Quiet, efficient, and affordable window and portable inverter models with the power to cool the largest rooms.
By
Michael Zhao,
a senior writer at the Strategist covering appliances and men's style.
He was formerly a deputy editor at Wirecutter.
Best window AC for regular outlets
They’re powerful, easy to use and install, and pretty efficient (even if they can’t match a window unit).
Struggling to keep a large room cool without driving up electricity bills? These 2-ton ACs aim to deliver cooling with better…
They’re quieter, more efficient, and cheaper to run than the ones most of us have been using.
We’ve used these brands for years and they are still going strong.
They all perform about the same, and none are very quiet, but some have better controls and more features than others.
I found window and portable AC units steeply discounted.
