ARC-1230WNH 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner, Heater, Dehumidifier, and Fan

I have three portable air conditioners, and this one is outstanding. I like all three for different reasons. This one I have in my bedroom and it is very quiet. Perfect for cooling down a 14 x 14 bedroom. I also like the timer. The auto function also works very well. It’s pretty easy to set up, comparable with others. The hoses seem more durable than others that I’ve tried in the past. When I have bought cheaper ones, the hoses can tear or are flimsy to assemble. This one is very good. I highly recommend this one!

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!

So I was very nervous about purchasing a portable AC unit for our upstairs bedroom and I looked all over and read I don't know how many reviews. I came across this unit and let me tell you it is definitely worth the money I have had it running on and off for a while now and it really keeps my upstairs cool and I have an older home not so well insulated but it really does work. Everything comes easy right out of the box and is very simple to set up, the vent tube is a very good length of you need to move it around a little to position the unit plus the hose is very flexible as well. The unit itself is very quiet to me I don't even know that it's running half the time. The maintenance is very easy cleaning the filter every two weeks which is really easy to clean as well the app is very straight forward and easy to install and works very well with the unit. I would highly recommend this to someone that is looked to cool a medium to large room in the summer and is easy to install with no professional setup needed and oh and the inverter technology inside the unit is very pleasing which again makes it super quiet and I feel like I never have to drain it because of the evaporator that gets rid of the water. Again highly recommend to anyone looking for a portable ac

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.

I give it 5 stars because it’s the best portable AC I’ve ever used. That’s not to say it’s perfect. I’m using it in an un-insulated room that’s about 150 square feet and 12 foot ceilings. During the hottest part of the summer with temps around 100 it kept the room around 75 degrees F. From my perspective that’s pretty good. I wouldn’t call it quiet but I’ve had lower cooling capacity AC’s make more noise. As the temps have gotten cooler it doesn’t work as hard and make a bit less noise. The thing I like least about it is the way the exhaust comes out of the unit. It makes it difficult to wipe the coils when I clean the filter. Keeping the filter and coils clean is the single most effective thing one can do to keep an AC functioning efficiently and as long as possible. So an access restriction is annoying. I’ll have a central system in place by summer so I’ll only have used for one season. However it ran almost constantly from May through September and is still working well. The remote operation via an app is also a convenient feature. I’d buy again.

Es buen producto (vivo en Pachuca, México). En estas olas de calor consecutivas me ha funcionado muy bien. Símplemente el precio es un poco alto, pero a cambio casi no hace ruido y tampoco ha aumentado demaciado mi consumo de electricidad.

This thing is a beast - great for condo use, relatively easy to set up, easy to set and use. I have it in my bedroom and provided I leave the bedroom door open before bedtime it makes a decent attempt on taking the worst edge off the rest of the condo as well. With the door shut it brings the room to a comfortable level quickly and keeps it there easily. Livable but less positive - sleep mode doesn't just reduce the throughput, it appears to switch it off completely. The noise of operation is easy to sleep through, but it does have an unfortunate habit of beeping when it changes mode, and those are not easy to sleep through.

Product arrived damaged but the seller was very responsive to resolve the situation. The unit itself is excellent, quiet and effective.