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Update: Shipping is no longer available but there is free store pickup in select Midwest states.

Blains Farm Fleet has Danby 12,000 BTU 3-In-1 Inverter Portable Dual Hose Air Conditioner (DPA100B9IWDB-6) for $299.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to community member musicmaker1586 for finding this deal

Features:
  • Convenient 3-in-1 design: Air conditioner, fan, and dehumidifier
  • 10K SACC Portable Air Conditioner cools spaces up to 500 sq. ft.
  • Dual Hose design: Innovative new design ensures minimum heat leakage and maximum cooling
  • Smart Control: Control the temperature in your space anytime, from anywhere with the voice control feature
  • R32 Refrigerant: Environmentally friendly, R32's GWP (Global Warming Potential) is 3x lower than R410a
  • Electronic Controls with LED display and remote control
  • Air Vent angle is 80-degree's wider than older models and provides stronger air flow that reaches further and cools quicker
  • Inverter Compressor: Super quiet and efficient
  • Auto Restart: Unit automatically restarts after a power failure
  • 24-hour timer
  • Easy to install
  • Castors and Integrated handles for easy room-to-room transport
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50% off and free shipping for this Dual Hose & Inverter Technology (super quiet)

https://www.farmandfleet.com/prod...ioner.html

QA Note: OOS for shipping, so store pickup only now. Blain's has stores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa

Not available for California, US residents. This 12,000 BTU portable air conditioner by Danby is perfect for cooling living spaces up to 500 square feet. Its four castors make this unit easy to move from room-to-room and to install. Use the Smart Control features to adjust the temperature from anywhere, anytime through voice control! To help maximize your comfort, this unit is also equipped with a 3-in-1 design: air conditioner, fan, and dehumidifier - to ensure your guests feel comfortable no matter the weather outside. The Air Vent angle in this model also is 80-degree's wider than older models and provides stronger air flow that reaches further and cools quicker. SACC is short for Seasonally Adjusted Cooling Capacity.

Features
Convenient 3-in-1 design: Air conditioner, fan, and dehumidifier
10K SACC Portable Air Conditioner cools spaces up to 500 sq. ft.
Dual Hose design: Innovative new design ensures minimum heat leakage and maximum cooling
Smart Control: Control the temperature in your space anytime, from anywhere with the voice control feature
R32 Refrigerant: Environmentally friendly, R32's GWP (Global Warming Potential) is 3x lower than R410a
Electronic Controls with LED display and remote control
Air Vent angle is 80-degree's wider than older models and provides stronger air flow that reaches further and cools quicker
Inverter Compressor: Super quiet and efficient
Auto Restart: Unit automatically restarts after a power failure
24-hour timer
Easy to install
Castors and Integrated handles for easy room-to-room transport
Warranty: 24 months in-home
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This is not the same model as the Midea Duo you bought from Costco or this years Danby that Costco is currently selling for $580. This is last year's model that Costco also sold (I bought one for $400 on sale). I also bought the Midea Duo this year from Costco for $400 on sale, and the Toshiba rebranded version of the Midea Duo from Woot for $300.

This Danby is 12k/10k BTU, whereas this year's Midea Duo/Danby/Toshibas are 14k/12k. Still an excellent deal, but the 14k BTU Mideo Duo was $400 at Costco a couple of times this year, which was a phenomenal deal due to the forever return policy and easy local returns.

A lot of times these ACs are damaged in transit, so it is always nice to buy from a seller than offers easy returns.
Crazy good deal.

I have two portable AC units.
14k (12k SACC) Midea Duo I got from Costco 2 months ago..... LOVE IT
12k LG single-hose unit... 7K SACC. It SUCKS. Like massive negative pressure to room, noisy, etc etc.

Get a dual-hose whenever possible... and inverter. Dual hose is 40% more efficient. Inverter allows compressor to run at slower speeds....which is quieter and possibly more confortable.
This is a Midea DUO with the Danby brand slapped on it. It's a very good portable AC. Highly recommend it. I have 2 of the Midea DUO.

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08-31-2022 at 12:03 PM.
08-31-2022 at 12:03 PM.
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Urm, no. The flimsy thin pad that serves as the air filter for an AC is to protect the equipment and barely changes the air quality in a room. Single hoses would also suck in air from every gap in the room introducing unfiltered air. And they're expensive as fark to run.

If you need air purification, run an air purifier at max.
SlickonthisSingle hose ac units work as a cheap ventilation system. They serve a purpose depending on your application.
You're hilarious.
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08-31-2022 at 12:07 PM.
08-31-2022 at 12:07 PM.
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All of you need to educate yourselves with some better info.

If you want a cool room, you have to get a dual hose unit, especially if you're in a smaller type home/area.

Dual hose units pull air in from the outside and then exhaust it back to the outside. There is no air from the outside that ends up inside.

This is NOT true for single hose units. In the single hose unit it pulls air from the room it is in and exhausts it outside. This causes a low pressure area IN your room and thus pulls WARM/HOT air into the room you are in. Eventually this causes air from the OUTSIDE (hot) to be pulled into your home. Simply put, single hose units may blow cold air on you, but they do NOT work very well to cool off the entire room. Anyone suggesting otherwise simply doesn't know what they are talking about..
Incorrect - because you consider only one side of the coin, not both. I have a single hose and it cools the room (yes, a smaller one) perfectly. Watch the video I posted above - it will help you to fill your knowledge gaps.
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08-31-2022 at 12:08 PM.
08-31-2022 at 12:08 PM.
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Urm, no. The flimsy thin pad that serves as the air filter for an AC is to protect the equipment and barely changes the air quality in a room. Single hoses would also suck in air from every gap in the room introducing unfiltered air. And they're expensive as fark to run.

If you need air purification, run an air purifier at max.
A negative air machine produces a vacuum effect or an inward airflow direction in space by creating and maintaining the difference in the air pressure. By doing so, it restricts the spread of pollutants like dust and mold and contaminants like bacteria and viruses from the controlled space to the outside.
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08-31-2022 at 12:31 PM.
08-31-2022 at 12:31 PM.
Quote from jwcalla :
Do you have the type where there are two hoses side-by-side, or one more like this Danby where the exhaust hose is inside the intake hose? I'm trying to learn the pros and cons of each style.

I've had a single-hose before and it was less than useless for my situation, so I'm pretty much dead set against getting another.
I didn't buy this brand but I've had both single and dual hose. There are other factors, mostly affordability and availability. Along with location and climate, full blown AC just isn't needed here. In fact my space is pretty small so the smaller and quieter the better.

Installation is pretty basic but doesn't vary much. In my case I have vertical opening, not a lot of options. Not difficult but after I did it I realized hot air exhaust was below intake so maybe that matters. I just left it for now, hot spells are nearly over and I can hide this away under the stairs. Yes, I've read all the arguments and just did what works for my situation YMMV.
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08-31-2022 at 12:57 PM.
08-31-2022 at 12:57 PM.
Quote from alaya :
Been tracking an inverter portable AC for a while now, at $300 probably the lowest asking price ever.
Yeah, portable, inverter, dual-hose is a rare enough combination, especially for $300.

Edit: Aw, poop, useless for me, didn't notice they aren't shipping these. 400 miles round trip kills it LOL.
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08-31-2022 at 01:06 PM.
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Just in time for winter!
Not if you live in Coastal California! Our summer is finally starting.

Although no way to get this deal.
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08-31-2022 at 01:29 PM.
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Quote from User9304 :
Urm, no. The flimsy thin pad that serves as the air filter for an AC is to protect the equipment and barely changes the air quality in a room. Single hoses would also suck in air from every gap in the room introducing unfiltered air. And they're expensive as fark to run.

If you need air purification, run an air purifier at max.
Yep.. it's not a filter and the negative pressure will bring in hot air from either outside, the walls, or door (under door if closed)
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08-31-2022 at 02:02 PM.
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A negative air machine produces a vacuum effect or an inward airflow direction in space by creating and maintaining the difference in the air pressure. By doing so, it restricts the spread of pollutants like dust and mold and contaminants like bacteria and viruses from the controlled space to the outside.
So... just run a window fan pointed outside?

There's no justification for running a stupid single hose. What are you even doing, (badly) air conditioning a room with contaminants that you'd rather not spread through the house? The moment you turn off your AC, your room is no longer negatively pressurized and pollutants will spread to other rooms.

If you run a dual hose, at least you air conditioned a room well and at worst equalized pressure as if you had done nothing, though you should minimize loss of cool air as well because air conditioning is high in power usage.
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08-31-2022 at 02:03 PM.
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Curious, when it rains, does the water enter the hoses?
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Quote from RelaxedGuitar481 :
Incorrect - because you consider only one side of the coin, not both. I have a single hose and it cools the room (yes, a smaller one) perfectly. Watch the video I posted above - it will help you to fill your knowledge gaps.
It cools the room at somewhat half efficiency. Yes, by virtue of the fact that it gets hot on one end and cold on the other, spitting hot air outside and cool air inside, means it's cooling the room. By sucking in the equivalent amount of air into the room through negative pressure that it dumped outside, presumably this outside air isn't as hot as the air it spat out, so the net effect is cooling.

But like... why would you want to do that? You save a few bucks now, but you're stuck with something like half the cooling capability at the same loudness and power usage, and it will eventually catch up in cost anyway.

This dual hose is a pretty great deal at $300 if you needed a room AC.
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It cools the room at somewhat half efficiency. Yes, by virtue of the fact that it gets hot on one end and cold on the other, spitting hot air outside and cool air inside, means it's cooling the room. By sucking in the equivalent amount of air into the room through negative pressure that it dumped outside, presumably this outside air isn't as hot as the air it spat out, so the net effect is cooling.

But like... why would you want to do that? You save a few bucks now, but you're stuck with something like half the cooling capability at the same loudness and power usage, and it will eventually catch up in cost anyway.

This dual hose is a pretty great deal at $300 if you needed a room AC.
Again, it's a common misconception that 2-hose are twice more effective. Watch this to the end to see the big picture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMIKrW5131s. Both 1-hose and 2-hose have their pros and cons, but sayting that 2-hose is much more effective isn't correct. In fact, dual hose units have numerous drawbacks. One can pick whichever they want, there are no obvious advantages to having any.

Needless to say that portable AC units are not very effective in general. Thus, it's no use to compare them.
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Curious, when it rains, does the water enter the hoses?
Maybe there's a chance if it's really raining sideways. Presumably the vent is butted up against your window screen so the rain would have to pelt the window screen to get through that to get into the hoses. In that unlikely case, just pull the exhaust hose piece back over your window lip, rest it on your window sill and close the window.
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Are there any reviews for this product?
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08-31-2022 at 04:59 PM.
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Are there any reviews for this product?
It's effective a Midea Duo that's mentioned here in the NYT article [nytimes.com]. That article links out to the product on Lowes.com where you can read those reviews. There's also a ton of reviews of the Midea Duo on its Amazon product page [amazon.com].

I own two of these exact same Danby units bought from Costco last year when they were sold for $399. There are definitely some reviews of people having issues with these units but they've worked great for me and I'm more than satisfied with their performance. Buying from Costco alleviated any fears of getting a dud. I like these units so much that I would've bought another for $300 in this deal if it were available for shipping. Since I missed it, I'm hoping the newer 14K BTU Danby unit at Costco goes on sale sometime.
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08-31-2022 at 05:20 PM.
Quote from RelaxedGuitar481 :
Incorrect - because you consider only one side of the coin, not both. I have a single hose and it cools the room (yes, a smaller one) perfectly. Watch the video I posted above - it will help you to fill your knowledge gaps.
I agree...I have a single and it works just fine at half the cost of dual and not outside air,just make sure you get one big enough for your area.I also run a 12' double length hose to get the unit more centrally located.
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