(AP1021TR1GD) Hisense 10000-BTU DOE 115-Volt Grey Portable Air Conditioner
Perfect portable AC
06/09/2021 10:51
Disclaimer: I received this product at a discounted price in exchange for my honest opinion.
Even though my house has central AC, the office is on the sunny side and gets quite warm, so I've been looking for a solution for a while now.
I had experience with single-hose portable ACs before and wasn't really pleased, to put it mildly: the problem is that AC exhausts hot air outside through the hose, which creates negative pressure in the room, which means that the same amount of air gets sucked from the outside. This in turn makes single-hose ACs very inefficient power-wise.
Seeing the opportunity to test dual-hose AC, I jumped at it immediately, as at least in theory having the second hose to suck air from the outside should completely solve the main issue with portable ACs mentioned above - and oh boy was I right! Even though this AC has a lower BTU rating than some other portable ACs (10000 BTU vs 12000 BTU), the cooling performance is vastly superior and on par with dedicated split ACs.
Initially, I completely overlooked that this AC has an invertor. This turned out to be a game-changer that needs to be marketed more! This means that compressor can vary its speed according to the mode selected as opposed to the traditional on/off mode, and it allows the AC to be really, really quiet as for the portable unit. So quiet in fact that at night I just open the door from my office to the master bedroom and leave the AC on low setting - and my wife didn't even notice that it's on in the adjoining room!
Overall, I'm very pleased with this unit, even though initially I was geared against portable ACs. Great cooling performance along with low noise make it a great choice for anyone who can't install the permanent unit, or just wants to save money.
There aren't really any significant downsides I could think of, maybe, if I'm being too picky, I could mention that hose mounting could use some improvement to reduce air leakage and I'd really like to see other color options (white at the very least), but these are minor and in no way impact my overall opinion.
This AC is solid 5 stars!
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Lithia , Spojené státy americké
Age: 40
Gender: Female