[alex7o]

Ok but you can use AC in the winter as well, you've an use it only to dry the air in your apartment. So this is not a real argument to me once you know what it can do and how it does it, there is no reason not to have one. Outside it is 25°C but I still run my AC at 22°C and it is super efficient as this is the case where AC excels at efficiency when the diff is small. It is a heat pump, sometimes I would run it when outside is colder and inside is veru warm as it moves heat faster than opening the window and waiting.

I know not AC are/were heat pumps but I don't know of any that are not anymore

[yencabulator]

Outside of some specific areas with very humid climates, needing a dehumidifier is even more rare than needing an air conditioner.

Especially so in the winter, which is dryer than summer in many places.

[coldtea]

>Ok but you can use AC in the winter as well

You can, but they already had a solution for winter.

[loloquwowndueo]

You can still buy a cooling-only unit no problem. Slightly cheaper than a heat pump.

[alex7o]

Yes but still, I don't think it is worth it when you can heqt with it more efficiently than burning gas or coal.

[cassianoleal]

At least in the UK, there's a massive move to heat pumps. The problem is that it's only for heating, through the usual central heating systems - so it just replaces the boiler. It's almost unheard of to have one for air conditioning. Usually people with air-con get a portable one that's only for cooling.

[zarzavat]

Unfortunately those portable units are scams aimed at people who don't understand how air conditioning works or what an air conditioner is supposed to look like.

[cassianoleal]

I don't think they're scams. They are certainly not as good as a split heat-pump AC, but they work to make a small to medium room go down from 35℃ to 25 or so, which is more than enough to go from roasting to being comfortable.