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I bought a portable air con from Appliances Online. Rare delivery fail - didn't get notified until the guys actually rocked up to deliver. First time this has happened to me.
Mega dramas hooking it up to the outside to vent (we all gotta vent from time to time). At the moment it's held in place by repurposed cardboard and the magic of duct tape, which will do until it rains. If it continues to do well over the next few days, then will invest in a proper window fitment.
Unit works well - has shrunk the temp in my bedroom from 30 plus to 23 over 1 hour. Methinks this was money well spent.
Will be keeping an eye on the power bill, but my last one was $45, so I think I can splurge a bit on personal comfort.
Definitely worth shelling out to not boil in this horrid heat. You'd have spent so many decades the "hard way" with wet towels and ice cubes and what not. I'd only experienced that in my childhood overseas and that was enough for me.
Cooling is worth the cost if possible.
Portable air cons are a god send.