s sound

Not at all happy with this unit.purchased new and the user manual states if you vent the unit to the outside via a window / supplied hose it will not generate any condensate on air conditioning mode. This is totally wrong and I foolishly left it running for 3 hours to try to cool down a room. I place the separate condensate hose into a small container but in the 3 hours it totally overran the container and dumped at a pretty good guess, 2 lites or more onto the carpet.It is not a unit you can leave unattended or when you go to bed therefore it is not fit for purpose. It will be returned in the morning for a refund.

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 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.

Good quality and effective. Could do with a longer outlet hose. Quite tricky to get the hose to point out the window.

Effectively cools my 50sq m new build flat even with the vent window open in the middle of a heat wave. On the lowest setting nonetheless. My partner (who has a nerve condition and extreme heat sensitivity) can now enjoy the summer without being in pain. A really great buy!There’s definitely a difference in noise between the low and high levels, but on the low it’s really not that bad. It kinda fades away and you forget about it after a little while, it’s like a low buzz constantly.Comes with two mouth openings—the narrow one has a width of 12cm, which is just wide enough to fit in our tiny tilt and turn window. Did end up getting an additional 150cm vent hose instead of using the 120cm one, wasn’t long enough. You will need to buy a connector for the hoses if you try to string them together, twisting them together along the threads won’t work!Extremely heavy unit, I am a healthy young person and I could barely carry it inside the door. I have no idea how I would return this, thankfully that was not necessary.Sleek little unit, looks nice and is definitely compact and mildly discreet! Although it does say that a distance of 60cm is required from the back and the sides for safety reasons in the manual.Does drip water through a thin hose in the back, it fills about a 5L pot once every several hours. I generally only need to change it once a day or so.Overall, I’m VERY happy with this purchase!! Finally, an air conditioning unit that actually cools the air!! Hurrah!