Where summers are hot, it is unusual to see urban homes or offices without air conditioners. Big homes and big offices use central air conditioning to maintain a cool and pleasant atmosphere indoors. Small homes and small offices use either a window air conditioner or split air conditioner. With global warming bringing a change to the climate clock leading to extremes of temperatures, staying without an air conditioner can take a toll on ones health, increasing the stress levels.

Getting a window air conditioner or split air conditioner installed will hardly burn a hole in your pocket. It was few years ago when owning a cooling system was an expensive affair. But with time, more manufacturers cropped up and given the increasing demand and numerous players, stiff competition arose leading to the lowering of price levels. So, if you want to stay comfortable and ready to spare a few thousand bucks, get an air conditioner installed and luxuriate in the pleasures of a cool milieu.

And if you are budget conscious, you can opt buying a window air conditioner online. Go for a split air conditioner if you want two rooms to be interconnected with a tube. The working mechanism in both the systems is slightly different but the basic objective behind their functioning is cooling the interior space. Unlike central air conditioning that cools the complete building, any of the aforementioned systems cools one room at a time. Online shopping of an air conditioner can help you save a lot because of the discounts offered. The key reason behind the heavy discounts offered is zero overhead costs related to the product – no accommodation (showroom or store), no sales personnel to attend to customers, etc.

Do take into account few considerations if you are planning to buy an air conditioner. The size and capacity of air conditioners differs and the more you are going to pay the more advanced will be the features and specifications. And the smaller the room, the smaller can be the system. If it is a big room, you should go for one with advanced mechanisms. Energy efficiency is the base of many an electrically operated system. An air conditioner does consume lot of energy. So, go for a system that is energy efficient. Installation also matters whether or not your air conditioner functions well or run for long; get it installed by a capable contractor.