does this work as a mini air-conditioning unit? or is the air that it blows the same temperature as the surrounding air?
1677758
It seems to blow the same temperature as the surrounding air. As far as I can tell, this is not a mini air conditioning unit.
1677759
It doesn't blow cool air. It is like a fan and just blows the surrounding air.
2056338
confusing question but to answer your question it does provide cool air, the reason to put under/next to the AC is that it push the cold air farther into the room. I just clast mine through the ceiling and move it around until the current land where i sit.
1080234
The exit exhaust blows VERY hot air out. I don't think it would work, the air exiting is much hotter than the machine is cooling. I bought 6 of these, meant to only buy three and had a nightmare with the vendor. See my review before buying. Also, the unit does not cool nearly as well as the description says. It seems to get a SMALL room down to about 73 but no further. A big size room it is marginal at best.
867478
If you need to cool a small space, it's just fine. My home office is tiny and I have this a/c right behind me. I needed to break the plastic vent bec it was shooting all the a/c to the vaulted ceiling. Since I made the adaptation, the cold air blows right on me while computing.
2056337
This fan does not cool the air. It moves air well, allowing for a warmer setter on the AC control, because it feels cooler when the air is moving.
1526596
I put one of these in our always cool, 14x20' lower Family Room. While it has made a somewhat noticeable difference in temp, I'll probably add at least one more. The information supplied by the manufacturer seems to be accurate regarding the size of room and number of units needed. Also, these things provide what I would call " ambient heat". There is no sound, movement, blowing air, etc. just a warmth that emanates from the unit. It kind of fools you into wondering if it really works, but it does!
90088
The only thing to be aware of, not made clear in the owner's manual for portable air conditioners (any that I have researched so far) is that the fan will run continuously, even when the desired temperature for the room that you set has been achieved. This is different from window air conditioning units that have the ability to turn the fan off when the set temp is satisfied, and only come on periodically to sample the air and see if the compressor needs to cool the air down again. I have found no portable units that offer this feature. Spoke with the manufacturer of the Toyotomi product, and they appreciate the feedback but have no plan to incorporate the feature into their product. The only thing to be aware of, not made clear in the owner's manual for portable air conditioners (any that I have researched so far) is that the fan will run continuously, even when the desired temperature for the room that you set has been achieved. This is different from window air conditioning units that have the ability to turn the fan off when the set temp is satisfied, and only come on periodically to sample the air and see if the compressor needs to cool the air down again. I have found no portable units that offer this feature. Spoke with the manufacturer of the Toyotomi product,... » Read More The only thing to be aware of, not made clear in the owner's manual for portable air conditioners (any that I have researched so far) is that the fan will run continuously, even when the desired temperature for the room that you set has been achieved. This is different from window air conditioning units that have the ability to turn the fan off when the set temp is satisfied, and only come on periodically to sample the air and see if the compressor needs to cool the air down again. I have found no portable units that offer this feature. Spoke with the manufacturer of the Toyotomi product, and they appreciate the feedback but have no plan to incorporate the feature into their product. « Show Less
1336042
Hi Donald. The AC has a fan setting that will act as a regular fan to bring in the outside air. I have been using this AC for about 1 year now and it is really up to the job of cooling. Especially like the energy save setting. Use it at night.
969484
It does blow out hot air. If you use it is s smaller room it will definitely make the hot in that room warmer.
806551
When you set the A/C on for cool air, it vents(pulls) the hot air from inside and blows cooled air from the outside. If you turn the unit on in the fan only setting, it will blow(normal, ambient) air from the outside without venting(pulling) the air from inside the room. If you only want ambient outside air, the fan only setting will do that, but won't recycle the air like it would if you set the unit to cool the room. Good luck.
859186
It blows room-temperature air. There is no cooling element besides it being a fan.
1995733
unit does have a fan only position but does not push a lot of air, would help in small space but I believe their are better options available for cooling. I did just buy this heater this winter though so have not tried it in this type of situation.
2106629
if it's not too humid and the air is blowing on you from less than 8', yes. Nice cool, humidified air. Can be made to fan across area and could cool two or three people adequately. I have three units and really love them inside.
2035969
This portable AC (with heater), works very well. It does not seem too noisy to me compared with other portable air conditioners. This is not to say that it silent.
54450
This device is designed to work with window unit air conditioners. While it may work with a portable AC it's recommended against in the instructions.
1754214
I believe as long as you have a place to vent it out of the space you are trying to cool, it should work. Just make sure that where ever you vent it out to, that it is ok to vent really warm air in there. This is a powerful machine and the air that it circulates out is hot. But it works really well cooling the space, I had it in an above garage room that would normally be very hot and it worked great!
1996600
Sorry, I haven't used it enough to find out. My experience is, however, that the portable AC's aren't efficient air conditioners, just a whole lot cheaper to purchase and install. If I needed and AC to be operating all or much of the time, I would probably buy the a permanent installation such as Mitsubishi and others sell.