I spent the last year on the road in a touring band and let me tell you, these things are not what they used to be. They've hobbled them with thermostat limits of as high as 70 F. I need that shit to go to at least 68.
Then don't forget your tauntaun sleeping bag.
I thought they smelled bad on the outside
That does not look warm.
There's something about walking into a motel room with this AC blowing at full power after being at the beach all day that just can't be beat.
Like sleeping with a lawn mower in the room. But I'd take that over being sticky and hot.
Honestly, I can't sleep without any white noise.
Without it, it's just quiet. Too quiet...
I have tinnitus and having no white noise basically will make things louder than without any noise. This has given me the ability to fall asleep in virtually any conditions. I don’t know whether that’s a good thing or not.
They also made a crapton of noise. The hotels often didn’t change the filter, so you’d instantly get a stuffy nose when you walked in. They were always right under the curtain, so it would recirculate the air caught in the curtain and cycle off and on too much because the air temp fluctuated too much.
I spend a lot of time in hotels. It was always a mixed bag with these. If you got a good one it was almost an exception rather than the rule.
The first thing I do every time I step into a hotel room is check the filter. If it's dirty, then I bring it to the front desk to show them. I always get a free upgrade... to another room with an equally dirty filter. Which at that point I remove it and toss it in the stairwell to let it be maintenance's problem. I can't be bothered to put in more effort than that if the staff can't be bothered to replace their filters.
Yep. I see one and I know I'm not going to wake up on Hoth because if I leave it on, I'm not going to sleep in the first place.
and may god help you if the unit is right next to the bed
Same! Sometimes, I get let down because I see a thermostat on the wall but these bad asses can be controlled by those too. 55 degrees! Stay frosty my friends.
nah buddy we got central air conditioning its very good
These usually have a horribly dirty filter inside, because the hotel never cleans it.
Had one of these at a hotel in Utah. It was hot as balls outside, but damn did this thing keep it frosty inside. And yeah, its loud, but at least it drowned out my dads snoring.
at least it drowned out my dads snoring.
I love background noise. Drown out the road sound, people eating, snoring, get rid of it all. Bless the hums of modern industry
Road sounds are the worst. It completely surrounds you and there's no escaping it. And there's always those assholes with loud engines cranking their hogs.
"Cranking your hog" is a euphemism for masturbation.
You and I disagree with what scene you were painting.
It is a roadside motel. Someone probably was cranking their hog loudly
I am in the Netherlands and lately AC's are getting more common. As someone with an appartement top floor flat roof, living room faced south the split AC installed this year is a blessing. Summers get hot nowadays.
Hooray for climate change.
And the fun part is that all those new ACs will accelerate it!
Same in the pacific northwest. Had a heat pump put in this year thanks to an interest free loan from the city. Used to not hit triple digits here.
Some hotel I stayed at constructed some weird wooden cage/facade around the unit for some god forsaken reason.
People probably sat on it (and broke it)
Perhaps. Couldn't be great for airflow though.
Ok, this is a personal thing for me. It might be just UK/Europe (I don't know) that rejects this use of the apostrophe in this case. Throughout my North American (US, specifically) education into collegiate level English courses I was taught to use an apostrophe to pluralize initialisms and acronyms specifically. If it is not an initialism or acronym, carry on with just adding an "s."
If there is an actual problem within this US variation of English that I have been taught, please let me know, because it's become frustrating to see things such as: "you don't need that apostrophe," and "this is a sin against the apostrophe" etc. etc.
I'm not trying to be critical or harsh here, just get a better understanding.
It's incorrect in American English as well, but people commonly use it this way anyway.
The way I knew it in the UK is:
AC - singular air conditioner
AC's - air conditioner's [something]
ACs - multiple air conditioners
It's the same in the US, people just aren't very aware of/careful about grammar here.
it drives me nuts. please preserve grammar, people. it just descends into chaos without it.
The only issue is the older ones tend to be very loud especially when they turn on in the middle of the night.
especially when they turn on in the middle of the night.
That's a rookie move. Leave the fan on at full blast all night, and then you won't hear the difference when the AC kicks in, plus it's a free white-noise machine
better idea, just force it to run the AC all night so the compresser never changes in volume.
My college dorm has one of these. Literally heaven.
When the housing market crashes I'm gonna get a house with one of these
The house would have to have like 5-10 of them. One for every room in the house.
Tbf my dream house is only like 3 rooms plus a bathroom
You're going to have to install that yourself.
Don’t hold your breath.
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