Should I Buy a Portable Air Conditioner/Heat Pump? Top Pro's & Con's & Dual vs Single Hose

Works so well Fastly.Cool that it only requires daytime operation until high temp and humidity are overnight. It is difficult to get to side filters, but back is easily accessible.

I'm from Porto Alegre south of Brazil. I needed it for a while while I was living in a makeshift home. It was the salvation and my family didn't get hot. Even though it had a very limited capacity, I helped by placing fans and the thermal sensation was pleasant enough. My unit did not have two hoses, but there were instructions on you tube on how to adapt one more to the air intake. I liked this video so much it's worth a thousand likes

Thank you for that video. I have one of these units at my cottage for the really hot days. Have wondered how it gets rid of the water. I also did not know what the top drain fitting was for. Now I do. These units work really good for when you only need them for a short time.

I had a single hose ac for decades it cool my room down like an ice box put a insulator sleeves over your exhaust hose to save energy, heat temp coming off ofthose are 114-118 degrees sleeves cost you about 45.00 or DIY with hot water tank blanket or bubble wrap.

Brother you are the best teacher I have ever seen. You explain things so wonderfully. Thank you brother.

It’s such a in-depth and useful review!

Just in time when I'm considering buying a portable ac! Thanks!

This was the best portable AC videos I've ever watched.

I got two of the Wynter dual hose portables, they pretty much do the same thing except that they have a mini water pump that will actually remove the water into a small tapped hose that you feed through the exhaust pipe and out the window sill. You pretty much never have to drain it, ever.

Good video. One comment on gfci wiring. It is not necessary to ground a gfci in order for it to protect users from shock. A gfci is monitoring the current flow in the hot and neutral legs and will trip if there is an imbalance with having a ground connected. Generally an imbalance is caused by leakage current to personnel or objects. In fact, it is acceptable by code to use a gfci in a bath or kitchen outlet originally wired with two wires and no ground. As before it still provides protection by ensuring the hot and neutral currents are the same. Code does require a tag on the groundless use of a gfci indicating it is wired without a ground, similar to the tag required when you operate a standard receptacle off a gfci's output. Finally, a gfci is not a surge suppressor that does require a ground for maximum benefit.

Finally I know where that small motor & wheel at the bottom of the condensor is for: to sling the condens up into the condensor and get rid of it. I transformed at least 4 of these units already and found the wheel always. I try to find other applications for these heat pumps, like water/air heat pumps.

Oh man,,I'd love a video like this over 70 pint dehumidifiers....great video thanks

Very well spoken and knowledgeable. Thank you

Fascinating and informative as usual. 👍

A very interesting and informative program, THANKS FOR THE GREAT VIDEO.

Very good job with the video everything is well explained 👏🙌

Good to see a new one from you

I would think that cooling the condenser with cold air from the room would be more efficient than cooling it with hot outside air, even though they seems counter intuitive. I have been using portable units for over 20 years and I think they work great. Wrapping insulation around the exhaust hose helps with efficiency.

Great explanation as usual ... Thx for sharing ... Seems like a nice product ...

Thank you for the video! Do you have any recommendations on how to prevent mold forming in/on drain pans?