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- bit.ly/Dual-Single-Hose Portable Air Conditioners use either a dual-hose or single-hose system to vent air. Dual-hose ACs are more efficient, because they don't rely on the air inside your space to cool their internal parts. But single-hose ACs tend to be cheaper and use less energy overall during operation. Watch this video to see how each system works, and decide which type is right for you.
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Single hosed units WILL cause negative pressure. Which means that air has to come from somewhere, AKA outside through the cracks and crevices in your home causing inefficiency. They DO work, just no where NEAR as efficiently.
ok, but find me one available in europe
Yes, they are mobile for this reason, I guess. You have to move them from room to room.
I have a single hose unit in my living room, ranch-style house. 2 years running now and has been great! Cools room off fast and my bill has dropped like a rock. Dumped my central air because my bills were always high and who the hell needs to cool off a basement anyway! How many rooms are you in during the day? Dual hose is nice, but several hundred more. Too many people bad mouth these because they are trying to get them to do way more than they are designed for... each person and circumstance is different. Works for me and that is all I care about.
Thanks for your comment because reading all the bashing against single hose units made me wonder why anybody would buy them since they are supposedly totally ineffective...
@@djamel-arbouche They aren't ineffective, but they are terrible.
@@leifhietala8074 Doesn't bother me, landlord won't install one. Landlord also pays electricity bill.
Been using a single hose portable unit in my garage for over a year and it works good.
Yes, if you cared about efficiency you'd throw yours out!!!!!!
How can you possibly say a single hose model will use less power when it is throwing a significant portion of the air it just cooled out the window? This is grossly misleading. I stopped watching at that point.
There is a reason why both window units and central/ductless units all have condensing units outside, because outdoor air is necessary to be both drawn and exhausted from the unit. Single hose doesn't even make sense; using interior air to both blow over the evaporator and condensing coils; they are EXTREMELY inefficient and MUCH MORE COSTLY on your utility bill. Also, at 1:43, that's not a "portable" air conditioner, that's called a packed unit, a type of central/ductless system in which both the evaporator coils and condensing coils as well as the compressor are in the same unit. JUST GO WITH THE DUAL HOSE.
EXACTLY CORRECT!!
Brenden, thanks for adding a good comment with a reasonable answer and suggestion. You were helpful.
I have both a single and dual hose air conditioner. I have a single hose because dual hose air conditioners are hard to come by. Let me be the first to say that single hose air conditioners don't work and are only fancy fans that generate cold air for spot cooling if you are standing right in front of them. They will not cool a room. My dual hose air conditioner turns my place into a meat locker and works well. A wall mount unit works even better.
Thing not mentioned: Single Hose ACs make terrible wind noise when you close your room door as it will suck in air from outside your room by the gaps around the door. Dual hoses ACs do not have this problem. And if your goal is to just cool your bedroom for example, be aware they will heat the rest of the house. Meanwhile, dual hoses will just slowly leak cool air to the rest of your house.
Anyone else here after watching Technology Connections video on portable AC?
I converted both of my single hose portable A/C's into twin hose and notice they keep the room much cooler (and drier), and they run less often.
Do you had to install an extra fan inside?
how did you do that? please that would be so helpful
Love u man...u just saved a lot of my money..i am student so yea few bucks for you and fortune for me...thankss
Single hose A/C are a waste of energy because when you pump air out your house, the same amount of air has to come in from the outside, which means hot air from the outside is replacing the air displaced by the A/C unit.
As a result, as soon as you turn off the single hose A/C, your house gets immediately hot again.
When you turn off the A/C then the suction stops too, doesn't it? So what does it matter if the hot air was being pulled back during the cooling? All that would do it make it less efficient, but I do not see how it can result in "lingering hot air immediately coming back" since its not sucking anymore when you turn it off...
I have a single-hose Haier unit (with insulation around the exhaust hose). It works great during the summer. And it gets up to 115°F here. My power bill went way down because I only need it to cool one room upstairs (Vs the central a/c trying to cool down three rooms).
We're glad to hear the Haier unit is working well for you!
Central Heat & Air (dual unit inside/outside) > Window AC > Dual Hose Portable AC > Single Hose Portable AC. Nuff said.
Amen to that!
I have owned several single hose air conditioners. Dual hose air conditioners work so much better at cooling a room and are more efficient. Single hose air conditioners work well as spot coolers only (i.e. you stand in front of it). The only other situation that single hose air conditioners work well is late at night when your house is 80F and it is only 70F outside. In this case single hose units cool the space with air conditioned air and the negative pressure that they create sucks cooler outside air into the room.
I keep on wondering why on the internet so many people talk so good about their own experiences with their self-made two hose construction.. And why the ac-producers stubbenly keep on selling us one-hose ac's !??
*real dual hose don't use air from the room. It's called faux dual hose. Only bad manufacturers do stuff like that without proper isolation.
"Single hose benefits: use less energy" you are truly an expert. Chapeau.
Thank you very informative!
You're welcome! We're glad it helped.
@@Sylvane Why don't you respond to the critique of this asinine video? Better yet, why don't you discontinue selling the disastrous single hose units altogether? Instead, you send this smarmy bastard to lie to us. Screw you, Sylvane!
single works harder and the duel work very efficient
Sigh, this video is wrong too. Looks like salesmen are too eager to copy each others' false knowledge without actually understanding anything. Especially the single hose explanation is confusing here.
Basically, EVERY AC has the hot part (condenser) and cold part (evaporator), and they have separate intakes.The cold loop is sucking air from the room through the evaporator, cooling it and venting it back to the room. The hot loop is sucking air from another intake, cooling the condenser (and thus heating the air), and venting the hot air out of the window.
Both single and dual hose models have both of these separate loops, even if the intakes are behind the same grill. The cold loop is the same for both types (circulate and cool down the room air), but for the hot loop the difference is that dual hose models draw the air from outside through the intake hose, while single hose model draws the air from the room. Basically, a dual hose model's hot loop simply circulates outside air to cool down the condenser (in the hot loop), while a single hose model's pumps the room air out, creating negative pressure.
These devices work with the exact same principle, it's only the matter of available connections. A single hose model can even be modified into a dual hose model by connecting the hot loop's intake to outside via another hose, however getting a good seal is difficult and the blower specifications may not be fit for the resistance of two hoses.
thanks for adding a good comment with a reasonable and informative answer and suggestion. You were helpful.
So I won't have to add a second fan inside if I keep the new hose short. Thanks!
I have a Honeywell single-hose unit. I know, a lot of you guys may harp on me, but hear me out. Where I live, the weather is generally cool (avg. temp 61), it is never humid, nor do we ever see snow in the winter; summer tends to be overcast and foggy, so most homes in this area don't have AC--don't need it. However, every year there is that one rare hot day where it goes above 85. I only use it for those rare days. In the past 20 years, we had only two days at 100 degrees, one in June 2000 and the next time was September 1, 2017--a whole seventeen years between 100-degree days! I bought my unit, uneducated then, soon after getting a heat stroke back in 2017 and I never used it in 2018 and in 2019 I think I used it one day out of two possible (the other day I was out of the country in a much cooler climate). I bought my single-hose unit three years ago and I only set it up and used it once.
In summary, which type of AC unit generally depends on where you live and how hot it gets in the summer. This video gives the best unbiased, thorough answer.
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Thanks for your wise comment. I live in Northern Europe, facing similar conditions as yours, and we can't even find dual hose units ! For a few days per year, we are not ready to spend excessive amounts, but having nothing but fans is not enough to stand those heatwave weeks.
which of the can air conditing we buy?
My Whynter ARC 12SD is cooling only sporadically. It cools for less than one minute, then makes a loud shuddering sound and blows only warm air.The warning light does not come on. The water tank is empty. The air intake carbon filter is clear. The intake and exhaust hoses are clear. The unit is not run regularly, and sits in a warm room environment for extended periods of time. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot a unit such as this? Maybe it's short on freon. Possible to add it? Thank you.
Purchased: August 2023 - still works GREAT!I ruclips.net/user/postUgkxxsUnXhGsSJLim_XnMHyQK0u3XVaW-CGn live in a studio and during the summer it gets scorching hot - really old building with no ac units. I can’t express how EASY it was to install. This unit has been a life savior during the summer and some days during other seasons where it can still be a bit warm at night. In this small place is my friend, a husky, poodle mix and myself. We need AC - lolI don’t use the dehumidifier option - I’m not sure if it will leak in my house, since I did not install the small draining hose that came with it. May look into it late but I don’t worry about much humidity in the apartment. I don’t understand why the negative reviews since all things mentioned, I personally did not find issues with. Definitely worth it!
I have single hose a/c. It cools one room pretty well. Portable a/c 1 hose or 2 hoses are meant to cool ONE room with the door to the rest of the house CLOSED. Combination of portable a/c and ceiling fan cools my room to approx. 72 or even lower, when outside hits 85-90. What can I say? Comfort costs money.
Agreed exactly. I have single hose, Haier brand. I live in warm climate, not super hot. In my settings the single-hose works fine, so far. But I admit if someone is really picky, has specific needs, or wants to go high-end then the true split system "through the wall" outdoor/indoor units may deliver more. But for moderate / simple needs mine seems fine so far.
Single hose are utterly useless. No they are not "good enough" even for warm climates like British summer. It's not about being "picky" at all...
Have a Kenmore portable AC only a few years old and fan runs but it is not getting cool. Any suggestions?
I had the same problem and solved it by cleaning the filter. It was completely blocked.
I sort of see why he phrased it "use less energy when they are on". If you compare two units with the exact same rating, the single hose one may draw a little less current, due to the single fan (if it only has one). Or maybe it won't; it still has to pull in air from the outside(via leaks in your windows and doors) and sent it back out, and this is likely to be less air, but hotter air and air pulled against more resistance. If your house is perfectly sealed, a single hose AC WON't WORK AT ALL. So if you have a leaky house and only worry about tripping the circuit breaker, a single hose unit could conceivably draw a little less. But it will stay on longer and even with the same BTU rating, it will have less effective capacity and cost you considerably more to run. So buy a double hose model unless you only plan on using it two days a year.
I can picture one scenario in which a single hose model could actually be less inefficient, and that's if you have only one window, it's so small that the openings from both hoses are up against each other, and you are not allowed to put some kind of divertors on them to keep the hot air from being sucked right back in. This is a real possibility if the window opening is deep enough. An elbow on each or an extension on one side would prevent it, but if you are forbidden from extending the baffle at all, the single hose model might be the lesser of the evils. The ideal two hose arrangement would be with the hot hose higher than the cold one: eg. a vertical sash window with a hot baffle on the top opening and the cold one on the bottom. That might not do much for your interior decor, though.
i havea 2005 12k btu single hose ac. its cools my ropm 10 degrees cooler in about 10-20 mins to 20c but doesnt get cooler. im a 6k btu but im still dissapointed that it never cools to 15 degrees like it said. getting a minisplit is the best option
Well explained. Thank you very much. It really helped.
Do you know where you can buy a dual hose portable AC in Sweden? I would love to know.
Kind regards Pontus
If you decide to only use the exhaust hose on a dual one do you cover up the intake or just leave it..thanks
Your compressor will overheat and shut down.
What..lol. Yes, cover up the intake air so it smoothers with no air intake and burns up the cooling unit - in 24 hours or less. Really. Women101
Dear Karen. The polite and correct advice to give you would be to absolutely use bothe hoses. Duel hose units are far superior to single. The problem with a single hose pumping out is that the returning air from outside is going in your house before getting to the ac. That just mixes outside hot air with your cool room air.
It muggy as hell today and my single hose AC is set at 69, and my 450 square feet room is cold, I have a insulator over my exhaust hose, barely any heat coming from that hose, I have insulated curtains for my window, and uses insulated tape for my adapter, my thermometer reading 69 degrees in my bedroom and plus i keep mybedroom door close with a curtain hanging behind the bedroom door which help make my ac uses less energy to keep up. My DeLonghi 500 square feet11,500 ASHRAE BTU (6,700 DOE) 3-in-1 Portable Air Condition is doing what it supose to do.
Agreeing with many of the comments below stick with the dual hose models- I’ve had both dual is much better.
Dual hose with a fiberglass sleeve on the exhaust hose is best,
Single hose A/C units works fine for most peoples apartments or homes. I install large heating and cooling units in commercial buildings where there is large duct work that is used to carry the a/c or heat throughout the building. All this talk about negative air pressure created by one of those small portable A/C's is a joke. The vacuum created by portable ac units is very small. I think some of the Hvac boys on here are trying to scare people into getting those ductless heat pumps installed. People if you are hot and need to get your room cool dont hesistate picking up a portable ac. They do their job well, and are relatively cheap compared to ductless heat pumps which can cost up to $7500 to install.
lol wrong. The amount of hot air brought into the house is EXACTLY the amount of air exhausted by the single hose air conditioner. The pressure WILL equalize. Single hose is a laughably bad design.
have you ever held your hand at the end of the duct pipe? that's a lot of air that gets sucked out of the room and Thomas Begin the AC unit does not differentiate between 68 degree and 61 degree air in the room :-)
they dont work man! our old two hose was clearly superior to the new single hose. I agree with what has been said before single hose is a laughably poor design.
If both types can cool a room to the desired temperature but one uses twice the power and causes the rest of the house to heat up then that one is garbage and should be in the waste bin now.
Silly to compare a single hoser to a ductless heat pump system. Just compare the single hosers to the doubles and the singles go to the dump immediately.
So what's the purpose of single hole portable AC
Single hose, negative room pressure portable ACs should be banned.
So should people who don't think very hard before posting blanket pronouncements.
Reticuli You’re a moron.
exactly! they are total BS units.
I agree with you. Single-hose units take 2 parts air but only return 1 back into the room, the other is discarded outside as hot exhaust. This draws air into the room, toward the air conditioner, which make it hard for cold air to propagate. The unit is consuming the cool air it produces to make more exhaust. And finally, the air that was thrown out as exhaust is replaced by hot, humid air from the outside which is drawn in through bad seal in windows and doors, cracks, vents, etc. I own 2 portable, single hose ACs, and I’ve converted them to dual hose units by making cardboard intake manifolds, which enclose the entire hot coil intake section of the ac and then piping outside air into it with another hose which you can buy for $20. It made both units noticeably more efficient and quieter. Another worthwhile upgrade is insulating the exhaust hose to keep it from radiating some heat back into the room.
I don't think they should be banned, but dual hosed units should be what's popular. There's NO doubt they work FAR better and more efficiently. That's why BTU ratings with single hosed units simply don't match. They need to up the market on dual hosed units, coming from a guy who owns 2 single hosed units. I learned the hard way how inefficient single hosed units are. Granted they DO work, hence why they're popular on the market. But, people don't understand the difference. They just see it as "It blows cold so it works".
The drawbacks of a single hose AC are reduced somewhat if you have a swamp cooler running elsewhere in the home. The reduced pressure should help bring some of that swamp-cooled air into the room with the AC. So, please let's not ban them, lol. I also use incandescent bulbs in an office lamp during our cold winters (which is a very efficient use!) and I'm bothered that they are so hard to buy these days. That said, it would be best if most portable ACs were dual hose.
i cant find any dual hose portable ac in europe. also, can you explain better what you mean with the swamp cooler?
@@Faded_Fragger The single hose AC acts a little like a vacuum, since it's exhausting air to the outside, but not pulling any air in from outside. Swamp coolers do the opposite: pull in air from outside, but don't directly exhaust air to the outside. So, if you have both, you can pull air in with the swamp cooler and exhaust it elsewhere with the AC. That's how I do it.
@@SunandSnowGardening the swamp cooler doesn't bring from the outside, at least for me I simply place it on top of the desk, so it just recycles the air bro
@@Faded_Fragger That's a portable. Most swamp coolers are installed through an opening.
Very Good video! well explained. Sometimes removing moisture from the room "IS" the BEST way to cool a room. By cooling a room, all you do is lower the dew point ratio. The humidity is STILL IN THE ROOM. It's always about the "feel good" and not the science that Really address the issue.
What if your central air is running modestly, and you have a portable AC running in your room for extra chill while sleeping. Like central air set to 75, portable set to 70 in sealed room, and outside temp is 80. Would a single exhaust be more efficient due to turbo charging the ambient temp of the room?
What?? The air being blown out the single hose unit has to be replaced and that air is one way or another coming from outside. But if you do have the room truly sealed then you will have a vacuum and no air will be blown outside and your compressor will overheat and shut down.
phillip kalaveras you are forgetting the central air is on. Also the room isnt air tight like a spaceship. Just doors closed and windows down. It will never hold negative pressure.
Why are you using an AC at 26C? that's perfectly comfortable with a fan
Secondly, use a dual hose or a normal mini split AC and you'll have way higher efficiency
Portable ac is reliable or not??
It can covers 6x16x10 room??
Portable ACs will provide supplemental cooling in this space. Consider one of these units: www.sylvane.com/small-portable-air-conditioners.html.
Can a dual hose ac keep up with 112 vegas summer heat? Been thinking of getting a dual hose whynter 14,000 btu ac for my room.
The newer SACC is Not the btu is what matters most! a 14000 btu/SACC 10,800 single hose will still cool better than a 8,000 SACC dual hose unit! and the hoses really should come insulated, that's what makes so many people not like their portable ac because the hoses get hot and they don't work well, Insulate your hose and they work pretty well even in temps 100 plus like we have here in NV
10 years ago we were given a 950W portable single hose AC for "backup uses". we didn't realize we were given "crap" until we're about to move and we uninstalled an 680W split AC fr9om a room. immediately we realized not only the room is hotter than before, but now it consumes way more energy (270W more thru a meter) despite making sure the room is sealed. i'm pretty sure a split AC with half the energy would still emit colder air than this madness.
do yourself a favor, stay away from these single-hose portable AC unit. if it's too late, just disconnect the compressor and turn it into a circulation fan (mine draws 80W in fan only mode). it may not be a good looking fan but that's the only acceptable use for this crap!!!
How does outdoor air (which is ostensibly hot, which is why we need the AC...) cool the unit?
Unless you live on Venus no matter how hot the air is outside it is a LOT COOLER than the inner workings of your AC unit
That may be, but does not negate nor answer my question.
It does though...
If the inside of the AC is running at 70-80c, and the hot air from ouside is let's say 30-35c, then it still cool down the AC since it's still way colder air.
You don't want to use the cold air that the AC produce because it would be a waste.
@@phillipkalaveras1725 LMAO. So funny but true.
i live in the stat of maine. it is hot as heck in summer and cold as ice in the winter . i got a "portable" ac/heat/dehumidifier ,single hose.and it was useless. if it is too hot outside ,it can't cool.if it's too cold outside, it can't heat. soooo ,i thought it was broke. only then,did i read the manual to find out that , is normal. that would have been nice to know before hauling this very heavy piece of crap all over hell and back and spending days waiting for it to work.won't cool if hot and won't heat if cold . only 500 bucks plus time and gas. an added bonus,LOUD AS HELL AND NEVER SHUTS OFF.
Thanks for sharing that. But it does sound odd. You didn't say what brand you got. I paid $170 for a refurb unit Haier. Brand new is still about $210 or so. And I didn't hear of one that also has built-in heater as well. Mine is AC only. Also, mine isn't "very heavy" as you state -- it's about 40 lbs, and because I lift weights a bit this is no problem at all.
So your manual stated that the unit wouldn't work? Maybe you should read the online pdf before buying next time.
immrnoidall lmaooo
how can you say that dual hose uses more energy than single hose? this is not correct. dual hose is much more efficient.
Dan Richard he’s probably thinking there’s another blower for the 2nd hose, which is a silly thought
Bought single hose ac unit at home depot last summer, gave us a good scare at mid day when temperature outside was 105f, bet my roof was at least 120f.
The unit created such a powerfull vacuum that the stove stractor hood became really hot to the touch, enough to burn after a few seconds of resting your hand on it. We though our attic was on fire, nearly called the fire department.
After 10 minutes or so of analysing what was going on ot became evident the single hose ac was drawing air through the hood extractor vent tube on the roof. The hood was sealed and we got by through the hotter months, the unit was returned for a refund. Looking seriously at the Whynter dual vent unit this summer.
I'd love to buy a Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner but cannot for the life of me find ANY for sale in the UK.
Can anyone please help?
justonemorego I can help you ship it in
They might as well get rid of all single hose models. Who and why would anyone but a single hose..
Me. Have had mine about two weeks now and it's been fine so far.
Me too. I bought a single hose Haier 10,000 BTU in 2012. Worked really well for 5 years. I used it year round, because I like to sleep in a cold room, while the rest of the household does not.
Then, last year the water wheel (fan?) broke in it. Made a helluva racket and spewed little plastic pieces all over the place. But the compressor remained intact. So, after seeing several recommendations like this video, we decided to buy a 12,000 BTU, dual hose Haier. Which turned out to be a total piece of crap. It takes forever to bring the temperature down in the room and never gets it to anywhere near what you are asking of it. And if there is humidity in the air, it won't vent out. On humid days, we were constantly having to drain it. The last straw came last week when I had to get up 4 times in one night to drain it. Fortunately, we had purchased a new fan(?) for the old unit and had already installed it. We were keeping it to use as a backup unit. We switched out the new 2 hose unit for the old one hose unit and are now enjoying perfectly vented air conditioning once again. I will never(!) buy a dual hose unit again, if I can help it.
Maybe because they're much easier to set up and take down in cramped quarters or with oddball windows (e.g. casement). Some people just want a unit they can quickly set up on a limited number of unusually hot days (e.g. Chicago, rather than Dallas)..
@@saadams4937 Wow. This is so contradictory to what folk are saying, but SO useful for me. Thank you.
+bootsamou You're welcome! ☺️
Single hose Haier still going strong after another four months. Last week, it was making some strange noises that I couldn't figure out. I decided to check the drain, in case there was some water backed up in there causing the noise. I unscrewed the drain cap and removed the plug. Bone dry!!! And it has been very hot and humid here lately.
It turns out that the noise was caused by a very dirty air filter, which I had neglected to clean on time. Once I cleaned it, everything sounded normal again.
I can't find any dual hose online or the local store (living in Europe), someone have any links to these dual hose airco's?
Same issue, dual hose ones don't seem to be sold in Europe! Let me know of you find something please!
@@CristianPerezRodriguez it's weird, I don't know why they don't sel them if they are better then single hose, it doesn't make sense.
@@solargamingchannel maybe some weird consummer laws or who knows... I have read about people converting single hose ACs to dual hose by attaching a hose to one of the vents with some DIY stuff.
@@solargamingchannel Same here in Brazil, can't find a single one available
Confused as to why on a dual hose system is the intake right next to the exhaust pissing out hot air? How is it more efficient to draw hot air from outside than leaving the intake hose off?
Wrap the out hose with insulation it will cut down the heat.
The newer SACC is Not the btu is what matters most! a 14000 btu/SACC 10,800 single hose will still cool better than a 8,000 SACC dual hose unit! and the hoses really should come insulated, that's what makes so many people not like their portable ac because the hoses get hot and they don't work well, Insulate your hose and they work pretty well even in temps 100 plus
Hello my name is Jimmy . I have an Avallon APAC 140c, it turn on by it sel and the display was red . This unit does not have the heater option .
He said that the dual hose is more efficient and then said the single hose uses less electricity. Which is it?!
Single hose is crap. It is MUCH more inefficient because as it cools your room, it sucks in warm outside air from cracks and crevices throughout the rest of the house making it warmer.
I know
Single hose portable A/C should be banned
And in many areas the air getting sucked in from outside is not just warm, it's also very humid. This creates additional discomfort and additional load on the AC unit.
@@podunkis Dont forget outside air is also dirty and full of pollutants. Single hose unts are a SCAM.
What if outside air is soo hot??
Malaka Dharmasiri chances are, the outside air isn't going to be as hot as the condenser, so it should work perfectly fine.
Malaka Dharmasiri well, how do you think ac works in the Middle East? Where outside temperate could be as hot as 40+ C
I live in a small apartment. I cannot afford much so I had to buy a cheap emergenzy portable air condition. This isnt for pure comfort, but as an emergenzy on super hot days. What I do is, I have it on bedroom. Single hose. I also have fans in livingroom, which is next to bedroom. I try to "feed" my aircondition with heat from the livingroom using my other regular fans. It's all about manipulating the air.
Do you live by yourself
@@JuneGirl35 yes and this is a year ago since I posted this. I do not recommend portable aircondition, specially not with one hose. Invest in a proper one.
@@teipkep I have a single hose portable air conditioner but it was given to me by someone else. It's an LG portable air conditioner. It doesn't work as great as an window air conditioner but it does keep my room cool enough. Stop telling people what they should buy with their own money and let them pick themselves.
@@JuneGirl35 Pardon? Are you butthurt because I gave my opinion and tip? I couldnt care less what shit you waste money on, fucking loser. Get out of my life. It's a fucking air condition, who cares. I have top quality mitsubishi top model heat pump for 4k euro, I live in luxuary, couldnt care fucking less what garbage shit you sit in your filty livingroom with. Holyu fuck dude.
His statement that single hose air conditioners uses less energy than dual hose air conditioners is patently incorrect. Single hose units struggle to cool down rooms and run longer trying.
agree, if anything, it actually use more energy (to cool the same amount of air)
Dude don't recommend a single hose unit to anybody those units suck I have 2 of them and I live in the 2 bedroom townhouse small townhouse And you can't get it to get down to 61ﾟ it'll only get down to 68 to 71 on a 96ﾟ day and the hose gets Justice hot and works as a radiator against you.
no ac is really going to get down to 61 degrees! when its that hot out 68-71 is still a pretty good drop! It gets over 110 here in NV and my single hose can keep the room around 79 which is still over a 30 degree drop, You need to insulate your hose though and you will see even greater improvement, also the SACC value matters above 8k is best for the SACC not the btu
People need to understand that yes the single hose unit blows the inside air outside. The thing to understand is that if the inside air of the room is warmer than the set temperature of the AC, the AC will do its job just fine. Ex: It sucks the 68 degree air outside, blows it back at 61 degree.
But the air blown outside is replaced by air from... outside. Otherwise the flow in the duct will simply stop.
This doesnt make any sense. Why do you say single hoase uses less energy? Actually they dont do anything at all and just burn money. Only dual hose can work.
With a dual hose unit, the cooled air being blown into the room is air that was pulled from the room. The air being pulled from outside is used to cool the unit and is then blown back outside. A single hose unit is so ridiculous I'm not even going to explain it just DO NOT BUY ONE.
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find me just ONE available in europe pls
8 years later and there's basically no dual hose available in europe
It is absurd to claim that a dual hose AC uses more energy. This is patently false.
Single hose is enormously inefficient. The air it exhausts MUST be replaced, there is no choice. Single hose AC uses cooled air from the room and exhausts it out the window. The cool air that was just blown outside is replaced in the rest of the house with hot outside air. A horribly inefficient scheme that basically doesn't work. It cools the one room at the expense of heating up the rest of the house.
That's not how it works. Please stop spreading misinformation.
Truthjunkie, I answered this up above in the Charles Badstones thread. In short, my single hose portable works just fine. All of the points you've made, in short, I cannot agree or I say they make very little difference. Admit I live in a warm/very warm place, not super hot.
Yes truthjunkie3, that is exactly how they work. I don't understand how DarkFoxMedia fails to wrap their brain around this fact. Like what magical source of air is the single hose unit blowing outside if it isn't air from inside your air conditioned space? Does it magically teleport outside air into the machine and then blow it back outside? No, by necessity, a single hose unit sucks air from inside the air conditioned room and blows some of it outside. This means warm outside air must constantly leak back inside the room to make up for the amount of air being pumped outside. If you placed one of these single hosed units inside a perfectly sealed room, it would not function for longer than a couple minutes. This is because in the sealed room the unit would quickly overheat from not having any additional air to blow outside.
James Warner, indeed the single hose unit blows the inside air outside. The thing you must understand is that if the inside air of the room is warmer than the set temperature of the AC, the AC will do its job just fine. Ex: It sucks the 68 degree air outside, blows it back at 61 degree.
@@thomasbegin1204 That's not how air conditioners work. It will do its job with terrible efficiency
Completely incorrect video. It could not be worse. So bad it amounts to lying. I certainly agree with the previous commenter that single hose air conditioners should be outlawed. As the single hose model operates it is forced to suck air in from the room it's in in order to cool itself. That air is obviously replaced by either outside air or air from adjacent rooms. So it draws warm air into the room you're trying to cool as it operates, thereby heating up the room you're trying to cool. From the moment you turn it on its fighting against its own operation. There is just no reason for these thing to exist.
You can't blow hot air out a window without that air being replaced. Single hose ac units are highly inefficient as they suck in hot/humid outside air to make up for what is blown out the window. Quite often this air is pulled through bathroom vents, poor door seals or even chimneys. Single hose units are a HUGE lie and should be environmentally outlawed.
my buddy has one of those portable types they suck you have to blow it rite on you lol. get a window unit foreal dont waste your $ on these things
Bruh save enrgy ......single hose srsly........for single hose.....air that been pull throught crack/window/door that have higher temperature literally will increase room temperature......so the compressor will not cut off
I would never buy a single hosed unit. The point of an AC is to cool air INDOORS. Why take that cool air and blow it outside? Cool air is what is VALUABLE. Blowing it outside is like having a window unit running with another window OPEN. Why are these terrible ACs being sold to people????
Extremely wrong info
Wow really ? Call you self quality experts!!
dual hose in and out ventilization but one hose should bring even best that should be manufacturing perspective to bring a product to the value of their country currency but none of the country care about that instead
one singel ventilation dual move should be carried instead explaining dual hose all that today presentation and reality still slower
These words do not make sense in english.
Actually, to be completely accurate, the words themselves make "sense", the sentences made with those words don't. ☺️
single hose equals crap....save your money.
is the hose optional? my portable ac comes with a single hose can i not need to use or install the hose and still use the AC??
please see the comments below...@@MissHitAllTheTime
@@mrbillmacneill that doesnt really answer my question though...i just dont want to put the hose out on the window...
!@@MissHitAllTheTime
These crap of products do not work!
Joey Chitwood bullshit! They work! I had a single hose unit save Me, my 8 month pregnant Wife and my dogs life in 112 degree desert heat when our home Air Conditioner went out! We moved the bed in the living room and hooked a 14,000 BTU single hose AC to the dining room table for 3 weeks while waiting for HVAC Techs to finally get to us from backed up calls.... it cooled the Living Room, Dining and Kitchen (700 sq ft roughly) from 112 to 70 degrees and only took a few hours to do it.
Dual hose portable A/C is much more efficient. They cool the room much faster than the single hose ones with the same power rating.
I converted my single hose portable A/C and it cooled my room much faster.
That's one big ugly air conditioner lol
Single hose is better i see
NEGATIVE. Read my reply above.
fourfortyroadrunner I assume he was just trolling. Anyone who is not an idiot understands that factories dont add a second hose for fun.
Single hose is a scam.
I converted my single hose portable A/C to a dual hose
It worked much more efficiently
It cooled my room much faster than it used to
@@RtqoopbFl9WpIP9fULuihzt6Sk4t9u how?