28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Cooling problems and a defect make ACP-1000E a mixed bag, August 18, 2008
This review is from: NewAir R1000E (Refurbished) New Air Portable Air Conditioner Features 10,000 BTUs of Cooling Power (Kitchen)
I bought the Newair ACP-1000E because we live in an apartment and a 'portable' AC would be much easier to install and move and wouldn't require approval from the apartment management. The ACP-1000E arrived quickly and was well-packed. It had a pleasing design (we nick-named it R2) and, though heavy, is fairly easy to roll around on its casters. Installation was straight forward. A simple matter of mounting the supplied window kit and attaching the exhaust hose.
When turned on the closed louvers automatically open (and shut when its turned off - a cool effect) and the LCD panel is pretty with descriptive icons for the various settings, though I found navigating through them confusing.
This first problem I encountered were the horizontal louvers that are supposed to direct the air flow from floor to ceiling. However, on our unit they only went from the floor to mid-room, thereby not directing the cold air towards the ceiling where hot air rises (the horizontal and vertical louvers can be independently controlled, so I set the horizontal ones stationary at mid-room and let the vertical sweep left and right).
The expandable exhaust hose (looks like the same type on the back of a clothes dryer) is about 6' long and the instructions rightly recommend keeping it as short and straight as possible so the heat has the shortest path out of the room. However, due to the location of the only window in our bedroom I had to use almost all six ft. of it and create two rather sharp bends. Therein lies the problem with portable air conditioners. The exhaust hose gets very hot and radiates heat back into the room, thereby canceling out a lot of the cooling power of the AC (a traditional window-mounted AC doesn't have this problem since the hot exhaust is sent directly out the back of the unit).
Due to this we've been unable to cool a medium-sized bedroom below 79 degrees with the unit on high when the outside temp was in the upper 90s. Using a box fan to direct the cold air on us helped somewhat, but it remained uncomfortably warm. The unit is also noisy, though no more than a window-mounted AC, so if you can't sleep with a window-mounted AC you won't be able to with the Newair ACP-1000E.
In conclusion, if you can keep the heat radiated back into the room to a minimum by keeping the exhaust hose short then this unit may work for you, but with the wide variables in room and window configurations this may not always be possible.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great alternative for those who can't use window or wall units., June 23, 2008
This review is from: NewAir R1000E (Refurbished) New Air Portable Air Conditioner Features 10,000 BTUs of Cooling Power (Kitchen)
Over all I am very pleased with my purchase got mine from [...] , the ac works exactly as it should with no problems, a lot quieter than actual wall and window units I have owned in the past, my previous 8,000 btu wall unit did not cool my room at all during that 97 degree heat wave here in New York a week ago so I looked in to a stronger unit and a portable unit. I love the automatic louvers and how they circulate the air to the directions I set it to, this unit dehumidifies very well even in 85% humidity you can feel a very noticeable difference upon walking in my room. The remote control is great as it has a lcd on it which lets me see what I pressed and lets me know the temperature and every thing with out having to get up to look at the unit.
This unit comes with every thing needed to get it running right out the box, and took about 20 minutes to set up, as soon as you turn the unit on it only takes about 15-20 minutes before you notice that it is cooling and I am very pleased that I can finally cool of in this heat, if your looking for a portable ac with great features, 10,000 btu's and a price tag of $299 then I really suggest buying this unit only cost me $322 plus shipping and taxes after a 20% of coupon. Summer is just getting started so don't torture yourself in this heat...
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Received 2 broken units, April 25, 2009
This review is from: NewAir R1000E (Refurbished) New Air Portable Air Conditioner Features 10,000 BTUs of Cooling Power (Kitchen)
Received this air conditioner as a gift early last summer for my then 6 month old daugter's room. It worked for about 2 months before it just stopped working. No air, no lights, no nothing. Had to spend over $100 to ship it back to "Air & Water", not to mention having to lug it to the shipping center. They finally sent a replacement 3 months later. Just went to hook it up, and the exhaust fan isn't working!!! It will blow cold air for about 40 sec, then hot air. WORST EXPERIENCE WITH ANY PRODUCT EVER!
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