Reviews: Top 4 Portable Air Conditioner Brands
At Air Conditioners America we bring together AC Experts, extensive testing and customer reviews to help customers make buying the right Portable Air Conditioner easy. If you are in the market to buy a new Portable Air Conditioner but are unsure of which brand, the Portable AC Brand Comparison Chart is a great starting point which looks at Pricing, Performance, Satisfaction and Reliability.
- Pricing: To compare pricing, a user cannot simply look at the price tag, but instead needs to look at the square footage that is covered and the cooling power of the unit.
- Performance: How quickly and effectively can the unit cool a room. Our experts tested these four brands in terms of how quickly and effectively they were able to cool a room.
- Satisfaction: Who better to rate the Portable Air Conditioners, than hundreds of previous customers? Find out exactly which brands they liked best.
- Reliability: Proof is in the warranty. How long will your new portable A/C be under warranty?
| Brand | Alen | Amcor | Sharp | Sunpentown |
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| Cost/Square Foot | $1.15 | $1.40 | $1.44 | $1.72 |
| Cost/Cooling Power | $0.44 | $.048 | $0.55 | $0.57 |
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| Best Time to Cool | Top Rated | Second | Fourth | Third |
| Coldest | Top Rated | Second | Fourth | Third |
| Warranty | 2 years | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year |
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#1 Rated: Alen Portable Air Conditioners The Alen units have the lowest cost per sq. ft, lowest cost per cooling power, the highest number of products in the top 5 of ACA editors picks for fastest and coldest units. It also tied with Sharp as Rated #1 by our Customer Reviews. Customer Pick: Alen C535 Portable Air Conditioner |
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#2 Rated: Amcor Portable Air Conditioners Amcor units have strong ratings all around, second only to Alen in terms of Cost/Sq Ft, Cost/Cooling Power, and also a close second in our Time to Cool and Coldest AC Tests. We would have liked to see a higher score on the customer reviews considering Amcor units tend to be a little pricier than the Alen brand. |
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#3 Rated: Sharp Portable Air Conditioners Customer Pick: Sharp CV-P10MX Portable Air Conditioner |
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#4 Rated Sunpentown Portable Air Conditioners It ties with Amcor on the most money you get for every BTU, but it does not compare with the other brands on any of the other criteria. If you are thinking about buying a Sunpentown Air Conditioner, we suggest you take a close look at each unit as some Sunpentown units do perform better than the others. It does concern us that this brand has the lowest average customer rating overall. Customer Pick: Sunpentown WA-1310E Portable Air Conditioner |
We hope we were able to aid you in your decision to buy the best Air Conditioner for your money!
