Woot! has
Toshiba 14,000 BTU 115V Inverter Wi-Fi Portable Air Conditioner (Refurbished) for
$349.99.
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Condition:- This refurbished product is tested and certified to look and work like new. The refurbishing process includes functionality testing, basic cleaning, inspection, and repackaging. The product ships with all relevant accessories, a 90-day warranty, and may arrive in a generic box.
Specs:- BTU Cooling Rating (ASHRAE): 14000 BTU
- BTU Cooling Rating (DOE SACC): 12000 BTU
- Dual Hose
- Combined Energy Efficiency Ratio (CEER): 12.3
- Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER): 9.5
- Heater Included: Yes
- Dehumidifier Included: Yes
- Cooling Area (sqft): 550 sqft.
- Decibel Rating: 56 dBA
- Filter Type: Washable
- Number of Fan Speeds: 4
- Voltage (Volts): 115
- Cord Length (ft): 6 ft
- Control Type: Fan Control, Remote Control
- Product Weight (lb): 77.2 lbs
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The one downside with these units is that the inverter compressor makes a bit of a repetitive high pitched noise. You can search Youtube for examples. Midea's other inverter models also make the same noise.
In addition, I've gotten two of these refurbs from Woot and both were clearly used, with scratches and mold. Hopefully their vendor has upped their refurbishment QA.
I tried the heating and it works quite well. I believe intake air has to be above freezing for the heating to work. Further, you need to drain the condensate in heat mode.
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I also own two different Pinguino single-hose ACs (from Costco). While there may be slight negative air pressure, it is far less than you see with a single hose variant.
Overall, the Toshiba/Midea AC is quieter, cools the room down more quickly, and overall yields a more natural room feel. I find the app to control the AC very convenient. The bundled remote can at times be buggy where the displayed state on the remote's LCD and the AC's true state (e.g., off/on) do not match. I would definitely buy this AC again.
Note I have never tried the unit in heating mode (although it is included in my model).
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The one downside with these units is that the inverter compressor makes a bit of a repetitive high pitched noise. You can search Youtube for examples. Midea's other inverter models also make the same noise.
In addition, I've gotten two of these refurbs from Woot and both were clearly used, with scratches and mold. Hopefully their vendor has upped their refurbishment QA.
I tried the heating and it works quite well. I believe intake air has to be above freezing for the heating to work. Further, you need to drain the condensate in heat mode.
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this is still just a guess based on what i read, can someone here give a confirmation?
I bought one a few years ago here on woot and have been pleased with the AC function, but it didn't work well as a heat pump here in the PNW as it would drop below 40 degrees in the winter often which would make the unit shut off often to defrost the unit (aka not heat).
The one downside with these units is that the inverter compressor makes a bit of a repetitive high pitched noise. You can search Youtube for examples. Midea's other inverter models also make the same noise.
In addition, I've gotten two of these refurbs from Woot and both were clearly used, with scratches and mold. Hopefully their vendor has upped their refurbishment QA.
I tried the heating and it works quite well. I believe intake air has to be above freezing for the heating to work. Further, you need to drain the condensate in heat mode.
Trid using heat function in another portal ac and it fills drain pan in just hours. The drain hose is located at the bottom and emptying water out was not easy.
This is the main limitation when comparing these portable units to a legitimate full size mini split heat pump. Those are capable of heating much lower temperatures, now often below freezing effectively.
Trid using heat function in another portal ac and it fills drain pan in just hours. The drain hose is located at the bottom and emptying water out was not easy.
There are 2 drain ports, one at the bottom that isn't connected to a pump, one in the middle that has a pump.
There's a post on reddit about the P1 error code and draining: https://www.reddit.com/r/hvacadvi...rtab
A user there posted a photo of the top drain hose draining into a 1 gallon container, basically what i was doing.
There's also a series of photos on reddit of the guts of this unit, which is AKA "Midea Duo"
Mine worked great this year when my main Air Conditioning (built in the '80s) stopped working - we ran it in the living room for a few weeks during 100+ degree weather in so cal.
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I have mine in my living room (12x22 feet w/ an 8 foot ceiling) and it gets stupid hot in there. It will cool it from 90 down to 74 degrees in probably 15-20 minutes and keep it cool. Assuming this is the same as the Costco Midea one (which is what I bought)
I previously had a single hose LG air conditioner, 14,000 BTU also, and even wrapping the hose with insulation and it running on full blast it probably never got to that level.
I haven't turned it lower than 74 since 74-78 seems to be a sweet spot where it won't run the compressor the entire time, but I'm sure it could get cooler if I wanted.
I think a garage would work fine, assuming you can insulate it to some extent so there isn't hot air coming in or cool air getting out
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