Whynter ARC-1230WN 14,000 BTU (12,000 BTU SACC) NEX Inverter Dual Hose Cooling Portable Air Conditioner, Dehumidifier, and Fan with Smart Wi-Fi, Up to 600 sq ft in White

This unit has made a noticeable difference since I started using it. It cools the room quickly and runs much quieter compared to my previous model. I’m able to bring the temperature down several degrees within a couple of hours, which also helps keep energy usage reasonable. It’s somewhat heavy to move, especially up stairs, but the built-in wheels make repositioning fairly easy. The dual-hose design does a good job exhausting hot air efficiently. Installing it securely in the window can take some adjustment, and it can occasionally shift and leave small gaps if bumped.

UPDATED The ARC-1230WNH 14,000 (12,000 BTU SACC) is a beast! One of the most efficient and quiet portable units on the market. Has an excellent remote and is also WiFi enabled with an app that senses when you leave or return to your home. Use this feature to automatically setback the Heat when you leave and automatically increase the Heat when you return. You set the distance (I set mine to 10 miles). Works for Cooling too by lowering the temperature when you cross the set threshold and returns to normal cooling temperature when returning home. A real hands-free cost savings tool. Unit is easy to install and setup. Very quiet and the built quality is second to none! I couldn't be happier. In all aspects a great design with easy-to-use features in a well-engineered compact package. If I dare say, the Rolls Royce of portable AC/Heater units. (I am not affiliated with Whynter!!!! I just know quality when I see it.) UPDATE - ONE WEEK LATER I live where winters reach -10 F. I have natural gas forced air heating with the furnace in the basement. Because the Whynter Arc-1230WNH input temperature range for heating is above freezing using the window air input in sub-freezing temperatures doesn’t allow the heat pump to operate efficiently. However, my basement, no matter how cold outside doesn’t fall below 50 F which is within the operational range of a heat pump. To overcome this input temperature limitation, I dump the unit’s exhaust air into my basement using one of my air return wall registers. I modified a return register to accept a 5.9” hose coupling. I purchased a separate 5.9” inch exhaust hose from Amazon (Portable Air Conditioner Hose 5.9 Inch Diameter, AC Hose Exhaust Vent up to 80 Inches) and connected exhaust outlet to my new register coupling creating a one hose system with the input air using the units room input duct. I also purchased an insulation hose cover. Between the insulation cover and exhaust duct I ran two drain lines, one for the heat pump and the other for the unit drain. At the register coupling I drilled two 7/8” holes to accept the water drain lines which are routed to the basement drain. This serves two purposes 1) allows continuous drain of the heat pump and 2) eliminates the “vacuum effect” of a “one hose” system as the replacement home air is retrieved from the furnace output wall registers in the same volume the exhaust air is entering the basement through the return register. This modification allows my furnace to remain operational during extreme cold conditions when the Whynter isn’t quite capable of heating my home but still allows furnace use during conditions that often tasked my furnace to adequately heat my home. On these occasions I plan on furnace use to bring the house temperature to 70 F and then turn it off and use the Whynter to maintain the temperature. My hope is to save money by minimizing natural gas usage and believe the electric usage of the Whynter will be far less than that required for furnace fan’s operation. My natural gas bill during winter runs around $120-160/month. With the forecast rate increases I hate to hazard a guess this winter's bill but double that amount seems reasonable. I believe I’ll save the Whynters purchase price just from lowered natural gas use this winter. Changing the subject, a feature I really like is the remote control has an iSense button that uses the temperature sensor located inside the remote to control the operation of the unit as long as you're within 25 feet of the unit. Finally, I’m so impressed with the 1230WNH I purchase a second unit!

24 hours in to using the 14000 BTU smart model A few notes: - Installation is pretty straightforward. If you have narrow hung windows, you’ll want a small handsaw that can cut plastic - The instructions were a little unclear about the optional “air outlet adapter”. I think I should have used it and it might have made installation a little easier - Took ~10 minutes to set up, including cutting the plastic window panels with a 12 inch hand saw. Assembly is only 3 plastic parts which snap together. Not difficult, but I recommend watching the video on Amazon which demonstrates this - It works very, very well. I’m using it to cool ~750 square feet in 85F-90F weather with high humidity. It took ~90 minutes to cool the space to 75F - It can be noisy on full blast, but no noisier than one would expect - It’s very silent once it gets close to the desired temperature - The app is very simple and works very well. Pair it with Bluetooth to provide it with WiFi info (may require a 2.4G SSID, most IoT doesn’t support 5G) and then it works great through some cloud broker. You can disconnect the Bluetooth at that point and control it remotely from anywhere over the Internet I’m very happy with the purchase

Can any manufacturer of portable window units actually make a quality kit? So far I love the air conditioner. It's quiet, functional, produces a top notch output of cold air. The app is intuitive and simple. Integration between the unit, remote and app are great.. too many manufacturers miss the mark with this component but Whynter nailed it. So... what's up with the window components? At the end of the hose where the plastic connectors meet the window sliders is where they fail. I understand why universal window sliders are not perfect and require my effort to best seal up and eliminate air leaks. But when your own components are crappy and cannot fit together well enough to not share the aforementioned issue, it's very unfortunate. In fairness, the several other manufacturers of portable units I have owned over years all share this struggle. Why can't the accessories ever match the expected quality of the AC itself? I would love a high quality replacement kit to be sold in the future, my experience so far says this AC deserves it.

Very strong performer. I have a 600SqFt (4,800 Cubic Feet) first floor and used this unit as my central AC is down (have used three other units and all besides this would struggle in 400SqFt. This unit does a great job of cooling it off in high heat. My test was in 96-98 degrees external over a four hour span in a high humidity climate. Baseline was 96 degrees outside at 1:30pm on a sunny day (July) with a starting interior temperature of 79 degrees. Over three hours, exterior temperatures gradually raised to 98 degrees but the unit cooled the room from 79 to 75 degrees in 1 hour, and then 1.5 degrees each of the next two hours. This was excellent as the exterior heat went up, sun was shining bright, and it reduced the interior temp by 7 degrees in just a few hours. I am sure this would perform even better if I started it early in the day before the heat picked up. Overall a great unit that is strong and quiet, well worth the cost. Pros: Very strong AC, air comes out in the 27-31 degree range (others were between 35-50) with strong air flow, cools a room very quickly (first hour shows the biggest drop). Quieter than most others (Drio may be slightly quieter but is better for small rooms), App works well, intuitive and has good options based on needs. Inverter helps spread through a large room. Humidity: Didn't even use the dry setting, but on cool it helped clear up the muggy humidity inside (lots of rain lately). Exhaust: The 2-in-1 dual hose is amazing. The exhaust is a hose within the inflow, so having a second layer significantly reduces the heat leakage from the exhaust vent (lukewarm feel vs HOT on others). Cons: Size: This thing is bulky and heavy, not an issue for many rooms but unfortunately I need it in my kitchen and it hangs slightly over the sink (though this makes it easy to leave drain pipes in 24/7. Sensor: As others mentioned, internal sensor is off (mine showed it ~7-8 degrees colder than the house was), easy fix if you use iSense on the remote so that can be placed in a central area as the thermometer. Used: Mine had some minor usage (a few bent condensor coils, adapter had residue from sealant), product still works great but don't love that it was refurbished rather than new.

I am in a major renovation in my home and the heating and air conditioning has been delayed. Naturally now it got hot. So I bought this unit. Figured it was a good purchase as it’s large enough to also be used in a workshop area I have in my garage. So far I absolutely love it! Here is what I love about it. - I love the hose inside the hose. It’s only one connection. And the exhaust hose is inside the intake hose so there is not the heat transfer through the exhaust hose wall into the room other units have. - This is a dual intake / exhaust unit. This means the condenser coil receives airflow from the outside through the outer hose and heated air is exhausted through the inner house out of the house. Units like this are not using inside cooled air to cool the condenser and then blowing it outside. They are bringing in outside air much like a window unit would, without the hassle of using a window unit. - I have screens in my windows. For now I left the screen in place see how it works. The screen does reduce airflow as I tested it lifting the screen. But it also keeps bugs out of the unit. So testing it with the screen. - it comes with 3 window panels and some attachments to adapt it to sliding windows. I have double hung windows. I only needed the one main panel. But I did need to trim the length of the main panel by about an inch for my 27 inch wide window tracks. It’s soft plastic so it was an easy cut with a circular saw. Once cut it fit right in and I closed the window on it and it held fine. It came with all kinds of foam to insulate around it and came with some security pieces you can screw in above the window to keep it from being lifted. I’m only using this temporarily in the house so so I didn’t bother with all that. Just the closed window holds it fine. - the hose is large. But it was easy to manage. I pulled it up straight to expand it and then bent it over as needed to go to the window. I have the unit about 2 feet from the back to the wall. And my window is about 2 feet off the floor. - I love that it is an inverter style so it can throttle up or down as needed. - I love how the hose is permanently installed on the back of the unit so when storing it the hose can just be collapsed and stored. - The remote seems to work very well. - all of these units now have a new department of energy rating. They are rated in factory btus which is the size of the cooling /heating unit. But they are also rated by the doe with an actual delivery capacity. This rating is the usable effective in operation capacity. Of all the units I compared this one was the best. 14,000 Btu size with a 12,000 Btu effective usable rating. - my house is 600 square feet. I am well insulated in the walls, and reasonably well insulated in the ceiling. I have new windows but a lot of window area. Today when I installed the unit the house was around 95 inside. It cooled down to 70 in about an hour and a half and now has throttled down. - so far no problem with water building up and needing to be emptied. Usually the dual hose that get intake air from the outside do not have a problem with water needing to be emptied as the excess water is evaporated on the condenser and sent outside. The advantage of this as as the water is evaporated it helps cool the condenser using evaporative cooling making it more efficient. - time will tell how the reliability is. - power draw. I tested the unit. It draws around 1300 watts on startup and that seemed to be the upper limit. So this could run off a 2000 watt generator if needed. A nice option if power is out. - the remote works well. Seems to be able to control all the functions. I did not connect it to my WiFi. - the units with the heat function come with two long zip ties and a package of thin foam sheet. It took me a while to figure out what that’s for and then realized that’s to wrap the hose so if you are using it for heat the cold intake air coming from the outside would not be transferred into the room. Couple things I knew going in that are negatives. - it’s heavy. 76 lbs I think I read. I used a hand trick with a strap the stair belts on the back to move it up the stairs to my house. It was fairly easy to move with the hand truck. But it is a good lift up the stairs. - it’s fairly loud on high. There is a lot of air moving through the evaporator into the room and in to the condenser from the outside intake and back out through the exhaust. It moves a serious amount of air around, which is awesome! And the air moving through accordion collapsible hose is never quiet. But once it get to temperature and throttles down it gets significantly quieter. All in all the unit is very well designed to keep it as quiet as possible for a unit this size. - only other negative was while it was well packaged and the packaging was well designed to make removing the unit easy, the packaging was pretty banged up on arrival. But everything inside was perfectly protected. There is some tape and such to remove.

UPDATE: It was about a week after I posted this review with a video of the unit running and suddenly it started leaking water-rain water-out of the bottom of the unit. Customer service agreed with me that it is possible for the rain to go through the hose that goes through the window kit and then through the air conditioner and onto the floor. So I need to be home and able to remove the hose from the window every time it rains. Great solution. Nice for almost $600 and I found out a little more than a year later. ————————————————————— Bought this a year ago when there were hardly any reviews here on Amazon but I read some elsewhere and together with the description it convinced me that this would be the best one to cool off my 1 bedroom apartment. I didn’t want to have to keep using 2 air conditioners and I had developed a ton of dirt and mold within a year with the last 2 bedroom air conditioners I had bought. So I decided that I needed something that I could take out of the window in the winter months to reduce the dirt and mold collection inside my air conditioners. I had a portable previously before the BCU rating system was changed for portable air conditioners to more accurately reflect how well they performed. My old one was also a single hose setup. It actually made the apartment hotter because it produced more heat with the hose itself than it generated cool air. I had read that dual hoses were better. So this one satisfies that requirement. I don’t know if there’s mold inside obviously but I sniffed at the vents where the air comes out of and didn’t smell anything like in the first portable air conditioner I still have sitting in my living room. This is the first time since moving in 9 years ago that I’ve been without a second air conditioner, so it is definitely doing what I wanted it to do and more. Only issue is that this year I can’t get Alexa to turn the unit back on, though she can turn it off. But there’s enough other ways to turn it on and off, including an app on my Apple Watch. The air conditioner has an app and the remote is also especially useful for the feature called iSense. I highly recommend using this. It acts as a separate, remote thermostat to assist the air conditioner in knowing when to turn the air down. I use it on Auto as well to keep it silent at most times. The air conditioner is very silent after it reaches the temperature you set it at. Apparently my air conditioner is much more powerful than it needs to be for this apartment (I was told my apartment was about 650 square feet, but that was an estimate and this unit is telling me that it’s way off). But I just set the temperature much higher than I actually want it and it really does seem to work well for keeping the whole apartment cool, which I haven’t been able to do all these years with 2 air conditioners that weren’t all that powerful. I feel like having an air conditioner keep working for a year, just as well as the day I got it is a win. I am glad I didn’t listen to my cousin who tried to tell me that a portable probably wasn’t the answer. It was. This unit seems like it will be more reliable than the others I’ve had since moving in to this apartment. I have no complaints, just wish Alexa could turn it on but I think it might just need to be relinked.

Great item. Upgraded from using a Window hanging unit. I also like that this has a heat pump in it as well. I have had this unit almost 30 days now and used both heat and a/c modes. -Smart features are great. App is able to directly control the device from anywhere. -Installing was fairly simple. Note that if you have a hung window and need to put the outlet hose on the left side, it will be a slightly tight fit, just a small nuance. -The heater version comes with a drain hose, which is needed for dry and heat modes. Air conditioning mode may need to have the water drained depending on the humidity. -The hose that comes with this unit is absolute crap and an afterthought, not sure why they included giant zip ties expecting you to clamp the hose there. Easy fix though, pick up a better quality hose from your local hardware store with a 1/2 inch inner diameter and the draining works fine. Cost me an extra like $7. -The drain pump only works in heat mode, otherwise, you have to manually drain the unit if it gets full. Found out the hard way when I first used the a/c before fixing the hose. It filled up in about 24 hours and then stopped running with an error code. -Filter changing was easy. -I love the portability and that it's able to be moved easily. -Overall happy with this investment. I live in about a 700 sq ft house and this one unit takes care of the entire house pretty well. Very impressed and nice to not have a big unit hanging from the window. If I need to move it to clean or something, it's super easy.