De'Longhi Pinguino PAC EL92 review
De'Longhi Pinguino PAC EL92 Silent Portable Air Conditioner
By Tom Calder
The manufacturer has discontinued this model, so we no longer recommend buying it new — remaining listings are old stock or secondhand. In its place, we now recommend De'Longhi Pinguino GentleJet PAC AP98 Portable Air Conditioner in our Portable air conditioners guide.
Key specs
The maker's figures.
- Box rating
- 10,000 BTU
- Rated cooling
- 2.5 kW
- Room size (maker)
- 35 m²
- Type
- Portable air conditioner (single-hose monobloc)
- Label noise
- 62 dB(A)
- Heating
- No (EL92 HP adds heating)
A well-built De'Longhi portable unit that runs slightly quieter than most on its silent setting and cools a medium room effectively. It is pricey and heavy, and like all single-hose portables it only works properly with the exhaust hose vented through a window.
- Best for
- Cooling a single medium-sized room during a heatwave, a little more quietly than most.
- Skip it if
- You need genuine bedroom-quiet for sleeping or want to cool the whole home, since even on silent…
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Researched, not used. We haven't used this product. This review is built from the maker's specifications, owner reports and our own sizing.
What we like
- Runs noticeably quieter than a typical portable AC on its silent setting
- Strong 10,000 BTU cooling with A+ efficiency and a useful dehumidify mode
- Sturdy build with castors and side handles for moving between rooms
Worth knowing
- Heavy (around 33 kg) and expensive next to basic portable units
- Single-hose design and now largely end-of-line, so stock and value are patchy
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Who shouldn't buy this
Skip it if you need genuine bedroom-quiet for sleeping or want to cool the whole home, since even on silent mode it is audible and one portable unit only cools the room it is in; for year-round use a fixed split system costs far less to run. And if you specifically want heating, buy the EL92 HP heat-pump version rather than this cooling-only Silent.
This is a Researched review: we haven't used this product. We check every specification against at least two independent sources, re-check the UK price on a schedule where we can track it automatically, and say plainly who it isn't for. Commissions never change a rating.
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