14,000 BTU (12,000 BTU DOE) 115-Volt Inverter Wi-Fi Quiet Portable Air Conditioner w/Heat up to 550 sq. ft. in White (RAC-PT1412HVWRU)

Dual hose units actually work. Single hose units are pretty meh because they're using your cooled inside air to cool the hot side radiator and that gets vented outside, which means that amount of air is being pulled into your cooled space from outside to replace the air being blown out. You may as well open a window and stick a fan in it blowing air in. That's the problem with single hose ac units. As you can imagine they're dramatically less efficient/effective. If your heat is electricity(wall heaters, baseboard, etc...) I'd recommend this unit. https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Toshiba-14-000-BTU-12-000-BTU-DOE-115-Volt-Inverter-Wi-Fi-Quiet-Portable-Air-Conditioner-w-Heat-up-to-550-sq-ft-in-White-RAC-PT1412HVWRU/318747168?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&mtc=SHOPPING-CM-CML-GGL-D29A-029_017_ACS_FANS-NA-Multi-NA-PLALIA-5163653-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-MinorAppl&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-CM-CML-GGL-D29A-029_017_ACS_FANS-NA-Multi-NA-PLALIA-5163653-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-MinorAppl-21452948786-166047147484-380908666773&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21452948786&gbraid=0AAAAADq61Uf7QTn_kHg7w_-sF0Un-mnGD&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjJrCBhCXARIsAI5x66UPUlwFHHJjzLV3IlOkECPk8qALEHdy2_i4aIh0QsaRIKWVuqnvZk8aAlX_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds I have it as well, it works tremendously. It's quiet when it doesn't have to work very hard because of the inverter compressor and it's not like it's insane at full speed. This will give you heat pump heat and save you electricity. It does pump water out a separate tube in heat mode so you have to manage that. In ac mode it's able to send the water out it's air outlet tube. It's a dual hose setup where the 2 hoses are combined in one bigger overall tube. It had no issues with the downstairs of our 1100sq ft townhouse and we had to put it to use one day in our current 2000sq foot single level house with 14ft high ceilings on a 95 degree day when our central ac went out. We kept doors to bedrooms closed and had it in our main living room/kitchen area that opens up to another living room/dining room area, no doors. I had it setup in the morning and it managed to keep the main part of our house from getting above 75 degrees running full power all day. Totally underpowered for that purpose but a house this size is way beyond its capabilities. It did admirably all things considered. It's pretty big. It's pretty heavy. But it works. I see one in Wilsonville on Facebook Marketplace. If you get a new one beware you'll want to run it outside for a couple hours or so before bringing it in. Puts out quite a weird odor at first. It goes away.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Toshiba-14-000-BTU-12-000-BTU-DOE-115-Volt-Inverter-Wi-Fi-Quiet-Portable-Air-Conditioner-w-Heat-up-to-550-sq-ft-in-White-RAC-PT1412HVWRU/318747168 This will freeze you out. You can buy a hose in hose extension too on amazon I believe.

It (and it's clones) are the best portable AC's you can buy, thanks to the efficiency of the dual hose. I have the Toshiba rebrand of it and love it

No but I just bought the Toshiba one at home depot and it works marvels

I lived on the 4th floor in Irvine without an AC for 4 years. You’ll need a portable AC but make sure you get one thats good. The Toshiba one I had was good and made the bedroom pretty chilly at night. Just make sure to drain it every night because it can be pretty humid in Irvine.

The problem is not the cycling, is that you have a cheap ass AC. Get a solid sturdy surface to place them, no carpet. I suggest Toshiba AC are very nice