On aircon mode, this unit is good for taking the heat out of a room. Our room is quite large (about 20m - 22m), so probably this unit is a little small for the space. It is pretty noisy. I'm a light sleepr and can sleep with it, but the noise in the shop with ambient sound around is very different to the noise made when you're going to sleep and there's little sound to compete with. We are often using it to clear the hot air out of the room then turn it off either before going to sleep or during the night.

It is a nice looking unit and currently seems to have no problem keeping a 2 rooms cool (approx 20 sqm). I am concerned about the condensation water tray and when it needs to be emptied and the exhaust hose is short but suited to my situation.

I found water leaking every time i turn on aircon, tried drain the water but there wasn't much to drained and nothing improved. I have been told this model only need to drain every season.

They are very compact designs and work very well in my sons small second level 1 bedroom flat with a separate living and kitchen area. It gets extremely hot in summer. The old style apartment building had no provision to be able to install a split or window type unit. I bought one at first to see how it would work in the living area. One week later I purchased the second unit for the bedroom. A longer heat exhaust hose or information as to where you could purchase an additional section of it would have been useful. Anyhow I was sceptical at first in that I thought Delonghi was just a kitchen appliance manufacturer and what would they know about airconditioners. But so far so I good and time will tell as to their reliability.

The power of this machine is exceptional the cooling capacity is brilliant the only thing that Id say lets it down is it has a very short exhaust duct but its not an issue because of its ability to cool a large room quickly