For all the claims our portable air conditioners make about being portable, it’s time to be honest with ourselves — they’re only portable if you’re a giant, or have a house that is nothing but windows ...

On paper, the IcyBreeze is the ultimate gadget to beat the heat. The marketing behind it clearly targets campers and athletes. I’m sure they had something with a tent in mind when they sent it my way.

The Black+Decker BPP08WTB portable air conditioner outperformed others in our lab testing. Not only did the Midea MAP14HS1TBL excel in performance compared with most portable air conditioners we ...

Based on Consumer Reports’ testing of portable air conditioners, they should be seen as a last resort for cooling a home when fans aren’t enough or other types of air conditioners aren’t an option.

Unlike window air conditioners, portable air conditioners roll easily from room to room and are quick to set up, with no labor-intensive mounting and very few tools required. Most just require a ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. They’re “more efficient” than window units, according to one reviewer Jackie Tempera is an award-winning journalist and celeb-obsessed ...