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BLACK+DECKER 12,000 BTU 3-in-1 Smart Portable Air Conditioner w/ Window Kit
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Amazon has BLACK+DECKER 3-in-1 Smart Portable Air Conditioner w/ Inverter Compressor & Window Kit (12,000 BTU, up to 550 sq. ft.) for $219.99 or less. Shipping is free.
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Product Details:
- Smart Wi-Fi Connectivity: This special edition 8,000 BTU SACC/CEC bedroom portable ac air conditioner embodies smart living with Wi-Fi connectivity and Smartphone app compatibility.
- Inverter Compressor: Inverter technology uses a variable speed compressor to adjust rotational speed according to the set temperature. Allows consistent cooling while saving energy.
- Three-in-One Unit: Black and Decker portable air conditioner combines an air conditioner, dehumidifier and fan in one machine for all your cooling & ventilation needs in rooms up to 550 sq. ft.
- For Large Rooms & Bigger Spaces: Our home air conditioners provide fast, effective cooling for up to 550 sq. ft., making it ideal for apartments, cabins, entire floors and larger living spaces.
- Easy Window Install: Wheel our room ac near a double hung or sliding window and install using the included exhaust hose & window adapter for simple install and takedown for the end of season.
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Amazon has BLACK+DECKER 3-in-1 Smart Portable Air Conditioner w/ Inverter Compressor & Window Kit (12,000 BTU, up to 550 sq. ft.) for $219.99 or less. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter Bojjihuntindeals for sharing this deal.
Additional Savings: Select accounts may see a varying 'clipable' coupon on the product page reducing the final price. You must be logged in to clip coupons; coupons are typically for one-time use.
Product Details:
Thanks to Deal Hunter Bojjihuntindeals for sharing this deal.
Additional Savings: Select accounts may see a varying 'clipable' coupon on the product page reducing the final price. You must be logged in to clip coupons; coupons are typically for one-time use.
Product Details:
- Smart Wi-Fi Connectivity: This special edition 8,000 BTU SACC/CEC bedroom portable ac air conditioner embodies smart living with Wi-Fi connectivity and Smartphone app compatibility.
- Inverter Compressor: Inverter technology uses a variable speed compressor to adjust rotational speed according to the set temperature. Allows consistent cooling while saving energy.
- Three-in-One Unit: Black and Decker portable air conditioner combines an air conditioner, dehumidifier and fan in one machine for all your cooling & ventilation needs in rooms up to 550 sq. ft.
- For Large Rooms & Bigger Spaces: Our home air conditioners provide fast, effective cooling for up to 550 sq. ft., making it ideal for apartments, cabins, entire floors and larger living spaces.
- Easy Window Install: Wheel our room ac near a double hung or sliding window and install using the included exhaust hose & window adapter for simple install and takedown for the end of season.
Editor's Notes
Written by ValPal2011 | Staff- About the store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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This BLACK+DECKER portable air conditioner is best understood as a quick, easy-to-install cooling option with a window kit and inverter compressor. The main appeal is portability and simpler setup, especially compared with heavier window units or mini splits. The biggest debate centers on efficiency, since single hose portable units are described as less efficient and more likely to run hot, while dual hose designs are defended as keeping the cold side and hot side separated. The 12,000 BTU listing also clashes with an 8,000 BTU SACC rating, so the real cooling capacity is worth checking before buying.
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A dual-hose setup is more efficient than a single-hose portable because it keeps condenser intake and exhaust air separated, instead of pulling cooled room air out and replacing it with warm outside air. The main caveat is that if the intake and exhaust are too close together, some warm exhaust can be recirculated.
Yes. A single-hose portable AC is less efficient because it uses room air to cool the condenser and then exhausts that air outside, which pulls warm air back into the room through leaks and openings.
Yes, portable units like this are easier to install quickly than window units, and the window kit makes setup more straightforward. That convenience is the main tradeoff for the lower efficiency of portable designs.
The listing shows 12,000 BTU, but the more comparable cooling rating is 8,000 BTU SACC. That means the advertised BTU and the standardized cooling output are different, so shoppers should compare the SACC number when judging real-world capacity.
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See what I meant that hot air exhaust hose next to the intake hose. If the two hoses are away from each other in distance, I can buy in. But this design? If you put you hand outtside the exhaust hose, you can feel it's blowing warm air, and sucked by the intake hose as "fresh air"
See what I meant that hot air exhaust hose next to the intake hose. If the two hoses are away from each other in distance, I can buy in. But this design? If you put you hand outtside the exhaust hose, you can feel it's blowing warm air, and sucked by the intake hose as "fresh air"
Yes that is accurate that it pulls in warmer air... but calling it a gimmick is like calling bothering to close the windows when running the AC also a gimmick....
The flow of air without dual hose means that it's completely changing over the room's air like once an hour! How could you imagine that to be more 'efficient' than slightly lower compressor efficiency? seriously?!?!
The flow of air without dual hose means that it's completely changing over the room's air like once an hour! How could you imagine that to be more 'efficient' than slightly lower compressor efficiency? seriously?!?!
sucking external air from unsealed windows or
opened doors due to single hose resulted external higher pressure, I'd vote for the latter, simple intuition.
I mean what 's the point of sending all the hot air
exhausted right back into the AC, that sounds pretty
efficient to consume energy by all accounts.
Serously, am I the only one see the intuition?
sucking external air from unsealed windows or
opened doors due to single hose resulted external higher pressure, I'd vote for the latter, simple intuition.
I mean what 's the point of sending all the hot air
exhausted right back into the AC, that sounds pretty
efficient to consume energy by all accounts.
Serously, am I the only one see the intuition?
Everyone sees the intuition, sees the 'not considering all the variables' logic to the intuition, and is trying to help you....
The air intake to the AC does not get mixed into the room air, it cools the coils and gets pumped back out. Nearly all air conditioners pull the air they are cooling from the room, regardless of type. It's just that single hose also pulls teh air it uses to extract waste heat from the compressor from the room as well. So, like, emptying the equivalent of the entire room of air every hour should be one of those common sense bad efficiency logic things. So, sure, your intuition adds, like, 1% efficiency at a guess, since the system is designed to use warm outside air to make it even warmer with waste heat. But it loses out on the massive efficiency boost of not having to constantly have warm air pumped into the room to replace the air pumped out with waste heat. The math says it's more efficient to keep them separated with the cold side cold and the hot side hot!
sucking external air from unsealed windows or
opened doors due to single hose resulted external higher pressure, I'd vote for the latter, simple intuition.
I mean what 's the point of sending all the hot air
exhausted right back into the AC, that sounds pretty
efficient to consume energy by all accounts.
Serously, am I the only one see the intuition?
If you're stuck on being in proven right mode, yes it's significantly more efficient to separate the exhaust and intake as much as possible. But the same practicality that allows for an unquestionably inferior product like single hose units calls for efficiency loss for easier installation. But there are some dual hose that simply put a piece of plastic sticking out maybe 6 inches between the two because beyond that the benefit is minimal for how quickly it mixes with outside air. But even the lack of that efficiency improvement is a world away from it being a 'gimmick,' since it's still massively more efficient than a single hose.
See what I meant that hot air exhaust hose next to the intake hose. If the two hoses are away from each other in distance, I can buy in. But this design? If you put you hand outtside the exhaust hose, you can feel it's blowing warm air, and sucked by the intake hose as "fresh air"
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