Keeping your home cool on a budget can be tough, especially if you live in a large home with many rooms. If you have central heating and air, blocking off vents in the rooms you don’t want to cool is an option, but if you don’t, you might be wondering which options are available to you for keeping your home cool without raising your electricity bills through the roof.
The answer to your question is the portable air conditioning unit. Portable air condition units are lightweight and recirculate the air which makes it much easier to cool a room than a stagnate air conditioner which you have in your window. Portable air conditioning units are also affordable, especially if you purchase the wall variety which you can place anywhere in your home. Since these units work to circulate air, you will notice a considerable difference in rooms that have a portable air condition unit, and those that do not.
If you’re still on the fence concerning the benefits of having a portable air conditioning unit in your home, consider this: The average home owner wastes around $600 a year in electricity and gas usage. This is because windows are not properly insulated, homes are not properly insulated; cracks under doors, etc. all allow our heated and cooled air to escape. By using a portable air conditioning unit, you will keep the air in constant rotation in the room, so it has no where else to go. This means rooms will stay cooler longer, and you will eventually be saving money on your electricity bills.
Since you will be saving money, you will be able to afford two or perhaps even three of these units, depending on how many rooms in your house you would like to heat or cool. Generally, the best place for these units are bedrooms, as most medium sized bedrooms are just large enough to be kept cool by these units. Larger rooms like living rooms will not have such a noticeable improvement, as there is generally more square-footage in these rooms that keeps them from being cooled entirely.
Portable air conditioning units are a great option for anyone who is looking to keep cool without spending tons of money. However, if you’re willing to spend just a few more dollars on a unit, you could get one which heats and cools and can be used year round, meaning you won’t have to worry about wasting money during the winter, either.
