There are a few that are really battery powered, portable, and compressor driven (not evaporative like those above). Like this on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1253665084/zero-breeze-the-worlds-coolest-portable-air-condit
But I think you can seriously consider carrying a big block of ice and a fan. It’s more efficient, unless you have a power source. There’s also a Kickstarter for that:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idea3di/geizeer-eco-friendly-ice-cooling
A more recent project with, er, less complaints:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/548470077/coolingstyle-portable-multifunctional-air-conditio/
You have GOT to be kidding!
It at least needs a long hose carrying heat to a heat sink in the nearby ocean.
And in a tent, dumping the heat through a hose?
This is where the Reflectix aluminized bubble wrap would make sense, to block sunlight from heating the tent:
But for catsake, that thing is probably barely competent as a beer cooler.
Not to mention likely using an ozone-destroying refrigerant, for which China is currently the primary source.
It’s industrial waste, what’s the best way to get rid of it? AH, yes sell it to the Americans ….
That tiny thing can only cool up to 55 sq ft? Like, that is a closet or a small tent or you have to sit in front of it.
Plan your camping trip further north or to higher elevations. If you want AC don’t go camping, just stay in a hotel…
Smh
Certainly not for everyone or every situation, but I can see how these could be useful to some people.
Pitch your tent in the shade & cool that bad boy down at night! :+1:
Booyah…. a cooler nights sleep. 
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…. a COOLER nights sleep!
I thought camping was to get away from electronic conveniences and be in tune with nature ? Roughing it so to speak .
When tent sleeping I have found that a damp sheet and a fan to work pretty well to stay cool in dry climes. Haven’t tried that in humid areas.
A portable (one that can be carried) A/C that uses refrigerant doesn’t exist. The basic components of this type of system are evaporator-aka cooling coil, condenser, compressor; plus other components that control the flow of refrigerant; and the amount of electricity required would require a very large battery.
There’s wouldn’t be enough surface area of the coil to develop any useful amount of cooling in a unit this small.
The closest you could get is one of those that roll around and exhaust out of a window; I think Frigidaire makes one.
portaable AC
There was a comment here which sounded like it might have been spam, so it was deleted. But the product he described was relevant.
The zero breeze battery powered ac. 240W input and 2300BTU cooling. It’s $1000 with battery sold separately.
I flagged it. When they dredge up a thread from 3 years ago on their first post and make a spammy pitch and give a link to buy something I don’t usually give them the benefit of a doubt.
I had a great results with homebuild ac few years ago, our central ac was being fixed that summer, (our electrical was already over loaded with few windows ac running) it was basically a large cooler, filled with ice, an old bmw heater core, a 12v submersible mini pump, and 2x12v 120mm fans. and few sheets of hard foam insulation, pink 2x2 sheets from home depot. worked better that i expected, but not before i discovered and corrected few mistakes. i made it to run on 12v on purpose so i can use it in a tent during camping, while it worked great at home, camping use was not that great, i mean it did work great as long as there was ice in the cooler. but cooling a tent in a summer heat is very hard (barely felt that the cool inside the tent) and it made walls and some stuff inside the tent go damp. So now i put my tent in shade as much as i can, and if not, i cover it with emergency heat blankets, so it reflects ir rays, it works better than ac.
this thing
only sprays water into a fan
you need very dry air for it to do anything
and it will still make you and your clothes and tent soggy
plus you have to feed it water
wle
For some of us, our idea of “camping” is staying at a hotel which lacks a restaurant.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve stayed in some remote locations, including one wherein the hotel probably had the only electricity for a good 50-100 miles, powered by two large Caterpillar gensets. It was surreal seeing wood fires across the lake while we were in full Western luxury with aircon.
This unit from EcoFlow was just announced. I don’t have one yet, but I do have several of EcoFlow’s other products and can attest to them being first-rate quality:
Nothing personal but if you need an air conditioner while camping, you shouldn’t be camping. Camping is all about roughing it which includes taking a dump in the bushes. Unless you have an RV that has all the conveniences of home.
If you’ve brought food, water, a pack, a map, any electronic device, or are wearing clothing, you’re not roughing it. So what? There’s no reason to question how other people find joy.
@flashflood:
From their website:4000 BTU. AC input power Max 700W
For reference, my cheap, 15 year old 6,500 BTU window shaker only uses 475w-580w depending on temperature and humidity. No fancy inverters or special kickstarter marketing wank. Toss a “hard start” capacitor in line with it and even a small genset or battery pack will run it happily.
I do have an industrial special-use-case coming up where I’ll need a small, compact, low-wattage AC and have just started researching how to go about building one. I originally was going to take a window AC apart and rebuild it, but a window AC will be overkill in capacity and isn’t going to fit where I need it, even taking it apart and re-engineering it. So it’ll likely be a fresh design.
Well said.
Some of the specs are not entirely clear, but this is probably the input power:
Rated cooling power (AC/DC)
460W/410W
The max 700W is probably what the circuit should be able to provide, to account for increased starting current or something.