De'Longhi - Pinguino PAC N81
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Last updated: Dec 25, 2025 Scoring
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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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"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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"My number one non-negotiable feature is a model with auto-evaporation. ... The Whynter ARC-1230WN (and most of Whynter's dual-hose models) has auto-evaporation, which means in most climates, you won’t need to manually empty it. ... I’m in a moderately humid area, and I’ve never had to drain it."
"I have a hose and bucket and it’s been completely dry. Running almost every night for past 2-3months"
"Never had to yet."
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"it works really well ... it got delivred a couple of days prior to that big heatwave where it was 40 deg.C; we al slept really well in the cool"
"On our second summer with it and it’s a godsend"
"Essential for the hot summers we have now. ... And essential for me. I work in a 2x3m hand build (and very well insulated) garden office. Once the ambient temperature is high, I'm sweating in there. It's bliss with it on."
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"On our second summer with it and it’s a godsend"
"Had it about 4 years and no complaints."
"I have a DeLonghi Pinguino. I got it at Costco in 2021 and it’s worked like a champ every summer."
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"sounded like a loud squeaky balloon. ... Every time I shifted weight or switched sides it was loud. ... Even someone walking by looked at me and said “that’s really noisy”."
"The fan that circulates the air is so ridiculous it sounds like an airplane is idling inside my house, and it literally changes the air pressure in my kitchen and hurts my ears"
"It ’s super loud ... Noise at least on hardwood is easily double the qrevo"
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"their battery isn't lasting any longer than 1h at most"
"The usb doesn’t work anymore. ... It just makes a nonstop sound screeching sounds whenever a sound it played through them. ... That happened within the first month of having them."
"battery died just months after warranty expired."
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"The unit I bought said around 1300 continuous watts. Bullshit. This thing regularly pulls 1800 for lengths of time."
"expensive to run (electric bill)"
"The think I don't like is they really tank your electric bill"
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"They have a laughably low CFM"
"1 never cooled right out of the box."
"That thing don't do shit in a living room."
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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."
"There is no built in 'smart' features on most of the cheap models, and those that do have them generally are lousy and really slow."
We shamelessly bought a portable one here in Switzerland, De'Longhi Pinguino, pretty good.
r/Switzerland • Why does the Swiss government dislike air conditioning installations so much? ->Contrary to the Ask, my partner and I bought a Delonghi portable for about $100CAD and it barely worked, even made the room hotter on humid days in spite of the air gaps being boarded and taped off. We sold it and bought a Canadian Tire house brand (Noma) window mount unit with half the BTUs and it completely outclassed the portable for 1/3 the price. We had to buy a half-sheet of 1/2” polycarbonate (MDF or something would work too, we just wanted the light to come through) to fill the window gap, but it wasn’t a huge deal if you’re remotely Handy. The portable was also *constantly* tripping the breaker in that room when the compressor kicked in if you had anything else using power at the same time. Never once had an issue after we switched to the window unit, but at half the BTU output that’s hardly surprising. Having the compressor and evaporator outside of the space you’re trying to cool makes a night and day difference, otherwise the unit bleeds heat into the room and works twice as hard to keep it cool. It’s a snake eating its tail.
r/BuyItForLife • Looking for a top of the line portable AC unit. ->I got a good AC from the Italian brand DeLonghi. Also got another one from Ayce (do have split level apartment). The DeLonghi one is the best of them two.
r/Switzerland • Todays weather has pushed me to buy a mobile Air conditioning unit. ->Pinguino crew big up!
r/CasualUK • who here owns a portable air conditioning unit, are they worth the money? ->Yes, and I recommend buying one second hand in the cold months. Pinguinos and suchlike, used a few times selling for 75 quid on t'ebay
r/CasualUK • who here owns a portable air conditioning unit, are they worth the money? ->Mine is a DeLonghi Pinguino. Had it about 4 years and no complaints. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9453490
r/AskUK • What can cool my room in the heat that doesn’t require installation? ->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.
r/AskUK • What can cool my room in the heat that doesn’t require installation? ->Buy 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!
r/Switzerland • Todays weather has pushed me to buy a mobile Air conditioning unit. ->We used a portable refrigerative air con temporarily (with removable window kit & tubing), which did the job for the master bedroom when we had a newborn (waiting on the ducted installer).
r/Adelaide • Suggestions for room cooler for summer (evaporative) ->Pretty sure ours was a Delonghi, but this was many years ago - so there could be better options out there today
r/Adelaide • Suggestions for room cooler for summer (evaporative) ->Got 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.
r/CasualUK • who here owns a portable air conditioning unit, are they worth the money? ->Wir haben 2 unterschiedliche: Delonghi PAC N81 und N82 eco. Die 81 ist etwas leiser.
r/Finanzen • Die beste Investition seit langem, ich habe mir eine mobile Klimaanlage gekauft. ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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