Based on Consumer Reports’ testing of portable air conditioners, they should be seen as a last resort for cooling a home when fans aren’t enough or other types of air conditioners aren’t an option.

Millions of Americans are still working from home, sometimes in attics, basements, and other nooks and crannies that serve as offices. And often these out-of-the-way spaces don’t benefit from the air ...

A window air conditioning unit is, in many ways, a terrible technology. It's inefficient. It blasts cool air from only one location, as opposed to the many vents of central air. These heavy hunks of ...

Given the language we use to describe a heat wave, there's no wonder we'll go to great lengths to escape it. When the sun beats us down, we often describe the experience in terms of cooking ... we're ...

Portable ACs have specific quirks to consider. Here's what I learned about buying and installing a mobile air conditioner. John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home ...

Erin Gobler is a personal finance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She writes about topics including budgeting, student loans, credit, mortgages, investing and insurance. Her work has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Black+Decker BPP08WTB portable air conditioner outperformed others in our lab testing. Not only did the Midea MAP14HS1TBL ...

Experts tell us the top reasons your unit isn't keeping you cool Experts offer eight simple problems to troubleshoot when your AC isn’t cooling properly. By Mary H.J. Farrell Like any appliance, air ...