When Whynter fixes all the issues, I will give it five stars and buy at least two of them. The positives: 1. The unit is quiet. 2. Cools very well the large room (around 500 sq f). Negatives: 1. I ordered a new item but got an open box item. 2. The box is funny. One side of the box says AC “Cools up to 500 sq. f” while the opposite side says AC “Cools up to 600 sq. f.” 3. Because of the open box, the window panel was broken. I contacted Whynter Support. Right away, they sent me a replacement. Guess what I got? The hose. I contacted them again. They apologized and said I could keep the hose, and they were going to send the window panel again. Guess what I got? The second hose. After that, they asked to send the hoses back. LOL. Finally, I got the window panel. 4. The AC worked perfectly for almost two months. A few days ago, it showed the error EH 06 and did not work. I contacted Support. The part of their response was, “To further assist you, please provide a photo of the unit’s display with the error code on it as well as how the unit was set up. Also, please provide the ambient room temperature.” So, if the Support does not know what this error code exactly means, how to fix it, and can not help me, I decided to return the unit. 5. When I started to move the unit from the room, I got a massive water leak from the bottom (I used this unit only in a cooling mode). Thus, it means there are problems with self-evaporating (or whatever this option calls). 6. The company does not yet start manufacturing and selling extended panels for balcony doors (I checked this info in July 2022). I am a fan of the Whynter ACs. I have 3 of them (different models). I liked the ARC-1230WNH very much, but unfortunately, I had to return it. Please fix all the issues, and I will buy at least two of them as I promised above!

This cools efficiently and is a very quiet unit. However: 1. I had to cut a portion of the window mount for the vent with a saw. My window is your typical window size, so it's really dumb that I had to do that for it to fit. 2. Auto mode isn't very useful because the range is way too big. It will reach above 64 before the AC turns on when you've set it to 60. 3. The app is inconsistent. Sometimes it will only let me set the fan speed by high/medium/low, other times it will let me set a percentage. Also IFTTT percentage would be nice.

Wow! I can not remember writing a review for anything from a store however it would not be fair to briefly share my experience here. We have a 2000sq ft home open plan single floor. Our AC went out during covid. The system was 30 years old from when we built this house new. We could not afford a new one. We tried a window ac (used cheap) and it was a life savor to make things bearably hot. We tried a second after that one quit (also used). The a friend gave us a new portable called Easy Home. Small 1 hose. We put that into a bedroom and it is great. After insulating the single hose it got better. However the rest of the house was roasting again and placing a fan in the bedroom door way helped almost a tiny bit for the open house area. So after weeks of reviewing portable AC units we decided to splurge on what looked to be the best choice. $1000.00 after 4 year warranty. there are no reviews on this particular model Whytner Arc-1230WNH inverter. yes there are reviews on the slightly smaller Wytner ARCs all over the place but this one is new. Note: it was delivered UPS. The first thing I asked the driver was if it was in the truck right side up. It was. (If not known WAIT at least 4 hours for the freon to settle) Also once the packaging straps are un done the box lifts off of the unit that is sitting on foam. It just needs to be lifted 5 inches up to get it out of the foam to the rolling wheels built in. We installed this in our front window centered in the open center of the house. The ONLY tool required for us was cutting 4 inches off the window panel slide for it to fit. This is Normal for application. The rest took ...oh...30 seconds to 2 minutes to install and run. From my reading over hundreds of portable AC reviews I found 2 that had used a fan to further push air. So, we turned it on and I set it cold to 60 , I placed a fan on a table in front of the unit, put a box fan to blast across the open great room, set the swivel option on the AC blades to off and...WOW! It starts very quiet and slowly builds to the high speed we set it on. I call it very quiet, the fan on the table is all I here. This combination blows across the room. The ceiling fan further blends the air. The starting temp in house (Florida ) was 84.5 when we did the install last night. The temp now is 73.5 in just 10 hours. Our Central air could barely do this when it was young and new. The key is the fan in front of the portable AC. A portable AC has a rat wheel blower inside just like central air but it is much smaller. The smaller fan pumps out the cold air from the unit great but in a large room it falls short (literally, cold air falls) of making it across the room . The Assist fan seals the deal like you would not believe. The unit looks fine and exceeded our expectations. Yes the fan on a table in front of it is odd but it freezes the house ALL of it. The open area includes the dinning, living and kitchen at about 750 sq feet easily. The next option for us is to turn on the central air fan to draw the house cold air and redistribute it through the vents. LOL, crazy I know and a great work around for the failed cold air from the main central air. The remote? I have no idea. I can not imagine really needing it but this unit is also has wifi and heat, 2 drains, delay timers and much more. It even has a built in time delay relay so the unit will not be damage from power outage burst. The double hose design of the window exit is a tube in tube. IT DOES NOT get hot or even warm to the touch. outside it blows really hot so this surprised me. So far. This is best thing we have bought for the home since we built it. Obviously we will have to repair the central ac some day but why, this unit astonishingly works for our whole home with a central open plan design. If you are on the fence, well be assured this set up for me was great!

I purchased the model ARC 1230 WNH from Best Buy to cool my small unheated, no air sunroom. We installed it this past weekend and it is doing an excellent job keeping us cool and comfortable and my ceiling fan is helping to circulate the air during these hot summer days. It also has heat, so I am looking forward to seeing how well it performs on cold days and nights. It was easy to set up, and when I had a few questions, Whynter was there to answer them for me. The portable unit also operates quietly. I think this is a good purchase. I am happy with it.

Works well keeps large rooms cool and is quiet ...