BLACK+DECKER Portable Air Conditioner with Heat, 12,000 BTU (8,150 BTU SACC) with 10,500 BTU Heating for Rooms Up To 550 Sq. Ft., Portable AC with Follow Me Remote Control, BPT08HWTB, White

Was a little more difficult to install than expected, not too bad but had to go to hardware store for some additional foam insulation. Have only used a few times as the weather has been less hot. Seems to do the job in our master bedroom.

It’s amazing. A friend bought one for their glamping 4season tent as well

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.

Works great!

I grew up in the city but now live in the burbs. I do everything from my home, if I can. It's a quiet street inside and out. I enjoy quiet.I like Black and Decker a lot. I own many of their products but this AC is annoyingly LOUD.I suspect that this noise level is an aberration. I bought it with the hope that I could cool a single small room during the summer in Houston and use the heater during the few months of "winter" here.It does work, but I had to buy a lot of other tape and foam to seal it. The exhaust system is annoying but manageable. My house is large and I only use one room most of the time. Most of the others in my house aren't home during the day. So my hope was to turn off the upstairs and downstairs AC units and just use my little Black and Decker buddy.But it's SO LOUD. I installed it last night, closed the vents, and my door. Turned it on. I couldn't sleep last night. Kept waking up to shut it off because it was SO LOUD, then was too hot so turned it back on until I was comfortable, then turned it off so I could sleep.I live on a quiet street and I'm a professional musician who turned to programming with a professional studio so I know something about sound. I like to protect my ears. I would like to share my decibel tests with you:My studio, with everything off is 45db.My room with everything except laptop off is 51-53db.Directly in front of the AC unit it is pushing 97.8 decibels with max of 99.3db and that's dangerous.Ambient sound a foot away is 80db.Ambient sound 3 feet away is 69.8db.Ambient sound across the room with AC on is 65.7db.The sound does not change significantly no matter what level I have the fan on.I do not know if I have a broken unit but I waited a month to install it because I had pneumonia and just couldn't do it, or would have returned it immediately. It cools the room effectively but it's so loud there should be a warning.This is great for the garage but not the house. It does work. If I close the doors the room cools very fast. I'm impressed with that aspect of the functionality. If you're deaf this is the AC for you. If your hearing, or a modicum of serenity is important to you then I strongly suggest you look elsewhere.Summary: VERY LOUD! Exhaust system is hard to manage. You're gonna have to jerry-rig something. Does cool one medium sized bedroom with high ceilings very well. Great for GARAGE or attic -- not house.Money wasted.

I bought this unit specifically because it offered dual function-both AC and heat. We set it up in our large master bedroom this last summer (June) and the AC worked great. No issues to report there. It is a little noisy but in comparison to other AC units, I didn’t expect whisper quite. Fast forward to the winter months, now in late December, and the problems have begun. We’ve been using the heat function for at least a month now (no issues). Nothing excessive, generally set it to 68 at night, 70 during the day to keep the chill out of the air. We live in Oregon and it’s usually around 45 degrees and rainy in the winter, on average. Like I said, nothing excessive. About a week ago, the unit shut off and “Ft” was flashing on the screen. Per the manual, the tank is full. It was easy enough to drain and it started right back up. Then, every few hours, it would stop and flash “Ft” again. I’d drain it. And then again with the “Ft” this time in the middle of the night and I wasn’t about to mess with it. Why all of a sudden is the tank filling up so quickly? Turns out, when the unit is functioning as a heat source, it is ALSO dehumidifying the air (even though those are separate functions), thus the full tank. While my master bedroom does not feel or appear to be humid, apparently it is. Perhaps because it was an addition to the home about 20 years ago and was built on a slab and has no crawl space- I’m not a contractor so idk! Either way, this unit will not provide the dual function of heat and cooling and ultimately was not worth the $500 I spent (bummer). I should have invested in a mini split..so if you are considering this unit for the heat function, probably best to determine if you live in a humid environment or if your home/room is humid or you may end up with a constant full tank.

I bought this for my grand fur babies because my son and his family moved back into the house during a transition. He has two big dogs that I would not allow to stay in the house. I put them in one of my small garages and hooked the BD portable AC and heater up with proper ventilation. I can tell you it has worked perfectly both summer and fall. I would recommend this product for similar circumstances and I like the portability.

Very satisfied with the quality of the unit. We have it in a sunroom that gets very hot in the summertime and very cold in the winter. So far this summary it has worked great. Low noise .