New DeLonghi 12,000 BTU Portable A/C $249.98 after MIR @ Sam's Club (in store only)

Quote from smileyspeople : Seriously thinking of this. Manual (at Euro website) can be found here: http://web1.dlservice.org/dlservi...0151802000 US website has the PAC C120E (no "N" - don't know the difference) here: http://www.delonghi.com/us_en/pro...pac-c120e/ The Delonghi warranty is, "From the purchase date, our obligation under this warranty is to provide one (1) year free parts and labor on the entire AIR CONDITIONER, with an additional four (4) years free on any part of the sealed system consisting of the compressor, evaporator, condenser and factory connected refrigerant tubing." Then you pay labor during the additional four years. At least the one year warranty would cover the rest of this summer and the beginning of next. Does anyone know if the Sam's Club general warranty would give better coverage?

I bought one last year in May from Sams. Worked great last year. This year wouldn't cool. Years warranty is over and lost receipt. Sams Club found the receipt in their system and called me and said bring it back. I get a store card instead of cash because of no receipt but that's fine.

Quote from batsonandrew : How do you install this thing? The instructions are IMPOSSIBLE. Never installed one of these things before. What do I use and what don't I use?

It's extremely easy. That little sheet that comes on the top of it shows it all. There's not much to it. Put the thing in the window, connect the tube to the ac and turn it on.

Quote from batsonandrew : It's in the front top part. Look inside.

Oh, I do see it. If anyone finds out if/how we take it out, post it here please.

THANKS OP!

The instructions to put it together at first isn't that easy to understand but I did not have any hard time putting it together. So far no problem with the unit. I got the extended 2 years warranty from Sams Club so hopefully it's worth it~

Quote from dolsey01 : 11,500 BTU model at Costco for 299.99 + 9.99 shipping. Does not qualify for the rebate but still not a bad price. Costco Link [costco.com]

Does anyone know the general return policy of Costco for air conditioner? 90 days or even longer?

We had two different portable AC models in the past. I dont suggest buying these. They dont cool very much, need to be constantly drained of water, very noisy, and get hot. One of the unit started to leak all over. We ended up getting mini-split A/C systems instead as these are about $1500 installed and qualify for energy rebates.

I would take a 5000 BTU window unit over a 12,000 BTU portable unit !! the window units work much better in actually cooling down the area, less noisy, and less hassle.

Quote from vmarkx1 : We had two different portable AC models in the past. I dont suggest buying these. They dont cool very much, need to be constantly drained of water, very noisy, and get hot. One of the unit started to leak all over. We ended up getting mini-split A/C systems instead as these are about $1500 installed and qualify for energy rebates. I would take a 5000 BTU window unit over a 12,000 BTU portable unit !! the window units work much better in actually cooling down the area, less noisy, and less hassle.

Indeed mini split systems and windows are superior. The problem with mini split is the cost as you pointed out, the problem with windows is a lot of neighborhoods are starting to ban them, I guess because it doesn't look good to have a metal box sticking out of windows.

AC in my mom's house broke and I was thinking of getting one of these.. she had a similar model from Costco which didn't heat up the living room good enough.. and she claims that window units cool better than these.. is that true?

Quote from ninor : h.. and she claims that window units cool better than these.. is that true?

YES

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Agree wholeheartedly with some of the posts above. Only buy a portable a/c if you absolutely cannot install a window unit. They are inefficient, wasteful, loud. No where near the cooling capacity of a window unit. I had a 12,000 btu that did not cool a small studio (450 sq ft) more than a couple of degrees, had to return it. Hope this helps someone decide.

Got one last night and, knowing what I was getting into, I'm satisfied. Incidentally, my Sam's said on the phone they didn't have it in stock, but they had it out on the floor by the time I went (person didn't bother to check in back).

It's surely not as efficient as a window unit, but it does cool down my roughly 300 sq ft bedroom well (from about 86 degrees to 72 last night). The noise is higher than a window unit, but not horrendous. As for leaks and draining, from what I can gather on the web, this model effectively exhausts the humidity and may not need to be drained at all, so there's effectively no storage to leak.

I didn't want a window unit b/c: 1. Don't like the looks from the outside or inside (you lose more sunlight with the window unit in the way); and 2. I wanted to be able to move it from room to room (bedroom to study) relatively easily.

I do wish that the window insert was engineered to be better sealed, but I can rework that.