EcoFlow - EcoFlow Wave Portable Air Conditioner

The guy knows nothing about air conditioners or Eco Flow, he's running it in a 72 F air conditioned house of course it will drop temp 10 degrees - also no vent ducts when he sticks that intake duct out in real world 90-100 degree outside air, its another story. Also all air conditioners dehumidify air nothing unique about this unit. I'm still waiting on a firmware upgrade for both my Wave 1 & 2. Of all thing the thermostat does not work you can set cooling or heating temps. Mike

An EcoFlow Wave with a Delta Battery pack and at least 800 watts of solar. But for the cost, you are better off with Mister Fans and/or that Ryobi Shop fan that runs on a 40-volt battery.

My mother is the same - heat pump runs almost all-year-round to cool her house. A proper heat pump would be the best option. Do you have one in the house currently? I have one at each end of our house - one in the lounge and one in the master bedroom. During a hot 26 degree day, both must run to cool the house but at night we only need the lounge one going and i cant hear it from my bedroom. So maybe this is a reason to get a heat pump installed in the lounge. Portable air conditioners are not good long term because they consume a lot of power and dont cool a large area but may work for this situation. They are also very loud. Maybe you can hire or borrow one? I truly believe single hose units should be illegal to sell in NZ. Delonghi used to sell a dual-hose model but it was about $200 more expensive, didnt sell well due to price, and so they stopped bringing them in. But it worked so much better than a single hose model. Your concern about the window is valid - they only ever come with sliding window kits. However when I was working in a temporary portacom office with pivoting windows, I cut out some large cardboard flat sheets, glued them together for thickness and rigidity. Jammed them in the window to seal it and then cut a hole for the hose to go through and keep a tight seal. In another temporary office, we had one set up so that it was out in the garage, using garage air as the source and waste, then had a baffle to direct the cold output into the office so it was only creating positive air pressure in the office with cold air going in. Edit: I have seen a couple of camping portable air conditioners that may work - they seem to come with dual hoses. 1 min.... Edit: Ecoflow i thought was the one - but it only has a single hose. I see jaycar has a model, will check that for you. 1 min.... It appears jaycar sell the only dual hose model in NZ. Its not very powerful - only does a single room. But at 240 watts, it would be a lot more efficient in how much cooling it can do with balanced air pressure compared to an 800 watt single-hose portable air conditioner that creates negative air pressure in the room. Being that its designed for tents and camping, its not going to come with a great window kit but you'll have to make something out of wood/cardboard anyway for that. another idea...1min.... Trade Depot search their site for Window Kit They sell window kits for push/pull pivot windows which i think would work well. You would need to cut a second hole for the second hose. This diagram should explain why portable air conditioners with a single exhaust hose are bad. [https://imgur.com/a/M3XqPq8](https://imgur.com/a/M3XqPq8)

No air con runs off 8 A (thats what your cig port output is). The "best" portable air con is EcoFlow Wave, however that requires AC, but you can get a big power station that can be charged via DC to power it. The "best" installed air con thats DC (i.e., 12 or 24 V) is Cruise N Comfort. Neither are cheap, both require a lot of amps. Anything smaller is probably not worthwhile. I have personal experience with both in my van