BLACK+DECKER - BPT08HWTB Portable Air Conditioner with Heat

If you can invest in ductless, it’ll increase your value later. Depending on how many outdoor units and indoor units you need (1 outdoor with 2 indoor units is typical), you’re likely looking at around $11-20k installed. Once installed though, they require almost nothing except dusting the units indoors and occasionally cleaning the outdoor unit (turning the unit off, spray cleaning the grill, and a hose). They do heat and A/C and cost very little to operate. Depending on where you are, there are often incentives through your state or utility provider to offset the costs and you can usually deduct from your taxes because it’s considered an efficiency improvement. Plus, lots of heating and cooling companies have offered financing, that helps and depending on the circumstances could be assumable. There’s an organization that specifically helped people make these upgrades that I worked with in my first home to finance insulation upgrades and ductless, and it was an assumable loan (but I paid it off in selling the house). That said, the prior owner of our current home installed ductless and removed the baseboard heating in all the rooms, which left all the bedrooms without any heat or cooling. We aren’t adding an additional outdoor unit to manage bedrooms and opted for a Black & Decker portable unit that does AC and heat. It’s not ideal, but works to keep the bedrooms comfortable. If you really just want to stick with a temporary solution, there is an [AC only](https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Frigidaire-12-000-BTU-Portable-Air-Conditioner-Cools-350-sq-ft-with-Remote-Control-in-White-FHPW122AC1/320173077?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D29A-029_017_ACS_FANS-NA-Multi-NA-PLALIA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-MajorAppl_JControl24_PLA&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D29A-029_017_ACS_FANS-NA-Multi-NA-PLALIA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-MajorAppl_JControl24_PLA-21262555090-159198419262-2394009814284&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADq61UeDYOPjupQ7dlt27ee5zbbEI) portable for a great deal here and is the same capacity we’ve used without issue, running it basically non-stop for almost 3 years.

Your unit bpt08hwtb is really a 5000btu ac. Although it does put out maximum 8000btu the heat it generates and the inefficient single hose make it equivalent to a 5000 Btu window unit. You should get an inverter unit like the lg 1419ivsm which is 14,000 Btu ashrae and equivalent to a 10,000 Btu window unit.

Currently using a Black and Decker portable model. I see it [suggested on Reddit fairly often](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewYorkLife/comments/1ee3ia8/the_best_portable_air_conditioner_in_2025_is_the/), so grabbed it a few months back. Works really great so far!

I bought a Black & Decker unit from Facebook Marketplace for $200. It seems to work well but is kind of loud.