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Win­dow air con­di­tion­ers are an excel­lent option for inex­pen­sive cli­mate con­trol equip­ment. Air con­di­tion­ers of this type are able to main­tain the opti­mum tem­per­a­ture in rooms rang­ing from 10 to 40 sq.m. They are com­pact and easy to oper­ate. The dimen­sions of most win­dow air con­di­tion­ers cor­re­spond to the size of a stan­dard win­dow.

The main dif­fer­ence between win­dow-type air con­di­tion­ers and split sys­tems is the design, which con­sists of one work­ing unit (monoblock), which is eas­i­ly mount­ed in the win­dow. Win­dow air con­di­tion­er eas­i­ly turns into a mobile one, it is enough to remove the device from the win­dow of the apart­ment and install it in the win­dow frame, for exam­ple, of a coun­try house.

The monoblock is divid­ed into two parts, one of which goes out­side, and the sec­ond is inside the room. Parts of the win­dow split air con­di­tion­er are sep­a­rat­ed by a sealed par­ti­tion. The prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion is quite sim­ple: the monoblock pass­es air through itself, cool­ing or heat­ing it. To install the device, it is often not nec­es­sary to resort to the help of a spe­cial­ist, but it is worth remem­ber­ing that a win­dow air con­di­tion­er can­not be installed in a mod­ern dou­ble-glazed win­dow if an appro­pri­ate hole has not been pre­pared in it in advance.

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Win­dow air con­di­tion­ers dif­fer from their more mod­ern coun­ter­parts, split sys­tems, in high noise lev­el, often in a small area of ​​the refrig­er­at­ed room and a small set of func­tion­al­i­ty. The noise lev­el varies from 43 dB to 61 dB. Win­dow air con­di­tion­ers are quite pow­er­ful and heavy struc­tures: the aver­age cool­ing flow pow­er is 1460 W, the aver­age weight is 25 kg.

In addi­tion to the pos­si­bil­i­ties direct­ly relat­ed to the main pur­pose, mod­ern air con­di­tion­ers can also pro­vide very spe­cif­ic func­tions: fresh air intake, ver­ti­cal blinds dri­ve, self-diag­no­sis, auto-restart, etc. For ease of con­trol, a remote con­trol pan­el and a mon­i­tor with tech­ni­cal data can be pro­vid­ed. .

It is worth pay­ing atten­tion to the most com­mon refrig­er­ants used in air con­di­tion­ers: R22 and R410A. So, for exam­ple, the R22 refrig­er­ant most com­mon in win­dow air con­di­tion­ers is envi­ron­men­tal­ly unsafe (it harms the ozone lay­er), but it is prac­ti­cal — in case of a leak, you do not need to change the entire refrig­er­ant, just add the right amount. Its com­peti­tor — R410A com­bines three key advan­tages: effi­cien­cy, envi­ron­men­tal friend­li­ness and uni­for­mi­ty. How­ev­er, this type of refrig­er­ant is quite expen­sive.

Kom­so­mol­skaya Prav­da com­piled a rat­ing of the best win­dow air con­di­tion­ers in 2022 and ana­lyzed in detail the fea­tures of each.

Editor’s Choice

Axioma GSJC05-NM1A

A fair­ly pop­u­lar mod­el that attracts atten­tion with its com­pact­ness, mechan­i­cal con­trol pan­els and mul­ti-speed fans. Designed for rooms up to 20 sq.m. The main advan­tage of Axioma GSJC05-NM1A is the “auto-restart” func­tion, in which the air con­di­tion­er auto­mat­i­cal­ly resumes oper­a­tion after a pow­er out­age.

The body of the device is resis­tant to cor­ro­sion, which deter­mines its prac­ti­cal­i­ty and dura­bil­i­ty. The envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly refrig­er­ant R410A is used. The main dis­ad­van­tage is the high noise lev­el.

Main characteristics

Room area	20 sq. m.
Cool­ing flow pow­er	1436 W
Pow­er con­sump­tion in cool­ing	456 W
Max­i­mum noise lev­el	54 dB
Air flow	3.6 cu. m/min
The weight	19 kg
Dimen­sions	40.6 x 30.6 x 39 cm
Refrig­er­ant type	R410A
Ven­ti­la­tion and dehu­mid­i­fi­ca­tion	there is

Pros and cons

Timer, 2 fan speeds, auto restart, cor­ro­sion pro­tec­tion, dimen­sions

Very loud

Top 10 best window air conditioners in 2022 according to KP

1. General Climate GCW-07CR

The Gen­er­al Cli­mate GCW-07CR air con­di­tion­er is designed for rooms with an area of ​​no more than 20 sq.m. The device cools and dries the air, con­trolled by a remote con­trol. The on-off timer allows you to set the exact oper­at­ing mode of the device.

The device is heavy, medi­um in size and vol­ume. The mod­el is dis­tin­guished by the pres­ence of the “self-diag­no­sis” mode, thanks to which the user does not have to inde­pen­dent­ly under­stand the mal­func­tions of the device or pay mon­ey to the mas­ter once again.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

Inex­pen­sive air con­di­tion­ers

How to find a mod­el that will be inex­pen­sive and per­form all the nec­es­sary func­tions?

2. Gree GJC12AF-E3NMNC1A

Monoblock Gree GJC12AF-E3NMNC1A is designed for large rooms up to 35 sq.m. Due to the high pow­er of the cool­ing flow, the air con­di­tion­er quick­ly cools the air in the apart­ment.

The device is equipped with an auto-on timer and an auto-restart func­tion. After the pow­er is restored, the device will start oper­at­ing in the same mode as before the pow­er out­age. Thanks to auto-mov­ing ver­ti­cal lou­vers and four-sided dis­tri­b­u­tion, the air flow in a large vol­ume is dis­trib­uted even­ly through­out the room.

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The device con­sumes a lot of elec­tric­i­ty due to the high pow­er con­sump­tion dur­ing cool­ing. The refrig­er­ant used is R410A, an expen­sive, envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly mate­r­i­al with high oper­at­ing pres­sures that requires a robust and reli­able cool­ing cir­cuit.

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3. Aerotek ACW-12

Monoblock air con­di­tion­er of impres­sive size with 12 oper­at­ing modes. The device is extreme­ly uneco­nom­i­cal in terms of ener­gy con­sump­tion, but high­ly effi­cient in cool­ing the air. Most pow­er­ful air­flow on the mar­ket today. The air con­di­tion­er dif­fers from ana­logues in the sys­tem against the for­ma­tion of ice. Self-diag­no­sis and intel­li­gent con­trol will be a pleas­ant and con­ve­nient bonus to the stan­dard func­tions of micro­cli­mate con­trol in the apart­ment.

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4. Samsung AW 05 NOB

The Sam­sung AW 05 NOB win­dow air con­di­tion­er is a light­weight and com­pact unit with medi­um room cool­ing capac­i­ty and low pow­er con­sump­tion. The air con­di­tion­er is designed for rooms with a small area — up to 15 sq.m. This mod­el has an opti­mal set of nec­es­sary func­tions: cool­ing, dehu­mid­i­fi­ca­tion, oper­a­tion in the exhaust ven­ti­la­tion mode.

Thanks to the “air mix­ing” func­tion, Sam­sung AW 05 NOB mix­es fresh air from out­side with the air passed through the air con­di­tion­er, thus not only chang­ing the tem­per­a­ture and humid­i­ty of the air, but also refresh­ing it. This func­tion is quite rare, since the admix­ture com­pli­cates both the design of the air con­di­tion­er itself and its instal­la­tion. The dis­ad­van­tages of this win­dow air con­di­tion­er include non-envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly and cheap R22 refrig­er­ant.

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5.TCL TAC-05CW/A

The win­dow TCL TAC-05CW/A is suit­able for a room with a small area — 15 sq.m. The mod­el pro­vides cool­ing and dehu­mid­i­fi­ca­tion as stan­dard. The pow­er of the device is low, so the pow­er con­sump­tion is low, the advan­tages are: low weight, mul­ti-speed fan and the “auto-restart” func­tion.

Night mode pro­vides cool­ing dur­ing the late hours, while the vol­ume of the device will be low­er than usu­al. The air con­di­tion­er uses R410A refrig­er­ant, which is safe for the ozone lay­er.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

6. KRAFT AW-12 GW/H

The com­pact and light­weight KRAFT AW-12 air con­di­tion­er does not effec­tive­ly cool the room, since the pow­er of the cool­ing flow is quite small. How­ev­er, the device is equipped with two impor­tant func­tions — nor­mal and forced ven­ti­la­tion. At least the air in the room will be well ven­ti­lat­ed.

The main dis­ad­van­tage is the high noise lev­el — 61 dB (sim­i­lar to a TV oper­at­ing at an aver­age vol­ume lev­el). The cheap refrig­er­ant R22, which is unsafe for the ozone lay­er, is used.

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Air con­di­tion­er man­u­fac­tur­ers

Air con­di­tion­ers are pro­duced by both well-known and small com­pa­nies, and the func­tion­al­i­ty of the mod­els is often sim­i­lar.

7.AVEX WCH-05

The only rep­re­sen­ta­tive of mobile air con­di­tion­ers in the AVEX WCH-05 rat­ing has ide­al dimen­sions for fre­quent trans­porta­tion. Light­weight, com­pact air con­di­tion­er can be placed in a win­dow or door­way, shaft, etc.

A sim­ple device of medi­um pow­er and high noise lev­el, in addi­tion to the stan­dard func­tions of cool­ing, ven­ti­la­tion and dehu­mid­i­fi­ca­tion, air move­ment con­trol can be attrib­uted. For the oper­a­tion of the air con­di­tion­er, ozone-friend­ly refrig­er­ant R410A is used.

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Main characteristics

Pros and cons

8. Ballu BWC-05AC

Mul­ti­func­tion­al air con­di­tion­er Bal­lu BWC-05 AC is able to work in cool­ing and ven­ti­la­tion modes. The device is suit­able for rooms up to 18 sq.m., does not cre­ate a lot of noise and does not take up much space. It is quite easy to con­trol the air con­di­tion­er: in the arse­nal of the device there is an LCD dis­play and a remote con­trol. The undoubt­ed advan­tage of the air con­di­tion­er is the auto-adjust­ment of hor­i­zon­tal blinds.

The device itself diag­noses mal­func­tions and errors in its work, cleans the air of dust and dirt thanks to wash­ing and dust fil­ters, and also main­tains the opti­mum tem­per­a­ture in the room with­out the inter­ven­tion of the own­er. The dis­ad­van­tages include the lack of an on and off timer, although the pres­ence of a “night mode” will smooth out these short­com­ings.

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9. LG W05LC

The LG W05LC con­di­tion­er cre­ates a com­fort­able micro­cli­mate indoors up to 15 sq.m. The device is light and weak in pow­er, while it cools the air in the apart­ment in a short time due to the fast air flow. Monoblock has an aver­age noise lev­el. The anti-cor­ro­sion coat­ing of the air con­di­tion­er will extend its ser­vice life, and the antibac­te­r­i­al fil­ter — the puri­ty of the micro­cli­mate in the space.

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10. BALLU BWC-07AC

Monoblock mul­ti­func­tion­al air con­di­tion­er of medi­um pow­er and dimen­sions. Effec­tive for cool­ing rooms up to 20 sq.m. Quick­ly cools the room using the ozone-friend­ly R410A refrig­er­ant. The mod­el is unique in the pres­ence of a small screen on the indoor unit of the air con­di­tion­er. The dis­play shows infor­ma­tion about the set tem­per­a­ture, oper­at­ing mode, timer set­tings, fil­ter sta­tus, errors, etc. Remote con­trol of the remote con­trol sim­pli­fies the work with the device. The undoubt­ed advan­tage of the air con­di­tion­er is the “Auto Swing” func­tion. The device is equipped with an anti-dust wash­able fil­ter “Dust stop”. The mod­el is quite loud, but when you set the “sleep” mode at night, the sound will be quite qui­eter.

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How to choose a window air conditioner

Win­dow air con­di­tion­ers are not in high demand these days, so don’t expect a vari­ety of col­ors and shapes on the shelves of hard­ware stores. How­ev­er, this has a sig­nif­i­cant plus — you do not have to stand at the counter for a long time in thought. How­ev­er, some of the tips from the arti­cle are still bet­ter to use.

Accord­ing to KP, the ide­al win­dow air con­di­tion­er:

• Cools effec­tive­ly and quick­ly. It is also desir­able that he him­self “under­stands” at what point to stop, and at what point to increase the pow­er to full.
• Com­pact and light­weight. The main advan­tage of a monoblock is its mobil­i­ty. So that you can use one device to cool the apart­ment and, for exam­ple, take it with you to the coun­try house for the week­end. Remote con­trol, LCD dis­play, var­i­ous auto­mat­ic mode set­tings will save valu­able time.

For a deep analy­sis of the key char­ac­ter­is­tics, Kom­so­mol­skaya Prav­da turned to an expert in the field of real estate repair, the host of the Bad Repair pro­gram on the Aksen­ov-TV YOUTUBE chan­nel Kir­ill Aksen­ov.

The first ques­tion to answer when choos­ing a win­dow air con­di­tion­er is: in which room will the air con­di­tion­er be installed, what is its area? The answer to this ques­tion depends on the dimen­sions and pow­er of the struc­ture. For a 15 sq. m, you can use an air con­di­tion­er with a capac­i­ty of 1.5 kW., but if the win­dows face the sun­ny side, then it is worth increas­ing this fig­ure by 15%. When choos­ing an air con­di­tion­er, it is worth pay­ing atten­tion to the ener­gy effi­cien­cy class: always choose an A + device and above.

If the room is small, then the size of the equip­ment is impor­tant: installing a large monoblock in a small room is fraught with the dis­com­fort of being in the room when the mode is on, and dis­so­nance in appear­ance. Par­tic­u­lar atten­tion should be paid to the instal­la­tion process of the struc­ture: fol­low the man­u­fac­tur­er’s rec­om­men­da­tions dur­ing instal­la­tion. Pay atten­tion to the archi­tec­ture of the build­ing, its appear­ance: is it pos­si­ble to use a win­dow air con­di­tion­er.

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Next, you need to decide where do you plan to install the struc­ture? Inside the win­dow open­ing or the bot­tom of the win­dow? Depend­ing on the answer, the func­tion­al char­ac­ter­is­tics of dif­fer­ent mod­els can be dis­tin­guished.

For exam­ple, if you plan to install an air con­di­tion­er in a win­dow open­ing, it will be con­ve­nient to use a remote-con­trolled mod­el to switch oper­at­ing modes and reg­u­late oper­a­tion in gen­er­al.

When installed at the bot­tom of the win­dow, use with­out a remote con­trol is pos­si­ble.

Mod­ern designs of win­dow air con­di­tion­ers have dif­fer­ent ven­ti­la­tion modes, humid­i­ty lev­els, remote con­trol (smart home sys­tem), up-to-date design and the abil­i­ty to heat the room, thanks to the reversible com­pres­sor option (but at a “gen­tle” out­door tem­per­a­ture, up to ‑3 degrees Cel­sius) .

Accord­ing to the expert, the main para­me­ters when choos­ing:

1. Room area
2. Power/cooling capac­i­ty
3. Noise lev­el
4. Ener­gy effi­cien­cy class
5. Mount­ing
6. Addi­tion­al options

Popular questions and answers

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