Russell Hobbs 2-in-1 Portable Air Conditioner & Dehumidifier, 960 W, 1 Litre, Includes Window Seal Kit, White, RHPAC4002

I have been using this air-con for the past couple of months and I can't believe that I went 5 summers in my current house without having this. We live in a new build coach house with nice new insultation. It makes it nice and cozy in the winter, but boiling in any sort of heat.I decided to bite the bullet and get a portable air-con unit to help control the somtimes 30c temperatures it would reach in the living room and bedroom. As an overall pacakage, I don't think you could get any better than this little unit. It is a great size to be able to fit in a closet during the winter, but can chill a room down really quickly once on.Now, if your goal is for a room to be chilled quietly, none of these portable units are going to be for you. Having the whole unit inside, which half of it usually sits outside the home, makes it quite loud under operation. But if the option was to have this little machine loud or to sit in 30c with a fan blowing around that hot air, I would take this every day of the week.I am also basing this review on the air-con portion only, as I don't use it as a dehumidifier. If you use it in that mode, you will need to instal rubber tubing that will pipe out the water from the unit, but using it for only air-con that isn't needed. I think it stores the small amount of water it creates in a tank that you will empty at the end of the season.I honeslty can't say enough for this device. Most of the negative reviews on here I am not sure if they have read through the manual or are not using it properly, but if you do your research and understand what you are buying this is a great product for the price.TLDR - Great air-con for the size and price. It can be a bit loud while chilling, but the cool air is worth it.

It's noisy, similar to other portable ACs I've had, but it is a godsend on hot days.

Definitely cools well and the air vent egress is powerful, was easy to set up.However, the dehumidifier drainage is awkward because it needs the collection hose and tank to be lower than the unit itself; but the unit is designed to sit on the floor. So this forces you to elevate it on a table, but it also has wheels which can't be removed. So it's unstable.Also, the remote control is packed as a loose item inside a bunch of papers. I thought it was a different model without remote control cause it's easy to miss.Also, the air egress and vent tube can reach 65c+. So it has a local heating effect around the tube.Overall satisfied with this until I get a permanent solution.

I have used this in my bedroom and lounge area. Bedroom is fairly small and lounge is medium sized. I can't be bothered measuring so let's estimate based on average sized humans lying down. Lounge approx 3 x 2.5 and bedroom 2 x 2. In the bedroom it can lower the temperature by several degrees in about half an hour. Say from 30C to around 22C, with the door shut and window open for the vent pipe. In the lounge it can manage more like 30C to 25C. This makes a HUGE difference. For years I have been sitting through summer in that kind of heat and sleeping in it and now I basically don't have to. The only downside is of course, it's loud. Expect to have to turn your TV up to volumes you would normally consider too loud to be able to hear it properly, but I think they're all like this.

Russel Hobbs aircon unit works kicks out a reasonable amount of cold air for the price but the noise was too much even on quiet mode had to have tv twice as loud just to hear it sent back refunded

They look great and seem really good when we made sure they work but will have to wait till next summer now to try them out properly

Dehumidifier is awful, can run it for hours and I find no noticeable difference across four different humidity sensors.Super noisey, it sounds like a cross between a fridge and a factory.Cooling... It's ok in very small rooms. Really not as good as I was expecting.

I’m upset I didn’t buy this sooner…… really cools the room