Portable air conditioners account for almost 20 percent of the room air conditioner market, but our lab tests reveal that they deliver only mediocre performance. In fact, not a single model earns ...
At Consumer Reports we test room air conditioners in a special climate-controlled chamber. We test three sizes of window ACs—small, medium, and large—and adjust the size of the chamber based ...
The market for air conditioners will expand as a result of factors such as expanding population, decreasing AC prices, increased disposable income, altered consumer lifestyles, and easy ...