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

Only buy dual hose portable AC if thats your only option, other wise Mini split is the next best choice. Ive had good luck with my Hisense dual hose unit and been working fine for AC/Heat since last year. Only downside is the remote and interface Hisense 8000 BTU DOE 115-Volt Vented Medium Room Smart Portable Air Conditioner with Heater, Remote Included

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!

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)

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.