The Best Portable Air Conditioners - Reviews by YBD

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The Whynter - ARC-122DS Elite is the best portable air conditioner for blazing summer heat waves.
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The LG 12,000 BTU is the best portable air conditioner for more moderate climates.
See it on Amazon: geni.us/LG2018
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We spent three summers researching and testing eight different portable air conditioners. We used them in bedrooms, living rooms and offices. We tested in controlled conditions using space heaters, and also in real summer heat waves.
If you have a slide-down window that can fit a window air conditioner, install one of those instead: www.yourbestdi...
Many of us can’t install window units, though, either because we have slider windows or because of fire code. If you’re about to suffer through one more increasingly hot summer without relief, a portable unit can help.
Index:
1:41 - Why should you get a portable AC?
3:02 - Single vs. dual-hose units
4:57 - How many BTUs do you need?
6:32 - How we selected finalists to test
7:17 - How we tested
9:05 - The best single-hose portable: LG - 12,000 BTU
10:36 - The best for heat waves: Whynter - 12,000 BTU
11:53 - The bottom line
Our picks for the best portable air conditioner:
• Whynter - ARC-122DS Elite: geni.us/Whynter...
• LG - LP1218GXR: geni.us/LG2018
• Whynter 14,000 BTU: geni.us/whynter...
• LG - 2015 model (old winner): geni.us/lg12kbtu
• Frigidaire 12,000 BTU: geni.us/Frigida...
• LG - 2017 model: geni.us/LG2017
• Honeywell - 10,000 BTU: geni.us/honeywe...
When purchasing a portable air conditioner, the top features to consider are:
• Performance: portables aren't as efficient as window units, so make sure you're getting something that works for you
• Noise: monster-sized 14,000 BTU models are better at cooling a room, but they can be unbearable to sleep beside
• Portability: We also picked models that are lighter and easier to move around
• Controls: remotes, sleep modes, and timers go a long way to helping you use an AC more efficiently
After testing, The Whynter - ARC-122DS Elite is our pick for best portable air conditioner. Learn more at Amazon: geni.us/Whynter...
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Our team for this review included:
Video production: Cara Brown
Video editor: Cara Brown
Writer and host: Daniel Jackson
Managing editor: Bryan Vu
Photography: Daniel Jackson, Kimberly Lostroscio

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@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Our picks for the best portable air conditioner: • Whynter - ARC-122DS Elite: geni.us/Whynter122DS • LG - LP1218GXR: geni.us/LG2018 • Whynter 14,000 BTU: geni.us/whynter14sh • LG - 2015 model (old winner): geni.us/lg12kbtu • Frigidaire 12,000 BTU: geni.us/FrigidairePortable • LG - 2017 model: geni.us/LG2017 • Honeywell - 10,000 BTU: geni.us/honeywellmn10

@JordanRambis 5 лет назад

I'm trying to find one that doesn't dehumidify

@JordanRambis 5 лет назад

@Ed G It's for my room and I have sinus issues where humidity helps

@TRAVIS-L 5 лет назад

Your Best Digs witch is better the arc 122DS or the LG Electronics 10,200 BTU (6,500 BTU, DOE), 115-Volt Portable AC w/ Dehumidifier Function and LCD Remote in White

@TRAVIS-L 5 лет назад

And what does DOE stand for is it a true 10.000 BTU or a 6.500 BTU

@zZiL341yRj736 5 лет назад

Your Best Digs I have a Whynter 12,000BTU dual hose AC, it's trash doesn't even cool my room 2 degree. Don't buy crap from Whynter.

@Inhumanefool 4 года назад

Bit of a cop out to just update the name to 2020 when your released it in 2018

@odysseynyc 4 года назад

Instant dislike

@zekeisme1 4 года назад

so funny

@scaptal 4 года назад

@@odysseynyc yeah, I think this is still quite a usefull vid, but I think that I'll have to follow your plan :D

@neumaticimpact 4 года назад

Should have at least re-Uploaded the video.

@anoniem012 4 года назад

Lol I just realized, clickbait..

@tjray4665 5 лет назад

This video was enlightening and made me scientifically understand why my portable AC didn't seem to work as well as expected - just in time to return it!

@johnhoward7987 4 года назад

Did you you have a single or dual hose? Also what brand was it?

@Thefireslove 5 лет назад

We bought a Heir portable AC in 2008. It is still going strong 11 years later.

@SuperiorNo1 4 года назад

Did it Need a Gas Refill?

@Thefireslove 4 года назад

Nope.

@ShadowBurn666 4 года назад

I live in Orlando FL, so it gets over 90 in January. One trick I did to help it was wrap insulation around the exhaust duct, that way the radiated heat could get out better.

@preston2107 5 лет назад

Insanely helpful and thorough. This channel needs more support.

@scottforman6477 4 года назад

this is incorrect i live in the desert temps over 101 all the time i have the dual hose wyntair and it was sworse than my lg reason is the dual hose exits right next to eachother so the intake hose is sucking in part of thr hot air from the exhaust because they are so close togather umtil this is fixed its worthless

@raul1899 2 года назад

Thank you for your work. Every single person that wants to buy a portable unit, should watch this video. No wonder my portable device did not work. Here we get above 90 degrees almost the entire summer. It only cooled the spot where cool air comes out, but the rest of the room was same or even hotter than outside. Here we get up to 110 sometimes.

@YaaanX 4 года назад

"The Best Portable Air Conditioner of 2020" Video was made in 2018. Can you look into the future?

@FEETERPLAYS 4 года назад

Ik this guy is a bitch

@JA-qb1mr 4 года назад

They just changed the name of the video

@bobhope1122 4 года назад

Lol

@TheKingsArmor 3 года назад

ive noticed that with some older videos as well also phone reviews lol

@Forsakenzombi 3 года назад

Did it again for 2021, this kinda shit should be banned on youtube. 100% click bait bullshit.

@KozmoDyne 5 лет назад

Only halfway through and this is the hands-down best review video of portable ACs I have seen after seeing at least a dozen.

@pblais404 3 года назад

I have a dual hose unit and I slipped a length of duct insulation over the exhaust hose to eliminate the radiated heat coming from it. Now the room is that much cooler then before. It's amazing what a little inginuity can come up with especially when the unit is not close to the window thus exposing a lot of heat generating exhaust hose.

@scott83gmail 2 года назад

I was thinking about doing the same thing

@elected0nes741 5 лет назад

Loved this video! I was spending hours sifting through inconclusive customer reviews which was getting me nowhere for the most part. But this video gave me actual real world results from extensive & non-bios testing. Thnx! ^^

@frank1971ification 4 года назад

People complain about single hose units being trash and all I gotta say is I have a 14000 btu single hose unit and it’s a beast in the summer

@W.Vanderbilt 5 лет назад

Just bought an haier 14,000 BTU. it cools up to 700 sqft and works really good. It was $519 @ Lowes.

@davidmayhall6567 5 лет назад

Well Ron Jeremy you are always naked! It's no wonder you get cold!🤔

@genesisx4 2 года назад

* It would be great if you mentioned -- For a dual-hose design - If it's significantly hotter inside than outside (like your space heater case), you can disconnect the intake hose, and run it as a single hose. So it will take inside air and reject it outside. Essentially doing the same thing as single hose. The negative pressure created means, in addition to AC cooling, the outside air pulled in passively will be cooler than inside too. So single hose has no benefit, if you do it this way :)

@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 5 лет назад

We live in the NE in PA and an AC is needed everyday from late spring to late summer and it is in the mid to high 90's quite often. We have the DeLonghi with 12,000 btu's and one with 14,000 btu's and they do a great job. Never have to empty any water except at the end of the season, we just release the small amount of water which is one of the things I love about them. We recently had a heat index of 118 that lasted 3 days and these bad boys did the job and never stopped blowing cold air. Would not hesitate to buy a DeLonghi. My daughter and my two sisters also own one and they all are very pleased as well.

@soraidavalentine2969 5 лет назад

Hi, I was looking at those bc of all of the bad reviews on the Whynters ARC-14S, I live in NYC and in upstate NY. What 14,000 btu model is it please?

@danc2014 3 года назад

Note the graph show a 8000 btu window unit will out perform the 12000 and save you money by using less electricity. Since you run the ac so much a more efficient design would be better if you can install one.

@UgoTzMaiL 4 года назад

This was very helpful thank you. I was afraid I was gonna waste my money buying something that wasn't gonna work but now I'm gonna go with the LG

@joetylerdale 5 лет назад

You guys deserve a sustainable channel, well done!

@TaylorExchange 3 года назад

I like how at the beginning of the video you told which is the best one. Nonetheless, I stayed for the whole video because it was clearly well thought out and put together.

@johnperry2133 5 лет назад

Thanks for saving me money and time. A portable AC unit just won't work in our conditions. I will have to get a window or full outside system and deal with the price. The best explanation I have ever seen....good work!

@SportyChicChick 5 лет назад

I live in Delaware and the portable LG one works just fine.

@makaylaholman2451 4 года назад

@cmillz4080 4 года назад

Makayla Holman why no

@immortalsoul5404 4 года назад

@@makaylaholman2451 fuc u

@EliteOnTheBeat 4 года назад

@@immortalsoul5404 Cussing at someone because they like vanilla ice cream and you like chocolate? Bro brow TF up!

@RaoulEvilD 4 года назад

Very clear and complete enough explanations, very well though test setup and procedure, very well organized presentation, I am suprized by how satisfied I am at going through this video. Thank you very much!

@333capo 5 лет назад

watching this because its dumb hot outside in ny. i cannt afford these, but thinking about how cool my room could be is where im at rn

@spartan23456789 5 лет назад

Look up The King of Randoms portable A/C build

@Cheepchipsable 4 года назад

You can cool yourself when you sleep by getting two sheets, making one damp, (not too wet), then when you lie down, put the dry sheet over you first, then the damp one. It works like an evaporative air conditioner.

@alexanderdeserteagle 4 года назад

Cris lmao 😂

@amdz4696 4 года назад

He said New york HAHA come to the South

@kimchi_dudez 4 года назад

Get a portable air cooler like the Arctic air, works fine for my small room. But it’s not as strong as thos big ones

@Koioseter 5 лет назад

We live in Minnesota, where last summer we hit 100 on June 1st. In addition, we have horrible humidity and dewpoints (many days dewpoints are 65-70 deg). We moved into an 850 sq ft house and last summer was our first here. We've no central air so we decided to get the LG 14,000 BTU unit. We moved air through the house with 2 box fans. If you're going to get one of these, you can get a lot more mileage if you wrap the exhaust hose with reflective duct wrap. Also, since there's so much humidity that gets pulled, you'll need an automatic condensate pump to get rid of the water. This did really well for us, and only struggled on the hottest of days. This year we'll have a window unit, but we'll put the LG in our bedroom for nighttime use.

@llwscott5720 5 лет назад

I just wrote a comment complaining about the heat from the hose and asking about insulating the hose, then I read your comment about reflective duct wrap. THANK YOU! it's on my shopping list now!

@jennifer_reyes_9490 4 года назад

I live in SoCal thank you for the review i bought myself the whynters portable ac it was pricey but a perfect investment i will clean it every 2 weeks and turn it on for a while to not waist electricity since im broke now

@svpvxtct 4 года назад

Same I’m in California it’s like 110

@andrewfreeman88 5 лет назад

Just bought the New LG (White) unit 200sq for a small room. Great price @ $299 looking forward to using it!

@SolidSnake4Ever2003 5 лет назад

how did that one turn out? I was considering it since it's slightly cheaper than others

@andrewfreeman88 5 лет назад

@@SolidSnake4Ever2003 It's really good. Quiet and compact...don't buy the cheap Chinese brands LG has great support too.

@llwscott5720 5 лет назад

I've used two single hose portable a/c units for several years now. The heat that comes out the hose before it reaches the window is incredible. It's uncomfortable to hold your hand on the hose while the a/c is operating. What the manufacturers need to do is come up with a hose that's insulated, or an insulation wrap sold separately, like the ones for hot water heaters.

@jonathanmathews8496 5 лет назад

Flex duct is a commonly used item in the hvac industry and is often decently insulated. An easy fix for the heat issue could be to get a length of flex duct that fits over the existing hoses you have. That way you dont have to make any modifications to the unit and the hose should still be just as flexible.

@747-pilot 5 лет назад

EXACTLY!!!! I'm shocked they haven't thought of that, after so many years making these portable units!!

@rocketsmall4547 2 года назад

y don't u just wrap in aluminum foil

@AisleofCapri Год назад

@@rocketsmall4547will try, Thanks

@DoritosResidue 4 года назад

A little tip insulate the hose.i use reflectix insulation. Amazon, home depot or Lowes

@jgwoodworking 5 лет назад

I've have a SoleusAIR lx140 (14k BTU, Duel hose) I got about 15 years ago( Live in So. CA SGValley, Gets hot/cold too). It is a heater, air conditioner, fan, dehumidifier. I personally don't understand why anyone would buy a AC only unit. its called a heat pump. Electric Cars all use this method (My Leaf does) now cause it's soo much more electric effecient. I had to take my soleus apart cause it was leaking water, found out it was fine just needed to be cleaned. saw them at Frys a few days ago... I have no furnace/ or central air and I work a late grave... need heat and cooling. this thing is amazing still. BY THE WAY! DO not roll portables around! man up, carry the thing. shaking the thing is bad for the guts of an AC, any AC.

@jgwoodworking 3 года назад

@Brayden Mitchell yeah its in a corner so I can't get to the model tag. did a search and it looks like your right.

@gregorymalchuk272 Год назад

@@jgwoodworking How well does it heat in really cold weather? Does it actually try to defrost the evaporator in very cold weather?

@juanitasullivan3372 5 лет назад

Great video. I live in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia where past our summers were pure bliss. Hardly got up to 80F and no humidity. I've lived in San Diego and Phx so I know what you're talking about where the heat is concerned. Last few summers here have been getting hotter. Last summer the stores couldn't get enough a/c's in fast enough of any kind. This year I already bought 2 portable a/c's. I live in an A Frame rental. The upstairs is horrid in the summer even with the windows open. I'm noise sensitive UGH. So I have to sleep with windows closed and two fans blowing directly on me. This morning I installed one of the a/c's and it was easy. Cooled off things fast. Small upstairs. I'll hookup the one downstairs if needed. The fan noise will not bother me at all because I use a noise machine now to drown out, outside noises. I just won't use the noise machine lol. The brand is Midea and it's a 6000BTU unit. This old place is still on fuses believe it or not so I had to watch the power draw. I won't ever have both units running at the same time. I was restricted to this one brand because of the BTU's but I think it's going to be fine.

@douglaswilliams6834 5 лет назад

Central Heat & Air (dual unit indoor/outdoor) > Window AC > Dual Hose portable AC > Single Hose portable AC

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

We're investigating mini-split portables this summer. Fingers crossed!

@rebeccajohnson7957 5 лет назад

I love the helpful video, BUT, I would have really liked to have seen the estimated prices for these portable air conditioners, thank you so much

@eisenkreuzmusik 4 года назад

yeah, vs. a central unit

@qwertyui90qwertyui90 4 года назад

Wrap the hoses in bubble wrap for insulation, that way they don't heat the room up as much. With dual hose design. Make sure the hot exhaust is higher than the intake hose. otherwise the hot rising air from the exhaust will get sucked back in. Also on the outside of the window you should put in a splitter between the exhausts to further make sure you seperate the air pockets. Coreflute does well at this.

@wishingb5859 2 года назад

Wrapping the hose in bubble wrap sounds good, except that my hose falls off every 3 days, as if it works itself off and I think wrapping it will cause it to fail faster.

@gracedell 5 лет назад

watching this because i get migraines almost everyday from the florida heat

@elitefew8537 5 лет назад

Grace Dell I’m in Florida too. We about to die out here

@JAD0113 5 лет назад

I'm less than 4 minutes in and you've not only answered my questions, but you're giving me answers to questions I wish I'd thought of! Actually amazing, subscribed.

@fadidan84 5 лет назад

Awesome Work! Thank you so very much for going through all these tests and sparing no expense. This was an amazing video.

@InterWebGuy99 5 лет назад

Great review and just bought the LG 12,000 portable through your link. Thanks for the excellent information and evaluation of these air conditioner options. Much appreciated.

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Thanks for supporting our reviews!

@blasphemousmasochist8339 3 года назад

I salute you for the effort put in to this video sir. Thank you very much!

@kzgc8y3n 4 года назад

Very much appreciated the graphs and breakdowns.

@James-ke5sx Год назад

These days you need a dual hose air conditioner even in Canada. It's the middle of January and 7° above zero Celsius outside normally it's -20° Celsius. I think we have a very hot summer coming up.

@LaChocolatScorpio 4 года назад

I got the LG 12000 btu and use it in my bedroom. One thing I’ve learned is with these if ur room isn’t sealed off from the other rooms and u don’t have a window cracked ur room WILL NOT cool off. The AC is sucking all the hot air out of ur room basically turning ur room into a vacuum. So the hot air from the other parts of ur house is being sucked into your room thru any open cracks like under ur door or even the vents from ur home ac/heating. (They have magnetic AC vent covers at Home Depot for like $3)...A lot of people think these portable AC don’t work but they do. We just aren’t being told how to properly prepare the room for them to work. Seal off the room and crack a window and enjoy that lovely ac 😃

@KyleJPie10 2 года назад

But wouldnt cracking a window just suck in hot air from outside instead of inside?

@LaChocolatScorpio 2 года назад

@@KyleJPie10 I thought the same at first but it actually creates a nice cool draft. If u don’t crack a window or something the room won’t cool and It will get really stuffy because it’s sealed off. U need fresh air coming into the room while the AC is blowing the old hot air out of the hose in the window.

@jonathanmathews8496 5 лет назад

One thing i did not see mentioned is that a window unit is more easily able to dehumidify and dump the water outside while a portable will more than likely just dump the water back into the space. And a warmer but dryer room is often far more comfortable then a clammy one

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Great point! Is it "dumping" water into the air or drawing in moist air from outside, though? Even an inefficient single-hose design should exhaust most of the water it collects, but outside air coming in could have enough water in it to make the room feel damp.

@jasonk3038 5 лет назад

Wrong. That is why they have separate settings for cool and dehumidify. Your review missed a key element.

@jonathanmathews8496 5 лет назад

@@jasonk3038 what part is wrong? Anyway in my reply i mentioned that it is mostly an issue with cheeper units and single duct units can struggle with it as well

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

@@jasonk3038 a "dehumidify" mode (at least on the models we tested) is designed to run without the hoses, so you're dumping the warm-and-dry air back into the room and capturing the condensate. The tanks and drains all work about the same, as far as we can tell. We didn't find models with pumps, like you can get on a dedicated dehumidifier. We're assuming that most people buy these for cooling primarily, so we left all that out of the video. I'll add capacity of condensate tanks to a chart in the written review and description, if you think that'd be useful.

@jpurvis1 5 лет назад

@@YourBestDigs do these need constant dumping of collected water?

@greenspiraldragon 5 лет назад

Window AC is always more efficient than having the hot air side sitting inside your home. The portable AC's also dump part of your cooled air out unless they have 2 hoses.

@ryanbertrand4056 5 лет назад

Warning if your Whynter - ARC-122DS Elite fails their only option is for you to ship it to them at your expense. There's been reviews on Amazon that say some have failed in as little as 4 months.

@froshanddink 5 лет назад

whynter's customer service and warranty leave much to be desired.

@iamdretaylor 5 лет назад

you did a lot of work on this, kudos

@yanireyes6827 4 года назад

Awesome review you explain everything really well you made the process of buying an portable air conditioner so easy thanks 🙏🏼

@stuckinthe90sThegoldenera 3 года назад

Yani Reyes Did you ever buy one?

@jasourwnjl 4 года назад

I work odd hours so the in room AC makes it easier to keep it dark it does struggle on those hottest days tho, maybe 15 to 20 days a year on average. The exhaust hose is thin and radiates a lot of heat back into the room lasting into options to I insulate the hose

@strictlybangers 4 года назад

dont care this was made in 2020. it's thorough and informative. thanks for making.

@MikeYoungeasytravel 5 лет назад

Great video, but it would be helpful to list the 2nd place units in each category (one and two hose). Thanks

@mustafa3169 5 лет назад

Mike Young well make your own video🧐🧙🏿‍♂️

@thesenamechangesareallowed4119 4 года назад

Mustafa but we wanna kno in the vid not make our own 🤔

@phototristan 3 года назад

Not sure why you didn’t include Black + Decker in your test.

@kidillusionofthedarknessfl2471 4 года назад

Just got a LG it works great

@Dumbluck14 3 года назад

It usually doesn’t get too warm in PNW but the humidity stays high. Portable just hates humidity. I use it because it is better than nothing but still doesn’t cool very well

@timl.b.2095 4 года назад

That turned out to be more helpful than I expected. Bottom line for me: I gotta move out of this rental with sliding windows.

@ZeFoxii 4 года назад

When you realize he isn’t wearing pants and you immediately get more confused as to what the hell he is wearing

@peteriskrumings8771 3 года назад

2:16 apparently you haven't seen shorts before :D

@randomtuberhandle 5 лет назад

Great video. I would be interested in seeing how single hose, dual hose, and window seated ACs performance compares during summers in hot and dry locations like Pheonix, Arizona versus hot and humid locations like Orlando, Florida. Humidity is a factor that these videos never seem to consider and compare for indoor AC units. Maybe they all compare the same in each type of environment. But I think that the evaporative capability of the environment could possibly change your test results and conclusions... possibly. Would be interesting to see.

@brycering5989 5 лет назад

Most air-con units will cause the room to become less humid (Less water in the air) recirculating the air in the room (Dual hose or window mount) will mean you are not continually condensing the water out of the air/ looking at the chart presented in this video, you can see how the room quickly gets cool, with that the room will be less humid (Not drawing new humid air in) so does your question to ask more to the point, is there more heat energy in humid air or dry air? or does it ask, without knowing about humidity drop due to condensation, which will use more power humid environment or dry air environment? If you plan on the single-hose unit, your question may be more important, but if you use the duel hose or window mount, its just an initial conditioning. where new heat only enters the room by radiation through walls windows sunlight entering the room etc. (IE now new air coming in, or much less than the single-hose units) physics.stackexchange.com/questions/45349/how-air-humidity-affects-how-much-time-is-needed-for-heating-the-air I can only assume withing natural reasoning that the reverse effect is the same energyforums.net/hvac/how-humidity-affects-heating-and-cooling/ this one speaks specifically about cooling and heating.

@brycering5989 5 лет назад

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/building_america/ba_climateguide_7_1.pdf Airconditioning is not my profession. I am an amateur, I enjoy learning about things like this, so I may have something wrong or not accounted for.

@brycering5989 5 лет назад

But I think that the evaporative capability of the environment. with this I want to be clear. your talking about the ability to radiate heat into the air?

@Kmobful 4 года назад

Any window ac will easily outperform a portable

@Kmobful 4 года назад

@Mark Gibson wrong. Portables just aren't efficient as heat is returned to the room they are trying to cool. Do your homework kiddo

@rosarioruiz6155 5 лет назад

Excellent work, your channel by far is most informative thank you from NJ

@KingArtexerxes 5 лет назад

I’ve used the DeLonghi Pinguino eco for several years now. Single hose. 12,000 btu. It’s worked fine so far, but extra hot days, not so much. I typically use it plus a fan at the same time.

@sietievdw5404 2 месяца назад

The newest lg has the hose not on the backside bottom but strait from the backside top. Model lg pa11ws

@walterwillis5351 5 лет назад

I've been using portables for years - live in Washington State, near Tacoma, so weather is mild during summer. I have found the main source of heat from these unit is not hot air being drawn in, it is the hot air being blown out the hose. The hoses have no insulation on them so the heat radiates off the hose into the area around the AC unit. The rest of the room cools off well, but near the AC it can get kind of warm. I usually cover the hose with a curtain to prevent some of the heat from coming back into the room. The hose length is also a drawback - my one window opens on the right side, and my work area is on that side of the room, so one of my desks is kind of cramped space wise when I have the AC setup.

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

I get what you're saying, and a window or split system is always going to beat a portable for that reason. But the difference between single and dual-hose are dramatic as soon as you track heat build-up over time.

@ynotjf 5 лет назад

Walter Willis - Greetings from NE Tacoma Browns Point. After 16 years in our brick house, My Wife and I just bought our first portable on our neighbors recommendation. So far so good..

@esqueue 4 года назад

Outdated video uploaded in 2018 doesn't include the best portable A/C on the market. the lg lp1419ivsm which happens to be a single hose model. I got this after my Haier dual hose 12,000 BTU AC was outperformed by a 5,000 BTU window ac. That means that it was using 12,000 BTU but only putting out less than 5,000 BTU and could only keep my room tolerable if the ac was running all day. I got the LG LP1419IVSM and it can cool down my room even if I use it late with the room already very hot.

@RT060789 5 лет назад

Thank you for all your hard work and great reviews.

@exgenica 5 лет назад

I noticed a likely significant parameter probably affecting the consistency and reliability of your results; the exhaust tube placement and orientation. Manuals from several portable units I've read just today stipulate clearly that the exhaust tube should not be bent more than 45 degrees at any point. At least one manual cautions that bending the tube more than 45 degrees could potentially result in damage to the unit itself (not the tube). I can only assume they are alluding to some sort of increased stress on the compressor. It is also known that the length/extension of the exhaust tube can make a meaningful difference in the efficiency/effectiveness of A/C units. You appear to exceend the 45 degree limit at times and the amount of extension you provide for the exhaust tube appears to vary a bit as well. I don't know HOW much the length of the tube impacts performance...but it does impact it according to the literature. At least one cautioned against adding extensions to the exhaust tube. I hypothesize this is due to static pressure changes similar to those one finds in ducted A/C systems. I would hypothesize the geometry of the tube would also impact this parameter (e.g. diameter and whether accordian or "smooth" tube). The diameter changes a bit as one changes the length of these accordian-style tubes, and the granularity of the internal surface also changes depending on extension. For example, maximum diameter and smoothest internal surface is found when the tube isn't extended at all...also less static pressure due to the short length and energy required to push the air out of a long tube (or duct). You should probably also note that you verify whether the filters are clean and free of any defects which would affect airflow. On the other hand...if these factors turn out to NOT be as significant as the manufacturers seem to suggest, that would be useful information for us as well.

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Interesting thoughts! Thanks for the comment. My assumption about hose bends is that more resistance could cause heat buildup in extreme operating conditions. Whynter specifically says "Only extend the hose to the necessary length, keeping it as short and as straight as possible." LG just says not to use extensions. Obviously, less bend is better for airflow, but the little bit of testing we did didn't show a significant difference in airflow noise so long as the bend was less than 90 degrees. So, in our test setup we tried to minimize length while also keeping bends at less than 90 degrees. We were able to do that consistently across all the machines we tested, and it seems unlikely anyone would move an air conditioner more than a few feet from a wall to meet more stringent angle requirements.

@AlameriKady 3 года назад

Toshiba is really good and i dont know why it is not included

@tripjet999 5 лет назад

Why pull in HOT outside air? Let the unit recirculate, just like your vehicle A/C. Much more efficient.

@jediwookie9240 4 года назад

Have you done this?? Seems much more reasonable, especially if there's fresh air intake currently eh?

@thomaslehnerd6073 4 года назад

Well done comparison. Would really be great to see a comparison between equal BTU portable vs mini split.

@windps1410 4 года назад

Heir brand was a low cost choice, didn't realize that it has great quality. Never see anything similar. Inexpensive but fine quality.

@kooskoos8181 5 лет назад

Thank u for making this video!! I thought u would have 1 million subscribers for how professional u are... I subscribed.

@leilal8053 4 года назад

Thx 4 the explanation of how these wrk....explains so many things.....🥺

@petermaz701 5 лет назад

I have also bought and tested both these units. The Whynter is much quieter than the LG. I tested the 8000 BTU version of the LG (same model as your 12,000 btu) against the 12,000 BTU version of the Whynter. The Whynter is much quieter.

@eucagwar 4 года назад

Thank you! This was very helpful. 1st video I watched now that I’m looking into air conditioners

@nickyoung630 4 года назад

What would you recommend for a small bedroom? I need one because my family insists on keeping the house at 80 degrees and I can’t stand that

@YourBestDigs 4 года назад

A single-hose 10,000 BTU air conditioner (smaller than most of what we've tested) would be big enough for most small bedrooms, but you'll be heating up the rest of the house even more than normal.

@noritanorita2478 4 года назад

We live in AZ and the window units work just fine for the rooms... And is not that bad on the pocket, we do need a portable unit for the living room though... Just Because it doesn't look so ugly 😂

@eurovisie2010 4 года назад

@CEN CAL Because the mobile airco blows out air... So new air has to come in,.. otherwise you would get a vacuum in your hous.. So when you have sealed the tube very well as you should in the window ,.. the air has to come from the other room(s) in your house next to your bedroom.. And sucking air by your airco will then suck air from outside in your other rooms to replace the air that went out of the window in your bedroom... And that air from outside will be hot(te) tnag the air in those rooms.. So it would then be possible to heat up the other rooms.. somewhat.. If the outside air is warmer than the temperature in your other rooms... That's why mobile airco's suck with hot weather..!!

@fritzgod_ Год назад

for single hose applications, during a heat wave what would happen if you were to detach the hose from the window? would it have the potential of cooling off the room if its not pulling in fresh air?

@GuillaumeB7 4 года назад

I can't find the LP1218GXR anywhere in Canada, except refurbished on shady stores. Would the LP1217GSR be the next best thing in a single hosed? My bedroom is 13x13 and we are two people in it. Would the LP1017WSR be a better choice (or is the Honeywell the king of the 10,000 BTU)? I will sometime move it to the living room that is 16x13, but which does not have a door. We are often 4 people in it, but it does not need to reach as low there (as long as on a 95C evening we can reach a temperature of at least 82F, I would be happy).

@YourBestDigs 4 года назад

The 1218 is quieter and has the best features (for remote and cable storage) but cooling performance is fairly similar between them. New TCL models sold at Rona in Canada may be based on the 2020 LG designs, but it's hard to say for sure.

@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 5 лет назад

I don't like window units. There noisy and an eye sore in the window. We have a Delonghi and absolutely love it. 12,000 btu, covers 500 sq ft but I think it actually covers a little more because it cools the living room and into the kitchen, and also some of the hallway going to the bedroom. No problem on very hot and humid days and the single hose does not heat up the room. Just keep the curtains and or blinds shut to keep the solar heat out. I would buy it again.

@itayshorek6872 Год назад

wow what a professional awesome video. so helpful, thanks!

@dougrogers956 5 лет назад

I just read a Consumer Report on portable A/C's and they are not a good choice for cooling your home for all the reasons described in the video . Your best choice is a window unit. I almost made the mistake of getting portable, now I am glad I did not. Yes a window unit is a pain to put in and remove each season but they are much more energy efficient and will cool your home much better.

@Qieri 4 года назад

I need a something with low decibels for a normal size room to keep my devices cold

@incan87 5 лет назад

Nice video. I have a 2 year old winter arc 14 sh but thinking of getting the whynter elite model bc of the noise level. The one I have is so damn loud. I like its performance though

@ScottDreyfus 4 года назад

I'm in south GA, unfortunately I don't know if this is a viable option. It's 100 all summer with crazy humidity. We get indexes in the high teens up to 130 on the most extreme summer days. It'll be 84 in the house and the ac doesn't shut off from mid April until the middle of October.

@nathaniel.04 4 года назад

Scott Dreyfus You should get a Portable air conditioner from Air Blade Co. It cools SO well

@finchharper4647 4 года назад

I love Port AC. but they make the room very damp and swell up all the Kleenex boxes. How do you keep the the dampness out of the room?

@YourBestDigs 4 года назад

If the air conditioner is cooling off the room, but sucking in humid air from outside to replace the air it uses to keep itself cool, you can wind up causing extreme humidity problems. You can take the hose off a portable and use it in dehumidifier mode, but that will heat up the room rather than cool it.

@hoeelandotorrez7891 4 года назад

I love watching your videos. Thank you.

@cooldude2245 5 лет назад

Imho why don’t they make an automatic one that turns on and OFF like a real air conditioner? Also some are so loud and really use a lot of electricity.

@llwscott5720 5 лет назад

Just running one from 3 pm till the next morning makes my electric bill jump over $120 a month. And that's to cool a 12x12 room.

@jamcountrymusic 5 лет назад

The reason that they run all of the time without cycling, they have to get rid of the condensation in the drain pan. This is done by cycling water over the hot condenser coil which allows the water to evaporate through the exhaust hose. It also helps with the efficiency by cooling the condenser coil down..... So, if you actually cut the unit off and don’t let it run enough? Then the unit will eventually cut off itself and show a code for a full drain pan. If this happens, you will have to physically drain the pan through the drain line in the rear of the unit in order to get the unit to run again. I used to be an HVAC tech before I retired, hope this helps?

@peepers4763 5 лет назад

Hey, what about humidity, condensation and water vapor elimination. Do we have to empty a bucket? What about overflow protection?

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

It's not humid enough here to test those features extensively, but all of these models are designed the same way. All will shut down when full, all need to be drained if it's humid enough.

@peepers4763 5 лет назад

Living in San Diego, we don’t have those high dew points like much of the country but, we can’t get monsoonal moisture from south of the boarder. Some model say they eliminate water vapor through the hose. Did any of the models tested make that claim?

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

@@peepers4763 All the air conditioners we've tested claim to evaporate through the hose. In four years, we've only seen the "tank full" warnings one time in San Diego with the old LG and one time in Irvine with the old Honeywell. (On especially humid days running for a long time.)

@RelatedGiraffe 5 лет назад

Hi, great review! One thing you haven't tested (or at least not mentioned), which is also very important for the indoor climate, is air humidity. Some models dehumidifies the air more than others, which make higher temperatures more bearable. Do you think there is some way in which you could test this too?

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Humidity is more difficult for us to control in tests, but theoretically, the dual-hose should do a much better job of keeping air dry, since there's no need to draw damp air in from outside to replace the exhaust air. Anecdotally, that's been true in the conditions we've tested in, but it's not especially humid here. (Southern California.) The rated peak dehumidifier performance numbers for these new 12,00BTU portables range from 74 pints to 79 pints-per-day, so they're comparable in that regard. A 14,000 BTU model can do 100 to 150 pints-per-day, so it can get more air out of the room, but it also cools the room more quickly so you might have the AC shut off when there's still lots of humidity in the air.

@mattys8525 2 года назад

I am confused. You say the dual hose never caught up, but was superior? I live where it gets 110-120 degrees. I would think a dual hose would be better, but now I am not sure... Help?

@MRRANDOM1 3 года назад

Looks like I’ll be buying a window unit. Thanks great information. 👍🏻

@piercesteadys6601 5 лет назад

When you think about it,.. the single hose units are really not efficient, due to the single hose needing to use the inside air of the home to remove the heat from the condenser. What percent of cool room air is being sucked out through the unit to remove the condenser heat? Not to mention, you are going to have trouble when you use this type of unit in a closed room. If you close the door, you restrict the air flow across the condenser which will have a drastic effect on the unit. The dual hose unit should be better as long as one hose is for discharge, and the other hose is intake. Something else to think about unrelated to this is clothes dryers. They have also have a single vent. Which means that when your dryer is operating, your sucking out air from your home, discharging to the outside. Also, your bathroom fan has the same effect. Just thought I would give everyone out there something to think about. Have a great day.

@vkhiev 3 года назад

Lg has most water output. Our favorite is Honeywell 14k btu with heat

@nowayitsjose1445 4 года назад

I need a Ac for a very large room and budget is under 500. Preferably not a window AC because the windows don't open/close and are very wide.

@billgateskilledmyuncle23 4 года назад

Window units are much more efficient. Hot side is outside using outdoor air to cool condenser and cold side is on inside. Portable units are just handier and I'd rather have an appliance out in the room away from the curtains and flammable objects than stuck in a window.

@bloodshadow7082 4 года назад

I already thought about this 10 years ago it finally became a reality. I'm impressed

@mustafaraheem9675 3 года назад

"Our reviews are never sponsored, but we get a commission from retailers if you buy through our links." lol

@Yankeerex 5 лет назад

AWESOME REVIEW!!! Thank you so much for the knowledge.

@PetePuzzle 5 лет назад

Excellent review comparing how single hose and double hose portable air conditioners perform under various temperature conditions. But...I thought most (if not all) double hose portable air conditioners can operate as single hose units by simply removing the intake hose. I wish you would have considered that in your testing. I would love to know how the Whynter ARC-122DS (with it's intake hose removed) would compare to the LG LP-GRX1218 under similar testing conditions. I figure a double hose portable air conditioner would give me the best of both worlds.

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

The rationale isn't so much that a single hose might be better for some, but rather that if you can get away with single-hose performance, the LG is a nicer-looking machine with better features.

@bosede-nage8467 5 лет назад

You mentioned the difference between dual hose and single hose quite a few times but did not compare any with a window mounted unit

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Performance comparison chart is here: 2:30 Here's our post about Window ACs: www.yourbestdigs.com/reviews/best-window-air-conditioner/

@kcaegis45 5 лет назад

Unfortunately, your review of portable acs does not discuss the water condensation or collection/draining of the condensation water. Since there are two type of systems, fully and partial evaportive. Fully evaporative system do not require any draining and therefore will not auto off which is cause by too much condensation water. Partial system require draining if too much condensation water is collected in the unit and if not drained the unit will auto shut off. It will only restart untill you drain enough water out so it can restart. You did not state what type of system the units you tested are. In the future, can you test both fully and partial evaporative systems and state which units are which.

@YourBestDigs 5 лет назад

Sadly, the documentation about this distinction is now clear as mud. :/ It seems that all the new systems we tested are fully evaporative, since there's no indication that they require draining in normal use. We've only had a few days humid enough to really put that to the test, though, with the older LG and Honeywell both filling up on one occasion each.

@MrTwinsrule 5 лет назад

I'm going the route of portable. I have a whole house central system. The window units helped this old Miller last for over 13 years. Window units cool better but they develop black mold . It's not to hard to clean, but after 2 years the mold is too far in the unit. So I'm tossing the mold makers.

@helenporter9750 4 года назад

Hi thx for the testing but there was no mention of cancer or reproductive warnings l recently bought 2 air conditioners after getting them home l noticed these warnings on the boxes so what components has these harmful items and do all air conditioners have these components or chemicals the state of CA do not allow these so what do they use instead?

@sietievdw5404 2 месяца назад

Did you test again? These tests are 5 years old and I,m sure things changed in the airco,s.