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My mother is the same - heat pump runs almost all-year-round to cool her house. A proper heat pump would be the best option. Do you have one in the house currently? I have one at each end of our house - one in the lounge and one in the master bedroom. During a hot 26 degree day, both must run to cool the house but at night we only need the lounge one going and i cant hear it from my bedroom. So maybe this is a reason to get a heat pump installed in the lounge. Portable air conditioners are not good long term because they consume a lot of power and dont cool a large area but may work for this situation. They are also very loud. Maybe you can hire or borrow one? I truly believe single hose units should be illegal to sell in NZ. Delonghi used to sell a dual-hose model but it was about $200 more expensive, didnt sell well due to price, and so they stopped bringing them in. But it worked so much better than a single hose model. Your concern about the window is valid - they only ever come with sliding window kits. However when I was working in a temporary portacom office with pivoting windows, I cut out some large cardboard flat sheets, glued them together for thickness and rigidity. Jammed them in the window to seal it and then cut a hole for the hose to go through and keep a tight seal. In another temporary office, we had one set up so that it was out in the garage, using garage air as the source and waste, then had a baffle to direct the cold output into the office so it was only creating positive air pressure in the office with cold air going in. Edit: I have seen a couple of camping portable air conditioners that may work - they seem to come with dual hoses. 1 min.... Edit: Ecoflow i thought was the one - but it only has a single hose. I see jaycar has a model, will check that for you. 1 min.... It appears jaycar sell the only dual hose model in NZ. Its not very powerful - only does a single room. But at 240 watts, it would be a lot more efficient in how much cooling it can do with balanced air pressure compared to an 800 watt single-hose portable air conditioner that creates negative air pressure in the room. Being that its designed for tents and camping, its not going to come with a great window kit but you'll have to make something out of wood/cardboard anyway for that. another idea...1min.... Trade Depot search their site for Window Kit They sell window kits for push/pull pivot windows which i think would work well. You would need to cut a second hole for the second hose. This diagram should explain why portable air conditioners with a single exhaust hose are bad. [https://imgur.com/a/M3XqPq8](https://imgur.com/a/M3XqPq8)

Tenho um DeLonghi ja antiguinho que comprei usado por 150€. Novos acho que andam por volta dos 500€. Faz um bocado de barulho e sò me mantem uma divisao fresca. No entanto, num terceiro andar com o telhado por cima virado a sul, faz o seu trabalho.

We shamelessly bought a portable one here in Switzerland, De'Longhi Pinguino, pretty good.

My De'Longhi was still going fine when I put it out for hard rubbish after about 20 years.

I love Black & Decker. Used to love Pingüino when Costco sold them.