For any of you thinking about getting one of these portable ac units you might benefit from my recent experience. I purchased a different brand at best buy recently (12,000 btus). It couldn’t cool my 300, or so, room down past 78 degrees. I think the problem is that the exhaust heats up the tube so much it is like having a cooler and a heater in the same room. Even on side side windows I think the better option is to finagle a regular window unit in. Far less expensive and there are many hacks online for how to make them work. You can even use a piece of plexiglass to keep the natural light. Just my opinion. If you do go the portable route perhaps insulating the duct work would help. Good luck and happy cooling either way.
Thank you for the recent post. I was considering this unit, but know I’m going to do a bit more research on floor models , thank you.
We have several portable units (none are this particular brand/model) and insulating the duct tube’s worked great. A bit more effort but well worth it.
I have an 8kBTU unit from LG. For it to cool my 200sqft room I need to completely seal the room (towel under the door and central AC vent closed) to get a 2-3 degree drop over the central AC. It can hold 75-80F in the room with 2 people and a TV on a 113F day (uninsulted west facing wall gets to about 95F inside on a 113F day.) As soon as we open the door to go in and out, the temperature will go to whatever the central air is pushing. It takes about an hour to recover.
This happens because the central AC replaces all the air you’re cooling with this thing (central ACs circulate more air than most people realize.) The amount of air this unit is pushing out gets pumped back through the main system and recirculated throughout the house. You’re effectively throwing an ice cube in the central air intake hoping it will help cool the house.
I do agree about the hose though, it doesn’t help having it radiate heat in the space it’s trying to cool. In addition to adding a comforter or something over it, ensure the hose is no where near the air intake. It will suck air in across the hot hose. I bought a 6in metal duct hose to help extend its range from the window (it required cutting about 6in of the AC hose off to make an adaptor for the duct mounts either at the window or AC unit. Replacement hoses are pretty expensive.)
This AC unit only has 1 hose. Get a 2 hose unit if you can. If you think about it, the AC is pushing lots of hot air through the hose and out the window. If all the air gets sucked out of the room, it would become a vacuum and you’d die from lack of oxygen. That doesn’t happen so what’s up? Well, air from outside the room gets pulled in under the door, through drafty windows, etc. to replace the air that’s being pumped out the window. The problem is the air from outside the room (from the hallway, outside the house, etc.) is probably warm/hot air. Net result is this AC unit may blow cold air, but hot air is being sucked into the room at the same time, and that lessens the cooling effect.
If you get a 2 hose AC unit, outside air is sucked into the unit through 1 hose and blown back outside through the other hose. Therefore, no vacuum effect is happening and no hot air is pulled into the room from the hallway. I’ve owned both 1 hose and 2 hose portable AC units and I learned this from experience.
Even with a 2 host AC unit it’s a good idea to insulate the hoses, especially the hot exhaust hose.
DO NOT GET A 2ND HOSE TO EXTEND THE EXHAUST RANGE.
This is simple HVAC math.
Not only would you double the surface area of HOT exhaust hose, you are also asking this little machine to work MUCH harder than it was designed to work which in turn will reduce efficiency and increase wear.
Set this puppy as close to the window as possible with the shortest hose length.
Insulating the exhaust hose like another member suggested is a great idea.
Also I screwed the plastic duct outlet and panel onto a piece of 1inch foam board and then used metal hvac tape to hold it in place and also taped the seams on the window where the foam meets. This makes your connection airtight, literally.
Best of luck
We live by the beach so AC is usually not needed. But sometimes it is just too hot. For those days we have one of these(same exact model), works awesome, hose does get warm but we have it right next to the window and not stretched out all crazy so it doesn’t matter. Keeps everything nice and cool, and the kids fall asleep to the white noise. Highly recommend.
Does anybody know the model number of the LG thousand BTU portable air conditioner?
Hey iceathlete, I don’t know if you’re referring my post above about preferring a 2 hose portable AC over a 1 hose unit. If so, I didn’t mean getting a 2nd hose to extend the original hose. I meant getting a portable AC that has 2 hoses (an intake hose and an exhaust hose) going out the window. Something that looks like this:
It’s in the title. 
LP1015WNR
I have one I LOVE IT
easy to install easy to use
also keeps the humidity OUT
I do like it rolls away at end of season
but it gets room down to 72 - 73
which is perfect
If you don’t want to DIY hose insulation, a website called Planetaides sells Cool-Aide insulators for about $50. I use one on a double-hose unit and it works very well.
He was refering to my post.
I’d like to see the actual formula for meassuring duct pressure versus length and diameter though if it is really such simple HVAC math. My setup is working great allowing me to turn the AC off occasionally now instead of on all day and into the night with the same daily temperatures.
I just purchased the DeLongi Penguini on HSN. But the hose is so stiff going from the bottom of the unit to the window it makes the unit stick way out into the hallway/room. Does anyone know of a more flexible exhaust hose we could get? so we could maneuver the unit closer to the wall and window.
We wrapped ours in aluminum foil.
I never see two-hosers anywhere! Where do you find them?
I bought this model 2 years ago from somewhere else and it works great, but it does have it’s limitations. Simply put, it’s no replacement for central air. A 10k BTU AC unit isn’t enough for anything over 400 square feet. That said, I use mine in my bedroom and keep the hose as straight as possible to the window vent and it cools it down pretty quickly and no need for special window attachments. I especially like the timer and remote control so I don’t have to get up to turn it off at the unit if it gets too cool. After the summer, it conveniently goes into the closet.
Question - does it include all necessary accessories (window kit, screws, insulation, etc)? Does not list those as in the box.
Alberta?