Portable Aircon for Caravan Requirements

Let’s consider the essential requirements for a portable air conditioning solution for a caravan:

1. Easily portable, small size to pack away while travelling;
2. Robust, built to last;
3. Low power consumption, especially when using off-grid power;
4. Provide effective cooling for sleeping, cooking and relaxation;
5. Quiet enough for sleeping;
6. Easy to set up where needed;

Best portable air conditioner for caravan

Coolzy is the only refrigerated aircon solution that meets all these requirements. It is by far the best portable refrigerated air conditioner for caravans. Here are the main reasons:

15. Coolzy-Pro is small (55 cm high) and weighs only 15.6 kg so it is easy to carry.
16. Coolzy is built for a 10 year working life;
17. Coolzy runs on only 340 Watts. With the optional Igloo bed tent, Coolzy runs on as little as 200 Watts average power;
18. Coolzy provides 3 – 5 °C apparent cooling, up to 10 °C with the optional Igloo bed tent;
19. Coolzy creates about 44 – 46 dB apparent noise when used for sleeping, equivalent to an electric fan.
20. Coolzy is easy to set up wherever you need cool air. It needs no exhaust pipe. If you use it inside a van with no ceiling vent, make sure to add the optional tail or exhaust pipe kit to your cart when checking out.

Other portable aircons for caravans

Other portable aircons that need an exhaust pipe claim to cool a room like a caravan. However, they are large and bulky, around 80 cm high, and heavy, weighing about 30 kg. You will need two people to lift one safely. They don’t perform well because hot outside air is sucked in to replace the air pumped out through the exhaust pipe. Read more here (link to compare Coolzy). Expect only 3 – 4 °C cooling. Finally, all but the most expensive models are very noisy, far too noisy to sleep with comfortably.

Coolzy is also ideal for cooling outside your caravan. Pop it in the car and use it to relax in a tent.

Finally, unlike a built-in aircon unit, Coolzy can be used at home and away. You’re investing in a cooling solution that can be used anwhere.

What about caravan portable air coolers?

Air coolers use water evaporation instead of refrigeration to cool air. They work best in low humidity which typically occurs during the day time. While they can operate on very low power, 5 – 50 Watts, portable air coolers provide very little cooling. Evaporating 0.4 kg water each hour produces about 1,000 BTU/hr cooling, about one tenth the cooling needed to cool even the smallest caravan. Therefore they can only be used to provide localised cooling, like Coolzy.

Coolzy, being a refrigeration air conditioner, works in medium and high humidity. In fact it works even more efficiently in high humidity because it uses the water condensed at the cooler to cool the condenser coil, improving efficiency.