Great price for this unit. We paid over twice this for a similar unit for our sons small apartment at school. It surly is not ideal for a long term solution but for a couple of years in a small apartment it has been wonderful. If you have a need then it is a great buy!

Jim

Ugh

I would have been on pins and needles waiting for the arrival of this even like...TWO WEEKS AGO

Save it for next year? I have a nice apt but this thing takes up space

A Day Late, A Buck Short is the right phrase

chucknbran wrote:This worked great for my units. I'd be more worried about the drainage.

Drainage isn't that much of an issue I think. FOr me I just wheel mine close to the stairs and I have a pretty handy bucket that goes on the stairwell right under the drain so no mess and no hassle, takes only a few minutes.

If every wooter bought one of these and put it outside, maybe.. just maybe it could be the solution to global warming.

Seriously though, this looks like a great deal if you don't need A/C very often or can't run it to a room. And it wouldn't block a window.

In for one. Central unit crapped out here in Houston about a month ago. Living on one window unit and one other portable 10,000 BTU GE unit bought as a backup/ garage cooler last year. These units do work well but you have to do some minor upgrades (insulated flex duct over the exhaust hose, run the drain line out the window or use a larger container) to get the maximum benefit from them. For those of you that have central air and live in the sticky south these also work as a dehumidifier and are awesome for a garage or workshop with no AC. You can also wheel them under a canopy or gazebo to make summer days bearable for the kids or dinner guests at a BBQ.

Tomjones wrote:It's fall everywhere in the 48 states.

Technically not fall till the fall equinox - around the 21st...just to be uh...technical

BMPhelps wrote:Exactly, I was set to pull the trigger as the central air unit in my house is ineffective to say the least in cooling the upstairs, but after reading the built in GFI continously trips decided it wasnt worth it. Shame because it sounded like a good deal but glad I resisted.

It's supposed to trip when it senses overload. These things draw a lot of current. Can't just expect to plug it in anywhere.

Tomjones wrote:It's fall everywhere in the 48 states.

Ever been to Houston? Two seasons here...hot as hell and January.

Please tell me this will not ship by EGL if I buy one...They are a pain to deal with.

stegyfrany wrote:Will this work with a Mac??? :-P

Am I insane for seeing this and immediately trying to figure a way to mod my PC case for better cooling? Gotta stay out of those gamer forums.

AdamCahill wrote:I bet most of these will be bought by people in southern California.

Or here in Florida, where it's still A/C and hurricane seasons.

Will this work well in a 3-car garage?? I'm in FL which means that doing any work in the garage is almost impossible...

TIA,
Rcya

halfprice06 wrote:my car air conditioner is broken.

could i get one of these, put it in the back seat, and plug it into an inverter for the car battery?

Do you have a car battery that can handle a load of 110v@10 amps? We're talking 1100-1200W, most power inverters are 60-80W. Even if you could find a power inverter that could handle that kind of load (that didn't make it more hot in the car than the unit was worth), you'd need the equivalent of 10 car batteries (or 6 marine batteries) to power it.

chucknbran wrote:The only units I've used that REALLY self evaporate are the "Delonghi Pinguino " brands and even those required occasional drainage.

i picked up a sharp 1k btu last month at home depot (model cv-10mh) that i haven't had to drain once...and it says i'll never have to drain it either...there's an auto-shut off for the dehumidifier aspect in case it ever fills up but other then that it's all evaporated.

my unit keeps our fairly large living room and kitchen nice and cool, have it set to around 78 degrees...could use it a bit cooler when we're using the oven in the kitchen so i usually take it out of the living room and wheel it in there if we're having people over...for the price you can't beat this woot. we paid 360 for ours and that was on clearance and with a 10 percent off coupon...we paid a bit more for the brand name and for the "library quiet" feature but still got a good bargain...and our downstairs thermostat was registering at 89 degrees before we got ours so we really needed it lulz

mrskandis wrote:If this came out earlier it would of been a great buy, now its just a day late and a dollar short.
No thanks, summer is over.

You people do realize that though summer of 2007 is almost over, the year 2008 will have a summer also, don't you?

Redace wrote:Just in time for winter, wtg woot

That is why it is a Woot. They buy a crapload of Air Conditioners that are not selling very well at this time of year. They have to find special deals to beat all the existing prices.

Would this work in a garage ?

Tomjones wrote:It's fall everywhere in the 48 states.

You don't get to Louisiana much, do you? If 107* with heat index is Fall to you, then yes, it's Fall.

PurduePilot08 wrote:way to be late to the game woot, summer is winding down... but then again you're in tejass, where its *$(#@ hot and humid all year-round, hahaha

They're based in north Texas, where there's very little humidity

and our winters get down to the 20's...so not quite true ;) epic lulz!

ElephantNest wrote:You don't get to Louisiana much, do you? If 107* with heat index is Fall to you, then yes, it's Fall.

Let's here it for the sticky south! WOOT WOOT!!!!!

NOTE: This may be a virtually duplicate post to what someone said earlier, but I gave up reading after the first two pages of posts (where they started to get to some of these aspects...but never really put it all together). For those of you just joining in late....

I used one of these several years ago when I spent several days working on a "historic" island. My hotel room faced the "old tyme" downtown and window units are not allowed (the whole place was decades behind, hence no central A/C). In my room was one of these units. It was better than nothing, BUT was loud and required CONSTANT dumping of the gallon or so sized collection bin...otherwise the unit would automatically shut off.

(The way these units work is, like any other A/C, they suck warm air over coils that collect the humidity out of the air and send this dried air back into the room; when all the humidity is out of the air, it's cooler. All this water that comes out of the air collects in a bin that has to be periodically dumped...or run out a hose to a proper disposal area. There is also hot exhaust air created that goes out a seperate hose to an outside area, preferably.)

When it worked, the room felt really comfortable -- but if I didn't stop by my room every few hours during the day and get up several times during the night to dump that collection bin, it would in fact shut off and trying to "recover" some cool with this type of unit took a while. For what it's worth, the locals said my time spent on the island was among the hottest/most humid on record; but I could still see dumping the stupid thing a few times a day on a "typically" hot summer day -- and it would still be noisy as it ran.

All that being said, if you are unable to have/use central A/C or even a window unit (i.e. no windows or rules prohibiting them; several people noted college dorms), this IS better than simply sitting there stewing in your own sweat. One idea might be since I believe this unit, like most, requires a "vent hose" going outside would be to elevate the whole unit and put a drain hose out the same window to eliminate the need for dumping water collection. Again, the whole unit would have to sit higher than the window sill so that the water would drain out and down...and you've got water trickling out your window, but better than nothing, right?

Regardless, the links from earlier this morning show this particular unit to be somewhat solid and at an apparently decent price. Just be ready to deal with the loud hum and flood of water to be disposed of!

Would have been handy about 3 months ago. Timing is everything. What good is this now?

Two websites I checked wanted $469 for this unit so after rebate you are going to save $170 and it is not a refurb (rox0rz!) - I'm in for one barely!!!

foxtrot3 wrote:What's a GFCI ???

I believe it stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt(er?). Someone can feel free to chime in and correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not an electrician. Also, if you take my advice and burn your house down, I'm REALLY sorry.

You will find them in homes built in the last 20 years or so where the outlet is in a "wet" location (bathroom, kitchen, outdoors, etc.). They are easily recognized as the outlets with the Test/Reset buttons on them. They are designed to trip BEFORE the main breaker in the house to prevent you from electrocuting yourself.

-E

Uhm, won't there be a Summer next year?

wow, i swear woot has me bugged or something. I have been kinda wanting one of these and Just yesterday I said I wish woot had a good deal on an air conditioner.

Its freekin hot in here year round between the 9 computers and 7 xboxes.

Who would order an A/C online? Seems awfully cumbersome to ship, too.

Wait, they're sold out already? They sold 800 of these?

This would be awesome for the cabin!

newsvideoguy wrote: NOTE: This may be a virtually duplicate post to what someone said earlier, but I gave up reading after the first two pages of posts (where they started to get to some of these aspects...but never really put it all together). For those of you just joining in late....

I used one of these several years ago when I spent several days working on a "historic" island. My hotel room faced the "old tyme" downtown and window units are not allowed (the whole place was decades behind, hence no central A/C). In my room was one of these units. It was better than nothing, BUT was loud and required CONSTANT dumping of the gallon or so sized collection bin...otherwise the unit would automatically shut off.

(The way these units work is, like any other A/C, they suck warm air over coils that collect the humidity out of the air and send this dried air back into the room; when all the humidity is out of the air, it's cooler. All this water that comes out of the air collects in a bin that has to be periodically dumped...or run out a hose to a proper disposal area. There is also hot exhaust air created that goes out a seperate hose to an outside area, preferably.)

When it worked, the room felt really comfortable -- but if I didn't stop by my room every few hours during the day and get up several times during the night to dump that collection bin, it would in fact shut off and trying to "recover" some cool with this type of unit took a while. For what it's worth, the locals said my time spent on the island was among the hottest/most humid on record; but I could still see dumping the stupid thing a few times a day on a "typically" hot summer day -- and it would still be noisy as it ran.

All that being said, if you are unable to have/use central A/C or even a window unit (i.e. no windows or rules prohibiting them; several people noted college dorms), this IS better than simply sitting there stewing in your own sweat. One idea might be since I believe this unit, like most, requires a "vent hose" going outside would be to elevate the whole unit and put a drain hose out the same window to eliminate the need for dumping water collection. Again, the whole unit would have to sit higher than the window sill so that the water would drain out and down...and you've got water trickling out your window, but better than nothing, right?

Regardless, the links from earlier this morning show this particular unit to be somewhat solid and at an apparently decent price. Just be ready to deal with the loud hum and flood of water to be disposed of!

Thats quite a nice review, for a woot post. Most of these units are supposed to be evaporative. The moisture from the condenser panel is evaporated by the hot air from the compressor and sent out the window through the tube. It is possible though they aren't as good as they claim to be and some dumping is still required. Also, it sounds like you were in some awful humid heat and that could just completely overwhelm it.

newsvideoguy wrote:
I used one of these several years ago when I spent several days working on a "historic" island. My hotel room faced the "old tyme" downtown and window units are not allowed (the whole place was decades behind, hence no central A/C). In my room was one of these units. It was better than nothing, BUT was loud and required CONSTANT dumping of the gallon or so sized collection bin...otherwise the unit would automatically shut off.

(The way these units work is, like any other A/C, they suck warm air over coils that collect the humidity out of the air and send this dried air back into the room; when all the humidity is out of the air, it's cooler. All this water that comes out of the air collects in a bin that has to be periodically dumped...or run out a hose to a proper disposal area. There is also hot exhaust air created that goes out a seperate hose to an outside area, preferably.)

With all due respect videoguy, you are mistaken. First, this unit claims to be a self-evaporator which will minimize (if not eliminate) the need for manually draining the tank. Of course this model could have a crappy evaporator which would make a great reason for Woot offloading these at such a low price. If that is the case, run a drain line or a small pond pump and you can forget about the drainage issue.

Second, A/C does not cool by removing the water in the air. The water that comes out of the air is a byproduct of the cooling process. I'll spare all of the technical jargon but the coolant is compressed (which raises the temperature of the coolant). Air is blown over the coolant lines to bring the coolant back to "room temperature" (this is the hot exhaust air). Next, the coolant is decompressed which lowers the temperature of the coolant and a fan blows air over this section of the coolant lines which creates the cold air that cools the room. The moisture is pulled from the air in the form of condensation. The coolant lines are cold so the water in the air becomes liquid and falls of the coolant lines. The water on the outside of your cold <insert favorite beer here> is not cooling the drink, but is the result of the cold drink condensing the water in the air that comes in contact with the cup.

-E

Darn, missed this one. I would use it to cool my oc quad core...

damn, i missed it while i was reading some reviews and blahs......

waste if time and =(

elroyskimms wrote:With all due respect videoguy, you are mistaken. First, this unit claims to be a self-evaporator which will minimize (if not eliminate) the need for manually draining the tank. Of course this model could have a crappy evaporator which would make a great reason for Woot offloading these at such a low price. If that is the case, run a drain line or a small pond pump and you can forget about the drainage issue.

Second, A/C does not cool by removing the water in the air. The water that comes out of the air is a byproduct of the cooling process. I'll spare all of the technical jargon but the coolant is compressed (which raises the temperature of the coolant). Air is blown over the coolant lines to bring the coolant back to "room temperature" (this is the hot exhaust air). Next, the coolant is decompressed which lowers the temperature of the coolant and a fan blows air over this section of the coolant lines which creates the cold air that cools the room. The moisture is pulled from the air in the form of condensation. The coolant lines are cold so the water in the air becomes liquid and falls of the coolant lines. The water on the outside of your cold <insert favorite beer here> is not cooling the drink, but is the result of the cold drink condensing the water in the air that comes in contact with the cup.

-E

Isn't that what I said? Maybe I, too, got a little more technical than necessary/qualified for (after all I am the "newsvideoguy" -- not the "airconditionerguy" and, thus, should keep my layman's explanations more basic). The point I was trying to make was that A/C creates water that must be disposed of somehow and "self-evaporator" sounds like a Blinged-Out Cabbage (and NOT the good kind some lucky Woot-ers get for $1, either!)....

I now return to the news.

Kinda too late for this, but Amcor says this unit has Nano-mist technology, eliminating the need to drain the unit and keeps it from shutting off due to a full tank. See this video from their website:

http://www.amcorgroupusa.com/nanomist/nanomist.html

So all you wooters' ideas for dealing with the condensate must be good ones, because they built it in already.

I love it!! An "overclocked" air conditioner. I recently "overclocked" my television, I can watch The Office in 22 minutes now! My wife wants me to "overclock" her hair-dryer so she can get ready in less time. My neighbor "overclocked" his refrigerator and turned his living room into a winter wonderland.

I am amazed to see that 800 units sold in 8 hours ... wow ...

moleary1018 wrote:I love it!! An "overclocked" air conditioner. I recently "overclocked" my television, I can watch The Office in 22 minutes now! My wife wants me to "overclock" her hair-dryer so she can get ready in less time. My neighbor "overclocked" his refrigerator and turned his living room into a winter wonderland.

I "overclocked" my dog and now he can catch those pesky cars!!

I have a dehumidifier in my basement that I have draining into a condesate pump that is slightly bigger than a brick. The pump has a float switch that will occasionally kick on to empty. This has work perfectly. I plan to add one to this air conditioner. Also, I actually use the water from the pump to water my roses automatically.

I'm afraid it will make me sterile.

vpmehta wrote:I am amazed to see that 800 units sold in 8 hours ... wow ...

Amazed that 800 Americans have 300 bucks laying around at any given moment?