BLACK+DECKER BPACT14WT 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Remote Control

Me llegó el día de hoy, y apenas empecé a hacer algunas pruebas y todo excelente !! Funciona correctamente, enfría bastante bien, a comparación de otro aire que tenía marca Hisense, es un cambio total, lo tengo en una recamara de 4 x 4 y en cuestión de 20 a 25 mins disminuyo 2 grados la temperatura, está bonito, y funciona perfectamente con Alexa !! Actualizaré más adelante, pero por el momento todo excelente !!

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14,000 btu Black and Decker Portable AC Start Update : i missed One important aspect : This is a Single Hose unit , thus , Air intake Must come from outside through an open door or air leaks in the building or room . Inside a home or apartment, a Dual Hose system is definetely perfered . Update: End Before using , let unit sit upright for 24 hours, allowing oil to drain back into the compressor . ( the same is true with a refridgerator that had been laid down ) i kept the 4 blue tape strips on the unit . ( the tape is there to seal the seams ? ) unit works best in a window install . the Air dryer vent exhaust Didn't work good . in bedroom with door closed, this unit easily cools the room and cycles on\off . with bedroom door open , it is still able to cycle on\off. when compressor starts , noise level does NOT increase , Fan noise seems to be dominant . To me , total noise level is low . Remote Control minimun Temp setting is 64 degrees . exhaust tube gets warm, so there is some residual heat into the room . Window AC seeming will be more efficient because ALL the heat will be Outside . i put this on a clothes dryer exhaust vent tube. i used some of the thick foam to Seal around the tube. this tube is 5 inch diameter, the dry vent tube is 4 inch diameter. This units include hose extends to 5 feet( accordian ) This unit installs best when the Vent on the back of this unit is in a straight LOS Line of Sight to the bottom of the window or dryer vent This AC only requires window to be Open 7 inches accomodates window widths of about 20 inch to 59 inches wide . No heavy supports , for a window vent . Window AC , Portable AC units do use the Juice. This unit , 12 amps is 1,500 watts. Example electric cost at 17 cents per KWh that's : 25 cents per hour, 6 bucks per day, 180 bucks per month . yes, central AC is certainly more efficient . i can see this unit cooling 1 room with door closed , and being able to cycle on\off while maintaing the set temperature. remote control batteries NOT included( 2 AAA tripple A's ) my observation in electric usage : 1. Central AC , the best , lowest electric cost . 2. window and portable AC units ( in 1 closed room ) could be ok when used in a single closed room

Cools down 700.sq ft , if humid out connect water drain hose, great purchase

I read the reviews, good and bad. And bought two units. Couldn't be happier. We live in a rented house. The old central A/C finally died after many years of service, limping along with repeated maintenance over the final two years. The landlord relunctantly replaced the central A/C -- with a used unit that doesn't do the job. 88 degrees F outside, set the central A/C to 72, the house stays around 77-79. Hot. I bought two of these B+D units to make up the difference. One for the living room, one for the back bedroom. After a month, not only are we comfortably cool, but our power bill has dropped as well. Yes, it has. *********** The units arrived in the standard heavy shipping packages that many other reviewers have mentioned. Fortunately the instructions indicating that the unit needed to be kept in an upright position for 24 hours before being turned on were clearly visible. In spite of what some other reviewers indicate: you can't take it on faith that the shipping company kept the unit carefully upright for you during transit. The unit needs to sit for 24 hours before you try it out. This old house has crank windows. The included window mounting unit is useless for old crank windows. I went to the local Lowe's in one case, Home Depot in another and bought "plastic cardboard" to fill the window. I cut the plastic to size to replace the window screens, then traced out and cut a hole in the plastic to the exact size of the oval connecter that comes with the unit. I replaced the window screen(s) with the plastic, and connected the hose, using weather tape around the plastic and around the oval hose connecter. For support on the hose connecter I added a stack of old books to help with the weight of the connecter. We have ledge windows. The books worked perfectly. The entire arrangement is covered by curtains anyway, so it doesn't show. It does the job. And does it well. Then we turned the unit(s) on. The air is ice cold. The rooms are as cold as we want them to be. Plus the units serve to cool other parts of the house as well, not just the rooms they are in. Noise levels are no problem for us -- we use white noise to drown outside noise anyway. I've always slept with a fan. I liked sitting under window A/C units when I was a kid in the 1960s. The noise doesn't bother me -- it's a reminder of comfort and relaxation. I'd compare the noise level to the average motel room A/C unit. Which I like also. Outside of a central A/C unit, show me a unit -- window or portable -- that is truly silent. I've never seen or heard of one that doesn't make noise. The remote works: does what it is supposed to do. I'd prefer the remote's controller screen be backlit for visibility in the dark. That's my only criticism. We'll see if these units stand the test of time. So far: excellent. Five stars. I have no complaints. Frankly I don't understand the negative reviews. Perhaps they didn't take the "leave the unit standing for 24 hours" instruction seriously. Perhaps they thought they were buying a magic unit that doesn't require a heat exhaust pipe. Or that someone had invented a portable A/C unit in this price range that runs in total silence. Here's a hint: there is no such thing. It doesn't exist. In the meantime, this unit is GREAT. It does precisely what it is advertised as doing. Will it last? I think that it will. Time will tell. For now I couldn't be more pleased with what I bought. PS - I'm not rating some other features such as sleep mode/timer because I don't use them.