I've had an EcoFlow Wave 2 portable aircon and we bought an adaptor for the window to mount the pipes that circulate air from Takealot. The adaptor basically sticks along your window frame with a Velcro and zip system to go around the outflow pipes and helps keep it cool inside - relatively easy to uninstall if you move.
We've for about 2 years and it works really well in summer.
It is a bit pricier than a standard aircon but it also has the option of buying backup batteries for loadshedding and the installation etc was really easy by ourselves.
An EcoFlow Wave with a Delta Battery pack and at least 800 watts of solar. But for the cost, you are better off with Mister Fans and/or that Ryobi Shop fan that runs on a 40-volt battery.
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)
Erm... The only (good) one is going to be the ecoflow wave line if you really need a battery, and it's going to last about 2/3 hours on a charge without expansions. If you really need AC during an outage, you're going to need a standard portable or a window shaker, and a small inverter generator (I like propane but gas works).
Anything else isn't going to cool a room, most of the camping AC'S top out at a measly 1500 BTU, so just enough to sit in front of and get mad at, at least the wave is 5k, so closer to a standard portable unit. There are some camping AC'S in the 5k but range on eBay (that don't do battery) for a lot less than the wave though that could be paired with a much cheaper power station if you're set on not getting a generator.
beansofsu22
