Recently the UK experienced the worst rainfall in over a hundred years that meant that the temperature did not drop to its usual low levels; the market was flooded with people looking to buy air conditioners. It's interesting to note that this is a trend that has been noticed in countries all over the world, irrespective of the climate, more and more people have started buying full fledged or portable air conditioners. Already a large number of British people use their car air conditioners on long drives or while they drive to work.

Basically air conditioners are divided into two major types, the first type is wall mounted single unit air conditioners, these air conditioners are a single unit, and are designed to be fitted into a window, the front of the air conditioner blows cool air into the room, where as the rear end of the air conditioner is outside the room so all the warm air is thus expelled outside the room while the room stays cold. Portable air conditioners too function on a similar principle, the only advantage they have is that they can be easily shifted from one room to another, whereas a regular air conditioner cannot be shifted around at will.

The second type of air conditioner is called a split air conditioner, the split air conditioner actually has two separate components the first is the cooling unit, that is located separately outside a room, and the second is the wall mounted unit that actually provides the cool air and is located in the room, unlike a wall mounted air conditioner a split air conditioner transports cool air to the wall mounted unit by cooling pipes. Split air conditioners are ideal for larger rooms, and are more useful in tropical countries where temperatures reach around 40 degrees Celsius or more.

If you are currently living in the UK and are looking to buy yourself an air conditioner but feel it will not be used, that is not the case. The best option is to buy yourself a wall mounted or portable air conditioner. Since the electricity consumption of a wall mounted air or portable air conditioner is low it will not dent your budget either. In addition another advantage that air conditioners have is that they have moisture control built into them, so if you feel that the air is too humid, you can actually adjust the moisture control of the air conditioner, thus you can actually control the humidity of a room in addition to cooling.

Since most homes in the UK are designed for central heating, this basically means that there is pretty much no additional expenditure incurred for insulating the room, and pretty much every house in the UK is ready to benefit from air conditioners as well. Today the air conditioning market is booming, with more and more people buying air conditioners, global warming is only adding to the increase in the temperature of the planet. People believe the recent rise in the temperature of colder countries like the UK is just the beginning and the climate will get warmer as time goes on.

Advantages of an air conditioner

Apart from the most obvious advantage: cooling, as mentioned earlier air conditioners can actually regulate the moisture of the room it is cooling, this is particularly useful for people who are uncomfortable in humid conditions. In addition since most air conditioners have multiple air filters, the air that enters a room from the outside is usually free from dust, pollen grain and other microscopic particles. Hence air conditioners are particularly useful for people who are suffering from allergies or asthma, as the air conditioner keeps the air in a room free from microscopic particles, also a person can choose to not circulate the air from outside thus effectively creating a sort of barrier or bubble. Air conditioners are cheaper then an air filtration plant and are ideal for home users who are suffering from asthma or allergies.