To buy an air conditioning unit?

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I don't think I've slept well for 2 weeks. Fan in the bedroom just moves hot air around. I've even tried the 'ice in front of the fan' technique with little success.
Our local Homebase has air con units in stock, £250 Every year when the weather gets warm DH and I have the discussion and don't end up buying one but this time it looks like this weather is here for a while.

AIBU to buy the bloody unit and languish in my (cool) bedroom?

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Yabu unless you buy me one too.

My bedroom is like a greenhouse. I'm tempted to sleep outside.

We’ve been the same, pondering for years then it cools so we don’t bother.
Last weekend, we finally did it. Bought a unit and it’s AMAZING!!
Upstairs in our house was unbearable and the kids haven’t been sleeping well. The air con has made an amazing difference!!

DO IT!! x

We just got one - it's brilliant!

Had one for years and love it. We call it our dalek!

I bought a tower fan, blows cool air not just moving the air around and was only £60 keeps our bedroom cool all night.

See @Babynut1 this is my thoughts, years we've been procrastinating. It's probably made worse by the fact we've just come back from holiday and had air con in the room so to come back to my oven of a bedroom is horrid.

I have one reserved for collection. I just need to convince DH that it's a really good idea.

Which ones do you have?!

This is the one I was looking at, an Arlec:

www.homebase.co.uk/arlec-8000-btu-slimline-portable-air-conditioner_p486888

Mostly because it's the only thing in stock for miles 😳

I got mine about a month ago after a finding the hot spells last year too much, but was initially worried I wouldn’t use it.
Well, I’m jolly glad I have it now! £280 well spent imo. It’s in our room and I’ve been putting the children in there at bedtime with it on then moving them later as their room was disgusting.

Thanks all for that little push. Sat here in an ice cold bedroom. Best decision I've finally made 😁

Does this need to be vented outside? I’m in a ground floor flat so concerned about having to have the window open to vent it! TIA x

if it helps you sleep, why wouldn't you?

I hate them and only use them in hot countries to get rid of insects, but your comfort at night is what matters.

Yes! Glad you bought it. Ours was the best decision we made - we put in children’s room and then move after it’s cool to ours.
Yes you have to put tube to outside then block the rest of the window with a curtain or something. If you are worried about security just have on for a few hours- once a room is cool it doesn’t tend to heat up again

how do they work?

Omg congrats! I've just sent the link to dp for the same one

This does need to vent outside yes, from what I've read the ones that don't are just big fans with ice in them.
Ive got it through the window, it's not pretty and were we not moving I'd probably find a neater way but right now I don't care

It's noisy, but no worse than the fan on full u don't think. The dog has taken up residence in here as well. I turned it off for half an hour to listen to something on the TV and the temperature went from 20 to 31 within twenty minutes so it's certainly effective.

Whether other models are better /cheaper I don't know, as I say this was in stock and finding an air conditioner in a heat wave is bloody hard

We have just started sleeping outside. Blow up mattress and a duvet on the balcony is bliss.

Woohoo! You won't regret it, OP

We have to get ours down from the loft only for a few weeks in the year, but it's worth it to walk into a heavenly cold room

It's a dehumidifier as well so I reasoned it would be useful in the spare room 😁

I love a cold bedroom anyway, in the deepest of winter the window is wide open so this heat at night has been awful. Did consider sleeping outside but we've got very forward foxes and a couple of fat badgers who I didn't much fancy sharing with.

We bought ours after the hot spell last year and now you'll have to prise it out of my delightfully cool hands. It really wasn't cheap but, by god, it was worth it.

DH is gearing up to have actual aircon installed. Is this madness? Room is 30degrees and have new baby and toddler who isn’t sleeping due to heat. The cost isn’t too bad but I can’t help thinking ‘aircon in England?!’ Will I be sitting smug next year for having it done? DH comes from a part of the world where is it par for the course although do wonder if he is motivated by the idea of a shiny new toy....

We have air con in our bedroom. Currently blasting out cold air now ( I'm actually freezing under the duvet)

We love it

i need one of these for my sweatbucket of a social housing flat.

And i think tempers are getting frayed because of the heat as well Loads of arguments and fights going on outside (not me and DH) if this fucking weather goes on much longer this housing estate is basically going to turn into a version of Stephen Kings Needful Things.

If you have the money I’d definitely do it. Sleep is very important. We have a fan for every bedroom and one for downstairs that gets moved around depending on where I am! We’ve had them for years and get them out in summer and even in winter if one of us has a chest infection (I swear it seems to help!) If I had the money I would definitely buy air con and wheel it out every year when needed x

IceCream IceCream if you’re getting it properly installed as opposed to a mobile unit, you can get ones that heat as well as cool so it would be useable all year round 😊