These air conditioners can be the answer if your apartment building doesn't allow window air conditioning and if outside noise bothers your neighbors.

Toyotomi U.S.A. Inc. makes two of these portable air conditioners: a larger unit, weighing 55 pounds, costs about $900 and another is priced at about $700. The portable coolers are not designed to cool an entire home.

"These are 'spot coolers' and you face them in the direction you want cooled," said Ken Funakoshi of Home Comfort Air Conditioning in Kaneohe.

"You set them up in the living room when you are watching TV and then move it into the bedroom at night when you go to sleep."

The portable air conditioners are on casters and roll easily. The heat and excess moisture sucked out of the air is vented through an exhaust hose fitted into any nearby window with a kit attachment. The kit adapts to jalousies, sliders and other types of windows, Funakoshi said. The dehumidifier action helps keep furniture, fabrics and other household items in good condition, he said.

Toyotomi portable air conditioners are also available at Shirokiya Ala Moana, Sam Sung Electronics, OK Stores, The Aire Conditioners Shoppe on Oahu, Shirokiya Maui, and the Kmart store in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island.

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