Advice
Rent or buy a portable air conditioner?
A straightforward comparison of hiring versus buying a portable air conditioner in the UK.
The case for hiring
No storage for eleven months of the year, no maintenance, no disposal at end of life, and delivery and collection handled for you. You also get a professional-grade unit rather than the entry-level models that sell out first in a heatwave.
The case for buying
If you expect to run cooling for most of the summer, year after year, and you have somewhere dry to store a bulky unit, buying can be the lower long-run cost.