Description
Price: £459.99 - £399.00
(as of Jul 13, 2024 10:32:41 UTC – Details)
From the manufacturer
De’Longhi
AIR_CONDITIONER
Key Features of the Item
A compact and powerful solution to better address the need of space and small occupancy for users while providing powerful cooling performance. Pinguino Compact has 40% less footprint occupancy than a traditional Pinguino*** Pinguino Compact is kind to the environment by operating through R290 refrigerant gas, which is up to 696 times more than traditional refrigerant gases***
COMPACT COOLING – Pinguino Compact is a 8,300 BTU powerful cooling solution for living rooms, bedrooms and offices up to 60m³
QUIETER COOLING – Pinguino Compact has a 50% noise reduction from max to min speed
ENERGY EFFICIENT – Class A Energy Efficiency rating, Refrigerant gas R290, which is up to 696 times more environmentally friendly than traditional gases (696 times compared to the impact of Global Warming of R410 – F-Gas Reg. 517/2014)
EASY TO USE – Manage all functions including temperature, fan speed, timer and cooling function, Control with remote control, or use touch controls on the unit, Integrated handles and castors wheels make for easy transportation
3 IN 1 FUNCTIONALITY – Enjoy ideal comfort thanks to this multifunctional 3-in-1 unit with 2 speed settings, Separate dehumidifying function (21l/ 24 hours) for especially wet seasons or humid rooms and separate fan function to simply circulate air
WINDOW KIT INCLUDED – Window kit is included with 1.5m hose length, for easy installation
WINDOW KIT & CASTOR WHEELS – Window kit is included with 1.2m hose length, for easy installation, Easily move your air conditioner to the room of your choice with ease thanks to the integrated handles and castor wheels for easy portability
Customers say
Customers like the quality, value, and temperature of the air conditioner. For example, they mention it works well, gets cool very quickly, and is worth every penny. That said, opinions are mixed on the noise it makes.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Kindle Customer –
Wouldn’t be without it
I paid £367 for this in June 2023, as it was on offer. I’d really struggled through the heat during the summer of 2022, I have a medical condition which means I struggle to regulate my body temperature especially when it’s hot. Like many, I was wary as to whether a portable air conditioner would be sufficient and more importantly how much would it cost to run. I needn’t have worried it works a treat and costs less than 20p and hour to run (SVR and a smart meter). It’s not a great deal louder than my tower fan and I can definitely sleep with it running.To sum up, works really well, not too expensive to run, wouldn’t be without it now. Worth every penny.
Andre Hook –
Amazing
This is a must have if youâre trying to get through UK summers with only a fan. Iâve tried coolings fans and they barely had any effect. This air con works so well and has a light hum compared to other ones Iâve used. It is so worth the money!! Our living room stays very cool and it is very noticeable during these heat waves!
E. King –
If you think you’re gonna sleep with this thing on think again.
I bought this during the winter when the price was lower, I paid roughly £310. Now it summer I’ve had a good go of it. It is noisy, and I knew it would be because I did my research before buying. I could never sleep with this thing running, and also I think the next door neighbours would be shouting through the wall at me to turn it off. I have tried running it for an hour before going to bed, but this isnt much use really, the bedroom quickly warms up again after its turned off.Other than the noise it does a good job. The only way to get a quiet AC is to get installed a proper split unit system.
David Clarke –
Review for the Classic Compact Model
I thought I’d leave a review for this as most of the reviews here are for the larger model. I bought the smaller one, Classic Compact.It’s certainly compact, very small compared to a larger De’Longhi unit I owned in the past. It also puts out less cooling, but that is to be expected as it’s smaller and less powerful. I ordered this unit during a recent heatwave, and just my luck it arrived the day it ended! However, my flat is a heatsink so despite is being now low 20s outside the flat was still 26 degrees. The DeLonghi Compact Classic soon sorted this, and within 30 minutes the room (around 20sqm) was sitting at 21 degrees.I think the unit would struggle with a larger room. I don’t know where the 60sqm is coming from as I’d be very surprised if it could manage that. Perhaps in a perfectly sealed room under ideal conditions. But in the real world? Nah. Even having my lounge door open into the hallway significantly reduced the cooling ability of the unit. But you need to be realistic. The specs of this unit are nearer the “cheap” no-name ACs rather than the Classics bigger brothers. I’m happy that it cools a single room down. it does what I expected.There’s no window kit that comes with this model. You get a hose and an attachment to poke out the window, but no panel for sliding windows. I have push-out casement windows which are common in the UK, so used the supplied attachments which do mean your window is slightly open during use. There are 3rd party attachments which you can buy to narrow the ducting further, creating quite a thin long shape to the end of the hose, meaning the window would only need to be open a couple of centimetres. This should improve the cooling efficiently.The unit is quite loud, but well within its specifications. I measured the noise level to be 52db with the low fan settings, 59db with the high fan setting and 62db with the compressor active along with high fan. It’s unlikely that you would want to run a >50db unit during the night. But the sound levels are clearly noted in the product description. My use case is to run the unit for a few hours in the early evening to take the heat out of my (too) well-insulated flat after a hot summers day. For this the sound level is perfectly acceptable.The compressor unit does produce vibration, which creates a low level hum in the adjacent room and various other locations within the flat. I believe this is due to the units location and/or vibration from the compressor transferring to the hard floor, walls and furniture. I’ve invested in a thick anti-vibration mat to place the air conditioner unit on with the hope this will help.The unit was on offer at the time of purchase and I paid £367. Which is a similar price to a lot of the budget no-name models. When compared to those I think this unit was the right choice and great value for money.Edit:A few weeks on and the unit still working perfectly. I bought an anti-vibration mat (the kind used for washing machines) which sorted the hum of the compressor almost entirely. I also bought from Denlongi an insulated hose cover which I would highly recommend (make sure to get the proper one direct from Denlongi as there are quite a few knock-offs on Amazon which I expect do nothing). This hose cover not only reduces the heat expelled back into the room – increasing the performance of the air conditioner, but it also reduced the noise of the unit further. It seems a lot of the âfanâ noise is actually the thin plastic between the ribs of the hose vibrating and acting almost like a speaker.
Joe Hinton –
Really does work at 60 cubic metres
I am currently using this to cool a room at the exact maximum rated capacity – 60 cubic metres – which isn’t terribly well sealed, and it works perfectly well. In fact it works considerably better than the previous no-name unit I had which had a stated 10, 000 BTU power rating – compared to the 8300 BTU this unit is rated at.It managed to keep the room at 22 degrees when the outside temperature was 30 degrees, while running mostly in the surprisingly quiet “low” mode and eventually even turning off because it had sufficiently cooled the room.I did have all the doors and windows closed, and have some thick plastic sheeting that I use to seal up the window that I vent it with.There are some compromises compared with the more expensive models. You can’t change the angle of the air output, it always vents it upwards at a 45 degree-ish angle. It has a remote but no wi-fi smart control. Presumably the lower capacity means it won’t work in larger rooms, where the others will, theoretically.It has a couple of advantages as well: it’s smaller, uses less energy, and is surprisingly quiet.If you have a room at or below the rated 60 metres squared, this is a good option from a quality brand.
K. –
Brilliant
Absolutely worth the money. Bought another cheaper no-name brand before this one, and it actually raised the room temperature instead of cooling it down. Sometimes more money really does mean better quality.Just for reference, our flat is on the 3rd floor so always several degrees warmer than the outside. Itâs also a 1br with kitchen and lounge being in one room together, so this is our main cooling area as itâs the hottest part of the flat, but cool air eventually does reach the bedroom as well.We find the noise level perfectly fine as well, but naturally different people have different needs so thatâs always difficult to judge.Delivery was also prompt and we got it within a day, delivered by two lads directly to our doorstep.