Fri, June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC To help you find the best home cooling for you, we’ve rounded up the best vent-hose and evaporative portable stand-alone AC units in a variety of styles and sizes.

Italian company De'Longhi displayed its newest portable air conditioner, the Pinguino, at the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago on Saturday. Wi-Fi-enabled and app-connected, this ...

Unlike window air conditioners, portable air conditioners roll easily from room to room and are quick to set up, with no labor-intensive mounting and very few tools required. Most just require a ...

CHICAGO — Portable units are used in a variety of applications, including when a primary HVAC system breaks down, when spot cooling is needed, when supplementary cooling is needed, or when portable ...

If you’re sweltering in this summer’s heatwave, installing a portable AC is a simple (and non-permanent) way to keep your indoor space comfortable. We enlisted a Florida-based product tester to ...

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If you want fresh, breezy air without the stress of window installation or aren’t lucky enough to have central air, a portable air conditioner can be a great solution. Think of them as A/C units on ...

Laboratory Technical Project Manager Gianmarco Chumbe has been part of the CNET Home team since 2018. He is in charge of developing and carrying out testing procedures for a wide variety of home ...

After years of sticky summers in small city apartments, my childhood memories of air-conditioned houses started to feel more and more distant. Living in buildings with small, oddly-shaped windows or ...