The ARC-14S and ARC-14SH are exactly the same. The heater function is nice to have but remember this is an AC with a heat option. The room will be to be higher than 45 degrees.
The ARC-1230 models are really nice. I love the upgrades and the use of the app.
I'm in AZ so I know what you mean when you say you're dying LOL.
Unfortunately Amazon is the best and cheapest place to get things like that “off season” (even though it’s broiling in Oakland). It looks like they’re doing a sale on summer type stuff next week starting the 25th so if you can wait it might be best.
To answer your question better, we absolutely love the “Whynter Portable Air Conditioner 14,000 BTU & Heater”. We leave it hooked up most of the year because it’s dual hose so it can also blow just outside air instead of cooling and is way more efficient than anything except a window unit. It’s not cheap, but the amount of extra sleep we’ve gotten due to leaving the windows closed the entire summer is huge. It’s highly rated and we’ve spent no extra money over 3 summers with it. Just hand wash the filters.
What size area are you trying to cool?
The portables usually say one btu but the real btu is much lower. Look at the sacc btu for the unit. Those 8k btu are probly 4 to 5k sacc btu won't do much more than a single small room.
Ive been using a whynter 14k btu dual hose that is only 9500 sacc btu that has worked well the past 5 years.
I recently bought a new whynter inverter model thats listed as 12k sacc btu but I haven't used it yet.
My older whynter isn't quite enough when it gets really got and humid and we can't use windows units so im hoping the new one does the trick
Whynter 14,000 BTU. Its top of the line but you get what you pay for. Its got a dual hose so moisture goes out the exhaust rather than having to change a tray. You can get custom plexiglass cut that fits your window it costs around $100.
Heatherina885
