Ultra-Slim Portable Air Conditioner

They were $400 in 2024, they're $150 now- It cools maybe about 6 to 8 degrees cooler than outside temp, not so bad when it's 75 degrees cooling to 67 inside, but abysmal when 96 degrees cooling to 88 inside Completely useless waste of money Could've gotten 2 window units and change, wish the reviews were more honest-

What do you mean?! Everyone has mold issues with this unit. I had the 12000 but u shape and not even a month started smelling like mildew. Returned that POS. Now it's hot AF and I need a damn AC.

I just bought the Hisense ultraslim. It's just like the midea u shape but grok says that there is no widespread mold issues with this unit known yet. So that is good. But it's a pita I have to go thru this bs process installation on the bracket again. (For a different room. I decided to get a real mini split system for the room I had the midea in originally)

Because this was is very slim in the front. Like half size. The midea is full size. So it's def. Different design the Hisense ultraslim 8000btu

Idk how true it is but someone posted a reddit link in here regarding the midea u shape and supposedly they just recalled it. So that might make it easier for you to get something to work.

I had the same issue. We just did our portable ac in the bedroom last week, and it has been a game changer. We keep ours low bc we like the noise. I hate sleeping in total silence. This sub hates portables, but im sleeping like a baby now.

Not sure, and I know they are not the most efficient. But I don't care. I mean, I'll probably just use it for a couple of months in the summer. Im in Illinois, but we've been hovering around 103 heat indexes for over a week . So if I have to spend an extra 50 plus bucks a month for a bit, I have no issue with that. Edit: I bought the 250-foot 6000 BTU Hisense unit at Lowe's for 300 bucks. I think a bargain for how great its working.

I bought the regular Hisense 8,000 btu one a couple weeks ago from Costco and am happy with it. I think this one is slightly more expensive because of the tower design. But Hisense has a good reputation and it is dual hose. Costco has a great return policy. I think you should go for it.

It is. Costco is currently selling two Hisense units that are both 8k btu (regular one and the tower) and a 12k Midea. All three are dual hose (and if you spend any time researching portable a/c's on Reddit, you will soon see that dual hose is the only acceptable option). I am only cooling a 200 sq ft room, so I opted for the 8k btu Hisense.

Depends on your definition of portable. I picked up an 8000BTU portable room unit from Costco and recently tested it. 2 hoses, inverter compressor. In direct TN sun, 82 degrees outside temp, inside in the mid 90s, it was able after an hour to get interior temp to 81 degrees with all windows covers in place and decent insulation (2 layers thinsulate). After a few hours, in direct sun the interior temp was 79 (thermostat set at 74). So it works hard handling direct sun. But I bought it for drying out and cooling the van for sleeping at night, and there it does fine. At 4pm the interior was at 76 degrees, and it got to set temp a little later. It runs between 860-1100 watts, so definitely will need shore power when in use. I haven't tried isolating a smaller space in my van (heavy curtains), but I'm sure it would do better if I used it to cool just the sleeping area. I note that it is important to wrap the exhaust hose in an insulating sleeve, as it gets HOT. I paid $349 for the AC, it is on sale at Costco right now through June 15 for $279. I've seen that the new DC roof AC units have pretty low power draw and no inverter overhead, but I mostly chase 70 degrees, and I don't want to give up roof space. I'll bring along the portable AC unit when it's going to be warmer, I have shore power, and I want to cool off van at night for sleeping.

Have both of these... The 8k Hisense has a quiet mode that slows down the fan. If your room is borderline too big for 8k it may not be able to keep temp in this mode but it is genuinely quiet. The 12k Midea does not have this mode. In addition, when the inverter kicks on it really is quite the kick. It's also a bit bassy while it's spooling up. If you are a light sleeper it will wake you up.

I have an old house, built in 1948, still has screw-in fuses. This AC will be plugged into a receptacle rated at 15 amps. How likely am I to blow a fuse when either of these kicks in? I think the Hisense draws 12A max. no info found on the Midea yet.  I am inclined to get the 8,000 btu Hisense because my bedroom is tops 230 sq ft. My whole house is only 1200 sq ft. I read another comment that the 12,000 btu Midea would be over powered for my room and the dehumidifier would not extract water properly. I live in summer-clammy Michigan, lowering the humidity for sleeping is as or more important than cooling. Thanks in advance!