Whynter Inverter Portable Air Conditioner 14,000 BTU Heater with Dual Hose, Dehumidifier, Cooling Fan & Smart Wi-Fi for 600 Sq Ft Rooms, NEX ARC-1230WNH (12,000 SACC), White

UPDATEDThe ARC-1230WNH 14,000 (12,000 BTU SACC) is a beast! One of the most efficient and quiet portable units on the market. Has an excellent remote and is also WiFi enabled with an app that senses when you leave or return to your home. Use this feature to automatically setback the Heat when you leave and automatically increase the Heat when you return. You set the distance (I set mine to 10 miles). Works for Cooling too by lowering the temperature when you cross the set threshold and returns to normal cooling temperature when returning home. A real hands-free cost savings tool. Unit is easy to install and setup. Very quiet and the built quality is second to none! I couldn't be happier. In all aspects a great design with easy-to-use features in a well-engineered compact package. If I dare say, the Rolls Royce of portable AC/Heater units. (I am not affiliated with Whynter!!!! I just know quality when I see it.)UPDATE - ONE WEEK LATERI live where winters reach -10 F. I have natural gas forced air heating with the furnace in the basement. Because the Whynter Arc-1230WNH input temperature range for heating is above freezing using the window air input in sub-freezing temperatures doesn’t allow the heat pump to operate efficiently. However, my basement, no matter how cold outside doesn’t fall below 50 F which is within the operational range of a heat pump. To overcome this input temperature limitation, I dump the unit’s exhaust air into my basement using one of my air return wall registers. I modified a return register to accept a 5.9” hose coupling. I purchased a separate 5.9” inch exhaust hose from Amazon (Portable Air Conditioner Hose 5.9 Inch Diameter, AC Hose Exhaust Vent up to 80 Inches) and connected exhaust outlet to my new register coupling creating a one hose system with the input air using the units room input duct. I also purchased an insulation hose cover. Between the insulation cover and exhaust duct I ran two drain lines, one for the heat pump and the other for the unit drain. At the register coupling I drilled two 7/8” holes to accept the water drain lines which are routed to the basement drain. This serves two purposes 1) allows continuous drain of the heat pump and 2) eliminates the “vacuum effect” of a “one hose” system as the replacement home air is retrieved from the furnace output wall registers in the same volume the exhaust air is entering the basement through the return register.This modification allows my furnace to remain operational during extreme cold conditions when the Whynter isn’t quite capable of heating my home but still allows furnace use during conditions that often tasked my furnace to adequately heat my home. On these occasions I plan on furnace use to bring the house temperature to 70 F and then turn it off and use the Whynter to maintain the temperature.My hope is to save money by minimizing natural gas usage and believe the electric usage of the Whynter will be far less than that required for furnace fan’s operation. My natural gas bill during winter runs around $120-160/month. With the forecast rate increases I hate to hazard a guess this winter's bill but double that amount seems reasonable. I believe I’ll save the Whynters purchase price just from lowered natural gas use this winter.Changing the subject, a feature I really like is the remote control has an iSense button that uses the temperature sensor located inside the remote to control the operation of the unit as long as you're within 25 feet of the unit.Finally, I’m so impressed with the 1230WNH I purchase a second unit!

This unit is works excellent, I don't know why others would give a bad review because they can't install the vent, they just don't have experience, I had to cut the plastic shield with a bandsaw because it was to long, then it fit perfectly. Unit is great, I didn't think i'd be using the heat pump, but I did first night I hooked it up and i'd tell anyone invest the extra money and buy unit with heating feature. Just make sure you run a hose from heat pump drain to outside window and water will pump outside, heating make a lot of condensation. you have to read directions!!! I researched different units and came up with this one as the best and will last, it's has excellent app, quality unit, runs great, love the auto for heating and cooling climate control A+++. I have HVAC experience, and my opinion this unit won't let you done. The remote is only thing hard to use and directions could be a lot better, but phone app is flawless and you can control you A/C unit away from home!!! Loads of features, inverter is great way to save on your electric bill with the extra cost will save over the year. Unit seemed a little big for my living room space, but I just figured i'd run the fan setting on low and it is very comfortable and works as planned. Unit is very quiet, a lot quieter then a window unit and you won't have a big ugly unit hanging out of and pulling on your window. All in all i'm more then happy I bought this model, very pleased.

Works pretty well. It does significantly cool my bedroom down. However, when choosing the continuous fan option along with the cooling option, it does not seem to get as cool. The sound isn’t as loud as a window unit and does not bother me because I’m used to sleeping with fans and I actually like the sound. The unit is not obstructive and I like the app. The remote doesn’t seem to coordinate with the unit.

I have had my unit for a couple days now and I love it. I am a commercial HVAC technician that works on hvac units for a living and could not recommend a better unit for someone that does not have central air. I live in a apartment that has wall heaters but no air conditioning. This unit is quiet and most importantly very accurate when it comes to its temperature sensor (which other units lack). I have noticed that the inverter on the unit works really well at controlling the space temperature without short cycling which is very important when it comes to the longevity of the unit. I have been using the the unit for heat at night, and while when it does struggle to put heat out when outside temperatures drop below 40 degrees, this is easily fixed by putting the unit to a lower fan speed to allow the air to reject more heat. During the day is puts out nice consistent cool air where my house does not get too cold. The main issues I have had with other units is that they will run in cool but not do a good job at maintaining the temperature, mainly due to the fact that the unit does not have the dual hose design that uses your already conditioned air and pushea it outside. This means your space will be in a negative pressure and it will pull in the cold or hot air and push out using conditioned air causing the unit to consistently short cycle in cooling and you never feeling comfortable. Overall I feel like changes can be made to the software to allow for heat to work better at colder temperatures but the unit works great in cooling. If I notice any issue I will update my review but as of now this is the best set it and forget it unit i have had.