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frontpage Posted by Abused.Return.Policy • Yesterday
Jul 8, 2025 2:03 PM
Refurbished Midea 12,000 BTU DUO Portable Air Conditioner
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at Walmart............not likely
I wasnt able to get price adjustment after talking to them 🫠. Guess I have to purchase this and return the other one then
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Then a few days ago, it started emitting this horrible "vinegar" like smell, could not get rid of it and was now worried this was possibly the refrigerant leaking. So boxed it all up and lugged the heavy 80 lb box back to Walmart...the employee hated having to reopen it to confirm the serial number but I've already been refunded in full.
Worst time for this to happen as it's been very hot the past few days, but I'm not willing to gamble on this twice, these are poorly refurbished and ended up buying a new Hisense dual hose tower from Costco instead.
You get what you pay for in this case. Keep ALL the packaging somewhere if you plan to take this gamble and it causes issues within the 90 day return period, you're probably gonna need it.
That's one of the many downsides of portable ACs, you have all of that condensate sitting inside your home, instead of outside.
These things are designed to throw condensate on the coils and blow the water vapor out of the exhaust hose. Sometimes, like when it's very hot and humid, this process isn't enough to get rid of all the condensate. On this unit in particular, if you encounter that smell, it means you need to plug in that cute little hose they gave you into the top drain port so the excess condensate has somewhere to go (don't forget to also pull out the plug on the inside). If you're like most people, you probably aren't running this thing in a room that has a floor drain, so you're going to need to get a very large bucket (and possibly constantly dump it) so you don't flood your house, or set up a condensate pump and pray it doesn't fail while you're not at home.
Portable ACs are pretty deceiving; they're just as heavy and even bulkier than window units, they often require just as much work fitting and securing the plastic panels, and if you aren't in a goldilocks climate zone, you're probably going to run into mold issues, flooding issues or have to start and entire project just to baby the thing when you should have just bought the window unit.
I guess at least you can stick it in a casement window and your landlord won't evict you until you've flooded his apartment. Oh yeah, it even has wheels on it so you can wheel it right out to the curb and hope some other sucker takes it.
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That's one of the many downsides of portable ACs, you have all of that condensate sitting inside your home, instead of outside.
These things are designed to throw condensate on the coils and blow the water vapor out of the exhaust hose. Sometimes, like when it's very hot and humid, this process isn't enough to get rid of all the condensate. On this unit in particular, if you encounter that smell, it means you need to plug in that cute little hose they gave you into the top drain port so the excess condensate has somewhere to go (don't forget to also pull out the plug on the inside). If you're like most people, you probably aren't running this thing in a room that has a floor drain, so you're going to need to get a very large bucket (and possibly constantly dump it) so you don't flood your house, or set up a condensate pump and pray it doesn't fail while you're not at home.
Portable ACs are pretty deceiving; they're just as heavy and even bulkier than window units, they often require just as much work fitting and securing the plastic panels, and if you aren't in a goldilocks climate zone, you're probably going to run into mold issues, flooding issues or have to start and entire project just to baby the thing when you should have just bought the window unit.
I guess at least you can stick it in a casement window and your landlord won't evict you until you've flooded his apartment. Oh yeah, it even has wheels on it so you can wheel it right out to the curb and hope some other sucker takes it.
I already tried the drain plug and nothing came out. Plus my Toshiba unit I've had for years,never had this problem. I opened up the unit and didn't really see any mold.
Does anybody know if I have to actually swap the units, or if they will just take back the "new" unopened one?
Does anybody know if I have to actually swap the units, or if they will just take back the "new" unopened one?
I expect they will take the unopened item without much problem using the older (more expensive) receipt.
I expect they will take the unopened item without much problem using the older (more expensive) receipt.
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