In July 2022, during a heat wave across the U.S. and other countries, we reviewed an email that claimed Lowe's Home Improvement was giving away free air conditioners in a sweepstakes. In reality, ...

BURBANK (CBSLA)-- Temperatures across the Los Angeles area on Sunday cooled down a bit from some of the higher digits days earlier, but forecasters say the heat will not be letting up soon. A Lowe's ...

We carefully reviewed this article in May 2023 and continue to stand by our top-rated picks. When a cooling fan isn't quite cutting your home's needs, it might be time to upgrade to an AC. Although ...

Fri, June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC To help you find the best home cooling for you, we’ve rounded up the best vent-hose and evaporative portable stand-alone AC units in a variety of styles and sizes.

To find the best air conditioners to recommend, our team tested more than a dozen units in our homes and offices in bedrooms, ...

Erin Gobler is a personal finance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She writes about topics including budgeting, student loans, credit, mortgages, investing and insurance. Her work has been ...

Today’s air conditioner units are smart — they can be scheduled by apps, monitor indoor air quality, and let you know when filters need to be changed. But those looking at new, room-based AC products ...

The cost of air conditioning can be rather expensive to run, and it isn’t always available in every home and having one installed costs even more. Finding an effective portable unit is one of the ...

Laboratory Technical Project Manager Gianmarco Chumbe has been part of the CNET Home team since 2018. He is in charge of developing and carrying out testing procedures for a wide variety of home ...

After years of sticky summers in small city apartments, my childhood memories of air-conditioned houses started to feel more and more distant. Living in buildings with small, oddly-shaped windows or ...