This high-end, portable air conditioner has a dual-hose design for efficient cooling. Pros: The dual-hose design effectively ...

You can also power the Wave 2 with solar, your car, or other batteries. As the best battery-powered portable air conditioner, the Wave 2 is expensive, costing $1,099 with the battery add-on. Still, I ...

Zero Breeze Mark 3 is a battery-powered portable air conditioner to cool off whether out on the deck or camping in the wild.

The Mark 3 portable air conditioner combines cutting-edge technology with portability, offering up to 20 hours of cooling on dual batteries.

The Zero Breeze Mark 3 I saw at CES 2025 is basically a 22-pound heat pump that can run off of a battery. Jon Reed is a senior editor overseeing coverage for CNET's home, energy and utilities ...

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 ...

Clank, whoosh, beep, shudder! Portable air-conditioning units can be quite loud and distracting, especially if they're on full blast while you're working from home, watching TV or on the phone. They ...

If you live somewhere with a lot of temperature extremes, then it’s important to have good AC, especially when it comes to the height of the winter and summer months. Of course, ACs aren’t ...

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Portable air conditioners can be moved from home to home with little setup. Renting, or simply don't want to do home renovations to put in a split-system air conditioner? You might be in the market ...