Igenix Portable Air Conditioner review
Cooling one small-to-medium room (bedroom or home office) on the handful of genuinely hot UK days.
By Tom Calder · Updated 24 July 2026 · Price checked against our tracker
A dependable, no-drama portable unit that actively cools a small room the way a fan cannot, and doubles as a dehumidifier. It is a single-hose design, so it is noisy and best matched to a room of about 18-20 m2 rather than an open-plan space.
Approximate typical UK street price as of Jul 2026, based on Currys, Amazon UK, Dunelm and Igenix.co.uk listings for the 9000 BTU range. The 3-in-1 sits nearer £250 and the 4-in-1 with heating around £290-360 at list, so ~£280 is a fair mid-point.
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- Genuinely lowers the temperature (a compressor AC, not just moving air like a fan or evaporative cooler)
- Multi-function: cooling, fan and dehumidifier as standard, with a heating option on the 4-in-1 models for year-round use
- Widely stocked at UK retailers (Currys, Amazon, Dunelm) with window venting kit, remote and timer included
- Single-hose portable design is noisy (around 65 dB) and less efficient than a fixed split system, and needs the exhaust hose vented through a window
- Realistic coverage is closer to 18 m2 than the quoted 20 m2, and it struggles in large or very sunny rooms
Key specs
| Type | Portable AC (single-hose compressor; cooling, fan, dehumidifier, some with heating) |
| Room size | 20 m² |
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