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Cosmo: Just like Sir, we have been looking at a portable a/c. My landlord won't fix our central a/c and I'm about to retire, so I don't want to move until I get my retirement house (house.... not HOME... ). I was looking at the window units, and they are lighter than I thought (and used to be). They also have brackets for support and panels probably similar to the one you have. In your opinion, what would be the difference between the portable and the window unit? You still have to route an exhaust outside, so am I missing something? Any advice would be appreciated.

Sheriff

Sir NoddinOff wrote:

cosmo wrote:I do have a 10,000 BTU portable room unit I bought last year at costco for about $350. No central AC unfortunately. Way overkill for the space so I should be all prepared

This is really bizarre but I was just thinking of one of those last night. I really don't want to go central due to the cost but I definitely would like to be cooler in the summer... plus the price is right.

Cosmo: How noisy is it? What about clammy air? Did you install it yourself?

If serious about an in-room AC your best bet is find one of the models that uses two hoses. One for intake and one for out. They will all work but the single hose units create negative pressure in the house which will pull hot air from outside through everything tiny external link potentially making it warmer in the rest of the house.

The two hose unit work like a window unit so that pressure is not created.

Just something I didn't learn about until after buyng a single hose unit.

Being in humid mid-florida I am concerned about humidity in the summer . We have to run A/c From April until November and some days after that. I can't stand to be hot at night. The ac condensate line will take out 5 to 10 gallons of water per day and will clog up with mold of you don't flush it with chlorine every few months
I think they recommend 64 degrees or so in the bedroom , I can't afford to run the central that low so I 'm considering running a separate ac unit in the night in the bedroom. The rest of the house at 80 degrees dry air. I have the ds560 apap humidifier set at 1 in the winter , can't take it if I go to 0 which is just passover air . I hear that the pap air flow cools your head , that will be great for me . Summer is my worst sleep pattern , hoping apap will better that.
Humidity here is horrible in summer, and mold is rampant. That's why I clean my equipment and use a cap full of bleach to the gallon of wash water. I wish my apap had steps between off and 1 as summer settings may be more difficult.
I'm running a hose cozy to stop rain out and I Love that it muffles the breathing sounds. I even bought one for my atlanta cpap buddy , he had just taped wash cloths to his this winter. I use blue resmed zippered cozy.

JohnO wrote:

Sir NoddinOff wrote:This is really bizarre but I was just thinking of one of those last night. I really don't want to go central due to the cost but I definitely would like to be cooler in the summer... plus the price is right.

If you are comfortable with refurbished units, I noticed woot.com has a similar item as their sale item today:

http://www.woot.com/offers/sharp-portab ... dium=email


John

Thanks, John. Noted above, the Home Depot one looks big enough for our medium sized bedroom - only two fan speeds and 7000 BTU but should get the job done. Plus Home Depot has a good return policy.

The user submitted photo on home depot gave me a good chuckle. He made his own dual hose.

I think I'll go on APAP mode for a few days when it gets warmer to see if there are any pressure changes with the change in season.

Sir NoddinOff wrote:

cosmo wrote:I do have a 10,000 BTU portable room unit I bought last year at costco for about $350. No central AC unfortunately. Way overkill for the space so I should be all prepared

This is really bizarre but I was just thinking of one of those last night. I really don't want to go central due to the cost but I definitely would like to be cooler in the summer... plus the price is right.

Cosmo: How noisy is it? What about clammy air? Did you install it yourself?

Last summer when I was having asthma problems I bought a two hose version of portable sir conditioner on amazon prime. There was no shipping cost. It was delivered to my front door. No lugging it in and out of a car. It works well.