Central Air Conditioners: Reviews

Updated April 2008
 

Lowest running costs, but higher initial price

starting at *Est. $3,500 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America): The ACCA is a professional association with a membership of more than 4,000 air-conditioning contractors. Articles explain how to ...

FurnaceCompare.com: FurnaceCompare.com includes a comprehensive directory of contractors (sorted by state and city); a subscription lets you read ...

Sensible Home: Columnist and mechanical engineer James Dulley offers general advice about the most energy-efficient central air conditioners. He ...

The Green Guide: TheGreenGuide.com (owned by the National Geographic Society) offers a fairly thorough buying guide to central air conditioners, ...

 

Balance between ongoing energy costs and initial price

starting at *Est. $3,000 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America): This website provides most of the information consumers need to know about buying central air conditioning, except for help in ...

FurnaceCompare.com: FurnaceCompare.com has some free information on buying a central air conditioner. Brands are rated for average efficiency, but ...

Sensible Home: Dulley provides information about the most energy-efficient central air conditioners; he hasn't tested any of these units, but he ...

TheGreenGuide.com: This thorough buying guide is headed with a chart listing 10 energy-efficient central air conditioners. They all appear to be ...

 

Best for low-use, for rental units or for tight budgets

starting at *Est. $2,500 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America): This professional organization provides most of the information consumers need to know when buying a central AC unit, except help ...

FurnaceCompare.com: The comprehensive buying guide here has good information, but there is no discussion about the authors'. Brands of central air ...

Sensible Home: Columnist James Dulley offers general advice about central air conditioners and provides information about the most ...

The Green Guide: TheGreenGuide.com focuses on environmental considerations when buying a central air conditioner, to the exclusion of actual ...

 

Option for those without existing ductwork

starting at *Est. $1,000 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

Sensible Home: This article is useful for buyers who are trying to decide between a conventional whole-house central air conditioner and a ...

 

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