This isn’t actually necessarily true if you just need specific cooling.
If for instance, you just care about cooling your bedroom for sleeping, then it can be more efficient to install a window unit in just that room and let the rest of your house be warmer. A mini-split would be more efficient than a window unit for that role, but they’re also a lot more expensive and permanent.
So you have three options, I’m going to break them down just because I think comparing all three is helpful for long term planning, but skip to the end for advice on a specific window unit.
💲💲Expensive - these are more expensive than window units up front by quite a bit.
🙇/👩🔧 Installation - Potential DIY - while they do sell DIY mini-split systems that don’t require professional installation, you’ll be limited by the length of pipe / hoses they provide, so need a suitable spot for your compressor unit. Otherwise you’ll need a pro to install it.
🔉Noise - since the compressor is outside and separated by a wall you shouldn’t hear it if it’s mounted properly, but you do still have an indoor blower unit. It’ll be quieter than a window unit but louder than a vent.
If it were me personally, and I owned the house, and I was worried about cooling my bedroom, and I had the money and somewhere to mount the compressor, I would buy a DIY mini split system. I will always want my bedroom to be cold for sleeping and the rest of the house doesn’t need to be that cold (and vice versa in winter since they’re heat pumps that go both ways). The only real downsides are the very light fan noise from the blower unit, and the upfront cost, though that can potentially be mitigated if you live in a jurisdiction that offers some type of home retrofit or heat pump grant (worth checking!).
That being said there’s a bunch of caveats and criteria there that I personally didn’t meet, so I bought one of those Midea U shaped units that everyone talks about and am honestly very happy. There was a massive recall recently, but they’re adding drains to fix the issue, and these units otherwise are way better than most other window units, though they only work with windows that slide up and down vertically.
*But unlike most other window ACs, the U shaped units have the window sit between the outdoor unit and the indoor unit which blocks most of the noise from the compressor, lets more natural light come in, and doesn’t require blocking the sides. They’re also very efficient with a CEER rating of 15.
Even despite the recall they’re still what I’d personally recommend, you might be able to find one second hand.
Also note that I don’t consider a portable air conditioner an option. They’re terrible.
I’ll bet you’re not worth engaging with because you view the world in childish black and white terms.
Your reasoning is Elon bad, Elon do rockets, so rockets be bad.
It’s kindergarten level.
It’s still just as crazy.
Israel only does what it does because the US lets it and arms it. That doesn’t happen because of a pro Israel lobby, that happens because the US military likes having an extremely armed, and intelligence gathering ally right in the middle of an otherwise volatile and hostile region.
Precisely, flirting signals to someone else that you’re potentially attracted to them.
If they’ve written you off as a potential romantic partner for whatever reason (they assume you’d never be interested, they thought you had a partner, they thought you were only ever going to be just friends, etc), then that signal can cause them to start considering you as a romantic option.
Yeah, but in this case we’re talking about Green P lots which are owned by the City of Toronto, not privately owned lots.
You want to tax a city owned parking lot? Who would the city be paying that tax to?
While the dual hose ones are better, I agree that these all kind of suck because you have the compressor inside and it’s always the loudest part of an AC.