The MC Series 12000 BTU portable air conditioner is operated through the control panel on the top of the unit as well as an accompanying remote, which both have similar buttons. With the fan on high speed it's quite intrusive, but you shouldn't need this setting on for very long. It’s also a a little unwieldy to transport around on your own, mainly when it’s still boxed up, so watch out if you need to get it up to a top floor flat.

On the machine, you’ll find the ability to set a Timer (between one and 24 hours), set the Speed of the fan (high, medium and low), Swing to turn the top air panel known as the louvre on and off (although this must be open while on), up and down, Sleep to reduce the noise level and dim the LED and Mode to switch between the aforementioned. Additional features like programmable thermostats, remote controls, sleep modes, and air purifiers enhance convenience and overall performance but can vary depending on the model of air conditioner you are looking for. Its four different modes and two different fan speeds can easily be selected on the unit itself or by using the remote control, and if you want to use the timer button this is easy to set using the Timer button and then pressing the up and down arrows to set the number of hours in which you want the unit to turn off.

I set it to 32˚C and it didn’t seem to do anything more than blow air that was roughly the same temperature as the room, about 21˚C. Derek (aka Delbert, Delvis, Delphinium, Delboy etc) specialises in home and outdoor wares, from coffee machines, white appliances and vacs to drones, garden gear and BBQs. The Sleep Mode keeps the unit in low fan speed to ensure the lowest possible noise level, you can combine this with the Off timer to ensure that you do not wake up cold during the night. Open the window to check it’s sealed properly and the zip is accessible and then you thread the hose through the unzipped opening and close the zip around it.

I've been using their MC Series 12,000 for a few weeks, including in the current heatwave, and I genuinely wish I'd taken the plunge years ago. Meaco Air Conditioners offer up exceptional Cooling power with very low running costs, allowing you to cool your home or office with ease. Heat that is removed from the air is blown out of the room – along with the excess moisture – via a duct (normally out of a room window) and the cool, dry air is blown into the room”. The MeacoCool MC Series 7000BTU Portable Air Conditioner is the brand's smallest and most affordable air con unit. I'm Rachel, a freelance reviewer who helps the Ideal Home team put products through their paces to find the top recommendations for our readers.

Begin by assessing the size of the space you intend to cool and match it with an air conditioner's cooling capacity, measured in BTUs. Unlike some portable air conditioner units, a big plus point for this model is that it comes with two different types of window kits.

As mentioned, this unit is also very lightweight compared to most portable air con units we've tested. Introducing the brand new range of MeacoCool portable air conditioners perfect for home and office use providing personal comfort during the summer months. You can use the same drainage hose that you’d use on Dry Mode to empty this, which may be necessary on very humid days.They siphon up all the hot air inside a room, dump it outside a window through a hose and then replace it with a cool blast of air, giving you that same cool-room experience you get in air-conditioned hotels abroad. The company has produced quite a few portable air-con appliances to date, but this model is its most powerful, and that makes it a shoo-in for keeping you chilled while all around you melt in the furnace. It's not the most powerful option out there in terms of BTU, but Meaco offers plenty of alternative models, ranging from this the smallest 7000BTU through to a 14000BTU model. In Cool Mode, which is the unit's air conditioning setting, your desired temperature can be set between 16 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius. Meaco does give you a bunch of window seal accessories to help make this process as easy as possible, however.