De'Longhi - Pinguino PAC N81
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"I had it going 24 hours a day in the living room of my 1 bedroom apartment, around 750 sq ft. I was so comfortable I was baking and cooking while reading posts in my local sub from people who were absolutely miserable and had blocked off all but 1 room in their house and even multiple a/c units couldn’t keep that 1 room cool, or apartments that were in the high 90s inside even with an a/c unit."
"On our second summer with it and it’s a godsend"
"vivo cerca de Barcelona que tenemos la humedad a tope y por la noche tengo que quitarlo porque me da frío."
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"The De'Longhi Pinguino was WAY quieter than the Honeywell I tried ... If you're a light sleeper, the extra money for a quieter unit is worth every penny."
"Noise is acceptable to me even for sleeping, but it’s not silent."
"Die 81 ist etwas leiser."
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"Upstairs one cools two fairly decent sized rooms to a nice chilly temp"
"We use it in our living room which is quite large and open and it's great."
"Sólo sirven para estancias pequeñas o medianas, no para toda una vivienda. ... Aún así es una solución venían para refrescar tu habitación con la puerta bien cerrada"
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"On our second summer with it and it’s a godsend"
"I have a DeLonghi Pinguino. I got it at Costco in 2021 and it’s worked like a champ every summer."
"Had it about 4 years and no complaints."
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"Loud as hell. ... Ditto works really well, but loud as hell."
"Very very loud"
"even the ones sold as “silent” are really pretty noisy. I can just about sleep with our Delonghi Piguino on it’s so called silent mode."
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"Sólo sirven para estancias pequeñas o medianas, no para toda una vivienda."
"You also have to set it to a much cooler temperature that it’ll never get to."
"son menos eficientes que el AA instalado (en gran parte por el mecanismo cutre del tubo que sale al exterior no sella bien la estancia)"
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"Those Delonghi units are essentially disposable. ... They work fine for 12 to 18 months, then they die."
"our DeLonghi costing twice the price failed after 3 summers."
"We have been through probably 3 Delonghi Penguino units in the past 4-5 years. ... One of those 3 was a DOA unit that was warrantied after about 20 days, so really only 2 units in 5 years."
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"I would personally seriously reccomend one which has some sort of wifi control or at least scheduling - ideally you will want to turn it on an hour or two before you actually want the room to be cool."
eveningwithcats 1.0Wir haben 2 unterschiedliche: Delonghi PAC N81 und N82 eco. Die 81 ist etwas leiser.
mrp9619 0.5Had the Delonghi Penguino a few years ago 2.4kw one a few years back and worked well for a bedroom. It was slightly over your budget but worth looking on marketplace for a second hand one
butts____mcgee 0.1Pinguino crew big up!
Dramatic_Prior_9298 0.1Mine is a DeLonghi Pinguino. Had it about 4 years and no complaints. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9453490
Yes. We use it in our living room which is quite large and open and it's great. The hose goes up the chimney. If you used it in a single room it would be Arctic-like which I'd love 😄 I would say it isn't noisy but not sure others would be able to cope with it being on. It's a similar level of noise to an airfryer, imo.
DrawerPuzzleheaded49 0.1Buy a delonghi pinguino, adapt a second tube ( intake ) to don’t suck any cold air from inside to cool down the compressor! Place near a window, tubes outside, and find a way to isolate so no hot air comes inside! If u need some tips, i can show you my setup!
ethanxp2 0.1Got a couple of delonghi pinguino ones and they're really good. Upstairs one cools two fairly decent sized rooms to a nice chilly temp and one downstairs chills the open plan downstairs and while it's not freezing (the poor AC unit isn't designed for this square footage...) it makes a pretty decent dent and brings the temp down alot. Would recommend.
GarbageInteresting86 0.1Go for it but remember that even the ones sold as “silent” are really pretty noisy. I can just about sleep with our Delonghi Piguino on it’s so called silent mode. You also have to set it to a much cooler temperature that it’ll never get to. Otherwise it makes a small noise when it gets to temperature and stops, and a much noisier clunk when it restarts. But still worth it. Also consider homemade ventilation ideas. If it’s hotter inside than outside, it’s faster and cheaper to get some outside air in and that inside air out.
Me too, after our DeLonghi costing twice the price failed after 3 summers. Nothing beats a proper installed split system.
killit 0.1We've got one of those, great machine, but their claim for it being silent is complete bullshit lol, nothing silent about it. Still, very glad we have it.
Milky_Mint 0.1300 sq ft. Delonghi Pinguino. Noise is acceptable to me even for sleeping, but it’s not silent.
NamiChopper 0.1Hola! Si no tienes opción de instalar un aire acondicionado, te recomiendo comprar un pingüino (un aire acondicionado portátil). Yo lo compré para el comedor y algo hace. A parte de eso, como ya te ha comentado otra persona, baja las persianas durante el día. La oscuridad es tu nueva amiga jajajaja.
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