BLACK+DECKER Portable Air Conditioner with Heat, 8,150 BTU SACC/CEC (12,000 BTU ASHRAE 128) with 10,500 BTU Heating for Rooms Up To 550 Sq. Ft., Portable AC with Follow Me Remote Control, White

I'll begin by saying, I am a big fan of Black & Decker products. I have many of their cordless tools, and a cordless self-propelled lawn mower that has been going strong for 11 years on the original battery.When I began my search for portable AC units for my kids' rooms, I came across the B &D models and didn't hesitate to purchase 2. This is now our 2nd season with these units and I have not been disappointed.These units are powerful. When the outside temperature was approaching 100, their rooms stayed a very comfortable 68.Set up was simple. My son's room has a sliding window. The window kit that came with the unit was perfect. We had the AC installed and running in under 5 minutes. My daughter's room has a crank out window, so I purchased the Homee Universal Window Seal to install hers. The window seal took slightly longer to install, but the seal works great! At the end of the season we'll just roll them into their closets until next year.Having had both window and portable ACs, this is about average for noise level. Once the room reaches the desired temperature, the compressor kicks down and it operates pretty quietly.These units are very energy efficient. Prior to purchasing these units, we used window and tower fans to cool their rooms. My electric bill has dropped by about 1/3 since installing these units.In all, I am very satisfied with the units and expect they will serve us as well as the other Black and Decker products we own.

Recommended to me by a friend, I bought this when the heat wave happened. Since then I've been turning this unit on around high 75F+, and it cools my room within 5-15 mins. My room is about 11ft x 11ft. I haven't done my research yet, but in my opinion it's safe to assume that this unit is mostly meant for smaller to mid-sized rooms. I wouldn't buy this unit for a living room size simply because of the BTU's. The unit will work as intended but won't cool the room nearly as fast. As I've said, I haven't done much research so take my review with a grain of salt. I also keep this on during the night for 2 hours. There's a night function that puts the fan at the slowest speed and turns down the brightness of the screen on the unit. The unit is kind of loud still at the lowest setting, so if you're a light sleeper (MAYBE) look for a quieter unit. For me, I've gotten used to the sound and it kind of adds background noise. Lastly, I feel like the controls and design of the remote could've been better, I recommend reading the manual to learn the controls. Also I wish that the screen on the remote was LED, it kind of gets annoying to use at night when you want to adjust the temperature but you can't see. Overall, I'm satisfied: the pros definitely outweigh the cons.

I have a large-ish master bedroom with a south-facing wall that has a sliding glass door plus a 4x7 foot window. This unit can maintain 68 °F in the room when it's 126° outside the door.Energy efficiency? I have no idea. I only care that can sleep.I do have to keep an independent fan running to soften the noise of this unit turning on/off at night. Even my sweet service dog was growling when it rudely interrupted our rest.The windows in my house crank out vertically left/right. It took a bit of fennagling to use the supplied window adapter, but it works perfectly once I figured it out. (I'll edit with directions if I get teacherly at a later time. 😉)The control display panel is over simplified. I was in software for decades and I have trouble remembering which configuration I like if someone changes it.All in all, I would give this to my mom if I lived near by so I could 'fix' it when the settings were messed up.

Washington state just had record high temperatures. Luckily I got this in right before it struck. The first night I set it up in the living room on the sliding door. I just cut up the box and taped it up in the sliding screen to form a wall and cut out a square in the bottom for the vent slat.I closed off the doors and turned on the AC. It started tripping the breaker pretty often throughout the night. I was worried about my purchase. It just wasn’t powerful enough to cool the whole central part of the apartment. The next morning I put it in the bedroom into a sliding window. I created a wall with the cardboard again. It cools the room well. It has tripped the breaker a time or two but not like it was in the living room.I did some reading and this can be prevented by turning the unit off periodically. I shut it off for a 12 hour window at one point, which was hot and miserable, but it allowed the unit to rest. So now I turn it off throughout the day to give it rest.Overall I enjoy the AC but it’s only good for a bedroom in my opinion. If you’re trying to cool a larger area, get a bigger unit.

We purchased this unit primarily for use during power outages from hurricanes. We have used it maybe 5 or 6 times now and it works very well. We have a large master bedroom (16x30) with 16 ft vaulted ceilings. It cools this room to a comfortable 72-74 within an hour or two. It's a bit noisy for sleeping, but there isn't much you can do about that in this market of machines.