Danby DPAC8KDB Portable Air Conditioner

My wife and I have a room that faces west so we get a lot of warmth buildup in our room during the later hours of the day. This coupled with our apartment complex's failure to properly size the central air's compressor to our square-footage means our room is hot and the AC can't do anything to cool it below 80F any time of the day (Texas Summers). After a month of hot nights we decided to get a portable unit and now that we've got this we won't ever go back.

###If you own this unit and the temperatures aren't reading properly, insulate the exhaust hose with some foil from where it connects to the unit and about 2 feet after that###

Benefits:

Remote controlled

Easy to install kit into window. Easy to move as well with the built-on castor wheels

Cools great our room is maybe 15 x 15 and we can keep it at 73 degrees all night without an issue. Unit goes to 61 degrees.

Fan noise is pleasant we like white noise

Thermostat shuts compressor off once temp is reached, kicks back on when temp rises again.

Timer is easy to set and helps to save energy.

Energy usage is a lot less than running the central air all night (My KilaWatt meter gave me an average of 5.92kWh per night over 5 days or roughly $9 a month)

Doubles as a dehumidifier with 45 pint capacity. Comes with hose for draining. Don't use the hose if just using it as an AC unit.

Pulls a lot of dust out of the air. Just make sure you clean your filters about once a month.

Downfalls:

Blue led-lit display on the front is too BRIGHT. We cut a flap of thin cardboard and taped it to the unit along the top and sides using some electrical tape. Doing so prevents remote from functioning with unit though.

Hose comes out at a 90 degree angle from the unit making it difficult to place next to a wall. Clearance required is roughly 1 foot behind the unit to allow proper air flow.

Hose coming out the rear tends to get hot and gives off ambient heat. Since the units thermostat is literally right above the hose (located under the top rear filter on the upper right) the temperature readings can be off by as much as 10 degrees. At first we were having issues with the compressor running all night non stop. When I figured out what was going on I insulated the hose with some foil where the hose connects to the unit and about 2 feet more of the hose from there. Temps now read properly.

We bought our unit from Best Buy with my wife's employee discount so we paid quite a bit less than what Amazon is selling it for but I would have gladly paid the amount here for the pleasant sleep we now both enjoy.