Dimplex DCB Series

Cheap and Effective - but you get what you pay for – I installed this unit in a south facing window of my home office. It has plenty of power for cooling the 18m2 space - even though it's only rated for 10m2 - but the room is well insulated and shaded. However, this is no substitute for a split system because of: 1. Noise - although it's not too bad with the fan on low, still substantially louder than a SS 2. On/Off compressor operation - delivers quite cold air when running and fan only when not. I positioned the unit such that it was blowing towards my desk, which delivers an uncomfortable breeze of very cold air when cooling. The direction deflector thingy does nothing much, so I installed a deflector on the outside to send the breeze away from my desk - works a treat.