Hisense - AP0825TW1SAHP Inverter Portable AC Smart with Heat Pump- Dual Hose Tower

I think that is the easy button. Just do it, and then don't worry about fans, leaving doors open or closed, running the living room overnight, etc. I generally hate them, but when I lived in a small apartment, I only had slider windows, so I couldn't put a normal one in, so they made summers livable. The dual hose ones are like 100 or so more, but are SO MUCH more efficient and better in every way. Midea (or some of the Midea whitelables) are probably the best brand on the market right now, but Hisense also is very good. (Hisense API0825UW1D Smart Inverter Twin Hose 8,000 BTU (DOE) 350 SF Heat/Cool Tower Portable Air Conditioner, White is on prime day sale right now). 8000 btu is perfect, but if you need to 12000 would work too, it's just little overkill so a little less efficient for your space. Make sure when you seal up the windows, you use masking take and foam (or cardboard), and also get the section where the two glass sliders pass over each other. The key is you need to make sure you can't see any light coming through the open parts of the windows.

Wait really? Not sure I’d change if I could bc it seems to just take up less floor space than the Midea duo and it’s used in a couple smaller rooms so that’s constraint for me. But I do notice it idles/holds 208-220w. My 12k window unit cools the whole living area (and helps to keep the whole place cool) only idles/holds around 150w. Hisense is at 4kwh today Midea window is at 2kwh. Pretty dramatic. I mean obviously I’m aware window units are still more efficient than dual hose portable but given the difference in capacity and cooling area I’d expect the Hisense to do a bit better. It would’ve been good to know to consider if the Midea Duo was a good deal more efficient than this Hisense portable Also any suggestions/photos of the mod you did to seal some of the holes? I only use it in smaller rooms which was the reason I opted for it as mentioned so also don’t really need the higher end of the capacity.

I have the Hisense one in my office and a different midea one in my bedroom. My wife and I like the Hisense one more.

Bought a few weeks ago. Love it. Tall but small width and length. Runs very quiet (in quiet mode) as it uses an inverter and doesn’t need to run at full blast. the model I have heats also. It’s massively quieter than the old Danby dual hose it replaced and is much quieter than the Whytner 14k one I had also which I gave my parents. It’s perfect for the small 150 sq ft room I use it in. It was between this one and the Danby inverter quiet model they sell here in Canada at Costco and I chose this one as it is rated at 39db, a few db lower than the Danby. Also a bonus is it has Matter integration and I have it added to my Home Assistant setup!

Fair, two other units I could recommend would be the Hisense Smart Tower Portable AC or the GE profile inverter Portable AC, they have the standard separate two hoses and you could clamp an extension on it. I have the Hisense tower, it’s great and it has a heat pump for winter.

If you have a Costco membership, check out the Hisense smart tower portable air conditioner, it’s 8000 buts and dual hose, great unit I have it. Steer away from the single hose units they perform horribly and cause a negative pressure sucking more heat in. https://www.costco.com/.product.4000346410.html?COSTID=iosapp_25.5.3&adobe_mc=TS%3D1749175504%7CMCMID%3D66941824137412427108247390450874890590%7CMCORGID%3D97B21CFE5329614E0A490D45@AdobeOrg&sh=true&nf=true

I have both, the Midea is going to be best for your situation, it has more of a variance in capacity than the Hisense, Hisense tops out at 12000btu but is rated for 8000, Midea tops out at 16200btu but is rated at 12000. Also, the Midea has a drain pump to pump the condensate out which is especially important in the heating mode, specially if it is going to go into a defrost. Overall, I think the Midea just has overall better functionality and futures than the Hisense and is closer to a mini split. The Hisense is perfect for my smaller rooms though.

I have one of these. It's a tower so smaller footprint, a heat-pump so you get hot and cold, and inverter driven so nice and quiet. Only downside of heat-pumps is you need a drain for the condensate. I bought a small condensate pump and pump it straight out the window though haha. [https://www.hisense-canada.com/en/air-products/all-portable-air-conditioners/AP0825TW1SAHP\_8000-btu-sacc-12000-btu-ashrae-inverter-portable-ac-smart-with-heat-pump-dual-hose-tower](https://www.hisense-canada.com/en/air-products/all-portable-air-conditioners/AP0825TW1SAHP_8000-btu-sacc-12000-btu-ashrae-inverter-portable-ac-smart-with-heat-pump-dual-hose-tower)

I just got option #3 in today and so far so good. Our weather cooled off before I could get it set up so I won't really get to see how it performs until it warms up again this weekend.

The higher number on the hisense is the older method for testing the lower is the "real world" this unit is particularly low for a dual hose due to it having intake vents on the bottom and lower back that sucks in air from the room and shoots it outside like a single hose to cool the compressor and power supply located in the bottom third of the unit. I've sealed most holes to help with this on my unit as I never need full capacity meaning the power supply and compressor dont need as much airflow and I haven't had issues yet.

That was all english, but im guessing you want me to elaborate? The higher number on portable air conditioners is an old testing method. The new method(the lower number) is more accurate as it calculates heat loss from hoses and heat loss from air that gets taken from the room and exhausted outside. The closer the higher and lower number are, in theory, is better.

So first off I will say that if you haven't already, insulate your hose as a lot of heat will radiate from that. As far as the unit goes, I used tape to seal the back of it(slots on the very bottom back) I also used duct seal yo seal around the drain plug and where the power cord comes out. On the right hand side there are holes at the bottom(under the unit you can feel the air being sucked in with your hand), 1 at the front two at the back, I stuffed some insulation into the front hole and middle hole. This by no means is perfect and I plan on modding something a litte more sophisticated but just wanted to reduce the negative air pressure quickly as it was sucking in super heated attic air on a 40c day we had recently. I also will say that im certain the engineers have added this negative air pressure intentionally due to the compressor and power supply being in its own compartment and if you are running this thing at 100% and blocking those holes there is a very solid chance that it will over heat, so if you do it, do it at your own risk and check the units casing to make sure that bottom area isn't getting too warm.

I know it's not the exact same thing but I have the 8000 BTU Hisense portable heat pump Costco used to sell and it cools my bedroom very well.

I have it to cool about a 350 sq ft space, in high humidity environment-using it about 2 months on 77 degrees farenheight at lowest (outside temps 90-100 degrees). It is a room I do not really use now, but want to keep cool; because room radiates alot of heat through large glass doors. I never use it on dehumidify, because I do not want to hassel with draining it (not had to on a/c mode-also read heat pump mode could require more draining - so I got a/c only model ) I also cut out insulation board to reinforce plastic window hose mount, matching size of needed plastic window hose mount; taped together with aluminum tape. It is only 8k btu so probably won't cool very large space, depending on insulation, and ambient temps. Also, must insulate hot side exhaust hose for better efficiency (get flexible cover on Amazon ; not the stiff ones); or wrap with some type of insulation. This is inverter model, so I do not know how much it will vibrate, when compressor revs down to save energy-may need to place on mat to subdue vibration-especially on bare floors. One thing about the in window placed single inverter units (talkin about different models that actually place inside open window) that I did not know about was the vibration caused by the compressor reving down, and causing low frequency vibration-travels through widow and even walls. In this respect, this portable A/C is probably better, because much easier to stop vibration, by simply placing portable unit on a thick mat.