De Longhi Pinguino Portable Ac

The pick for rooms a window unit can't serve — a portable floor unit on casters that vents through a window-kit hose, for casement/sliding windows or rentals. Less efficient and louder than a window AC by nature, but among the better-built portables with good app control.

The De'Longhi Pinguino is the answer for rooms a window unit can't serve — casement or sliding windows, rentals that forbid window mounts, or rooms with no suitable window. It's a portable floor unit on casters that vents hot air through a hose to a window kit, so you roll it where it's needed. Portables are inherently less efficient and louder than window units because the whole machine, compressor included, sits in the room, and they take floor space — but the Pinguino is among the better-built and quieter portables, with good app control. Buy it because your window or lease rules out a window unit, not expecting it to match the Midea U; within its category it's a strong pick.

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Delonghi Pinguino Portable Air Conditioner - Review & Installation