Reblog – Our electric heaters can’t keep up, but we have an air conditioner!

The temperature outside is only barely below freezing, but the electric heaters in our townhouse are having a hard time keeping up (currently 2 degrees below the set temp, and falling).  Luckily we bought an air conditioner about a year and a half ago.  But as you may have guessed, this is no ordinary air conditioner.  It is a DeLonghi Pinguino portable 4-in-1 with heat pump!  (may not be the exact same model we have)

Yes, it does keep us cool in the summertime, but I waited years before they finally came up with a reversible unit that would heat as well as cool, and this is the first one I found and it works great!  They say:

The AN140HPEWKC Portable Air Conditioner has a maximum cooling capacity of 14,000 BTU/hour and a WHISPER COOL function to provide 50% less sound power for a quieter cool. Perfect for rooms…