Hisense (Refurbished) AP55023HR1GD Smart 8,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner with Heat Pump (Renewed)

Hisense Smart SACC 8,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner with Heat Pump Review Introduction Living in Palm Bay, FL, means dealing with both hot summers and mild winters, so a versatile air conditioner is essential. As a retiree spending most of my days in my home office and bedroom, I needed a reliable, cost-effective cooling solution. The Hisense Smart SACC 8,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner with Heat Pump seemed like the perfect fit. Here's my experience with this unit and how it has integrated into my daily routine. Personal Experience Setting up the Hisense AC was straightforward with the snap-assembly window kit. Within minutes, it was up and running, providing immediate relief from the Florida heat. My typical day involves working in my home office and relaxing in the bedroom, both of which are connected by a short hallway that I've blocked off with a thermal curtain to isolate these rooms from the rest of the house. In the mornings, I set our central AC to 83°F and use the portable AC to cool my office and bedroom down to a comfortable 75°F. Around 5 PM, the central AC kicks back in to cool the entire house to 77°F, so that the house is cooled down when my wife arrives home between 6 and 7 PM. This approach has proven to be both effective and economical. Key Features and Benefits Dual Hose System: This feature helps cool down the room more efficiently by balancing air pressure, which I noticed made a difference compared to my previous single hose unit. 4 Operating Modes: While I’ve primarily used the cooling mode and occasionally the dehumidifier mode during humid nights, it’s good to know that the heating feature is available if needed. I haven't used the fan mode or hooked up the drain hose for heating yet, but having the option is reassuring. Remote and App Control: The ConnectLife app is fantastic, allowing me to set pre-programmed settings and even set the fan speed to "auto," a feature not available on the unit itself or the remote. Through some research, I discovered that the remote and AC unit use Hisense iFeel technology. This means the remote sends the temperature at its location back to the AC, acting as an additional sensor. This ensures more accurate temperature control and enhances comfort. Performance Analysis The cooling performance is robust for an 8,000 BTU unit, efficiently bringing down the temperature in my 300 sq. ft. space (two 12x12 rooms and a small hallway). It's much quieter than my older single hose unit, though you can still hear the compressor. I would compare the noise level to that of a mid-sized microwave oven. I haven't used the heating mode yet, but the dehumidifier mode works great during the swampy Florida nights when the central AC is running. Refurbished Unit Experience Although this is a refurbished unit, it showed absolutely no cosmetic signs of imperfections and works perfectly. I did register the unit with Hisense to activate the 2-year Hisense warranty, which adds peace of mind. Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings As an analytical and technical person, I did all the math prior to purchasing the AC to ensure it was the most cost-effective solution for my needs. Here’s a detailed analysis: Cooling Capacity: The Hisense AP55023HR1GD has a cooling capacity of 8,000 BTU, which is suitable for spaces up to 550 square feet. Given that I am cooling two 12x12 rooms (each 144 square feet) and a small hallway, the total area is approximately 300 square feet. This falls well within the capacity of my portable AC unit, ensuring effective cooling. Energy Efficiency: By using the portable AC to cool a smaller, confined area during the hottest part of the Florida day, I am reducing the load on my central AC system. This targeted cooling approach ensures that I am not wasting energy cooling unoccupied spaces. Cost Savings: Portable AC Cost: The portable AC costs approximately $0.17 per hour to run. Over 10 hours (8 AM to 5 PM), this amounts to $1.70 per day. Central AC Cost: The central AC costs about $0.55 per hour to run. By setting it to 83°F during the day and 77°F from 5 PM to 10 PM, I use it for 5 hours at a cost of $2.75 per day. Total Savings: If I were to run the central AC for the entire day (15 hours), it would cost $8.25 ($0.55/hour * 15 hours). By using the portable AC for 10 hours and the central AC for 5 hours, my total daily cost is $4.45 ($1.70 + $2.75). Therefore, my daily savings amount to $3.80 ($8.25 - $4.45). Pros and Cons Pros: Quick and easy installation with the snap-assembly window kit. Efficient cooling and heating with the dual hose system. Multi-functional with four operating modes. Convenient control via remote and app. Easy maintenance with a washable filter. Cons: The unit is quite bulky and may be cumbersome to move between rooms. At 75 pounds, it's heavy for one person to handle. The noise level, while not excessive, is noticeable during quiet nights. Recommendation For anyone needing a comprehensive climate control solution for a mid-sized room, the Hisense Smart SACC 8,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Heat Pump is a solid choice. Its versatility and ease of use, combined with efficient performance, make it a worthwhile investment. However, consider the size and noise level if these factors are critical for you. Overall Impression Overall, I'm pleased with the Hisense AC unit. It delivered on its promises of efficient cooling and heating, with added convenience through smart controls. The minor drawbacks are overshadowed by its performance and functionality, making it a valuable addition to my home.

OK - so I read other reviews and came into this purchase already critical of the product. But I wanted to give it a try since there arent many Dual Hose Portable air conditioners out there. This is what I wanted because I wanted to use it in my camper and the dual hose makes it much more efficient to cool down something that isnt very air tight (look this up if you dont know the benefit of dual hose). Thinking this thing would not work, or immediately throw error codes, I decided to try it out in my ~1200 sq ft living room before throwing out the packaging or brigning it on a camping trip. And it did the job, it wasn't as good as central AC but it kept the room comfortable in July/August heat (~90F). It worked so well it never made it into my travel trailer, and spent the entire summer cooling my living room. Now - fall and winter have arrive and I know a heat pump uses less energy than burning my furnace, so why not give it a go. THIS THING HEATS! I cant believe how well it heats my first floor, now when its 15F outside you have to lower your expectations, but in the mid 30s and 40s it heats the whole room. I am sold that this is now a part of my living room. Some little things to consider: When in AC mode it drips the condensate on the lower heat exchanger, so it evaporates and is blown outside (another dual hose benefit) so I never had to drain it. But in heat mode the exchangers are in reverse, so the condensate drips into the pan and it throws E5 errors after about 30-60 minutes. Just drain the pan with the lower drain plug (but that becomes a pain), so position this somewhere you can run a drain hose. The drain can be finicky so sometimes it needs a little help getting the water moving out the hose - I put a small piece of wood under the front wheels to tilt it back to help with this and it will run all day. Summary: Dont expect this to cool/heat your large home - but it does a fine job either in smaller spaces or supplimenting something else (in my case a wood stove in the winter, or a window AC somewhere in the opposite side of the house). Dual Hose is the biggest upside to this unit, it is insanely more efficient than a single hose unit. Take the risk - I cant speak for all of them - but at this price its a very affordable entry into a combo AC/Heat Pump unit.

First the good - for a refurbished unit, I was pretty pleased with the quality. Very minor cosmetic issues on one of the plastic pieces that you place in the window that the hoses connect to. Otherwise, it was as close to new as you can get. It's also pretty easy to install. Took me maybe 10 minutes. Plugged it in and it ran just fine. Air was blowing out at around 53°F. The bad - the claim of being able to cool a 550 sq ft room is either a typo or a lie. After running the unit for several hours and the temperature in the room falling only several degrees, I did a little research into the BTU SACC rating of this unit. Costco has a very similar Hisense 8000 BTU unit, and the coverage area states it's good for 350 sq ft. There is absolutely no way this thing can cool a 550 sq ft room. It just can't keep up. You'd need, mathematically, at least an 11000-12000 BTU SACC rating. I should have done more homework before purchasing. But if you're reading this, at least now you won't have to repeat my mistake. Overstating the coverage area by roughly 37% is inexcusable. Now I have to Tetris this thing back into the packaging and lug it down to whole foods to return it. Just an absolute pain in the neck. Or I guess more of a pain in the back, because this thing isn't exactly light. Update: Well I've had it for one full day, and the unit simply displays 81. I believe this is an error code for a faulty indoor temp sensor. What a piece of garbage this unit has turned out to be.

I should post this on the main (new) listing as this is for the used model I bought. As with many buying these, I couldn't put a regular window AC in because the last renovator of this mobile home put in a horizontal sliding window in the bedroom; strangely, the other windows are all vertical sliders that would work fine. In addition the bedroom is to the west & poorly insulated so the central AC just can't keep up in our 115F+ Arizona temps! This is oversized for the tiny bedroom but with the door shut even so damn hot in the afternoon outside the air coming out of this thing is ICE COLD! I actually have to turn it off at times! At night, I keep the bedroom door closed & the central AC high or off & it's so awesome! (I'm a day sleeper/ graveyard worker so trying to sleep while part of the wall gets almost too hot to touch can be difficult... 2 major down sides but they may not matter to you: first, this isn't a newer inverter type so it's either on or off, no in between. The compressor is crazy quiet, I have to put my ear close to hear it except when shutting off when it makes a loud "thunk" and shakes the whole unit! (I hope that's normal); unfortunately the fans are louder than they say, a problem when your trying to sleep with it a foot or 3 from your head. The outside fan turns o/o with the compressor while the inside fan runs constantly except right before compressor restart when everything shuts off for a few seconds. This is a real problem with trying to sleep! What has been working for me lately is leaving it running on low fan speed & lowest temp (61F): it never shuts off & the bedroom stays cold no matter how hot it is outside. The 2nd problem is the weird firmware: you need to jump through hoops to get it to behave the way you want. I'm guessing frustration over this is the reason so many of these units got returned, but they can be worked around. First, the remote control has some exclusive functions like making the flap move & lock where you want, so DON'T LOSE IT!!! The remote & unit seem to be transferring a block of data that overwrites all the variables in the unit, similar to how many Ham radios are programmed. You can override some of this on the unit temporarily, but the remote is the boss. The unit also doesn't remember settings when changing modes so you have to start over again with setting temp, air flap, etc; also some button positions on the remote make it too easy to accidentally change stuff especially modes: this gets frustrating & will piss you off in a hurry (at least it did me). I basically had to train myself to do things the way the unit expects. Once you get the hang of it, it's ok. This DOES have heat pump aka reverse mode (tested). May leave it hooked up next winter (it can drop to freezing here sometimes; it's a desert after all). Down side over a regular electric heater is NOISE but the efficiency may be too much to ignore. If you live in a cold & wet area be sure to follow the drain directions, but so far in AC mode I haven't had to drain it so the advertised evaporation function in AC mode is legit, at least for here. Finally, inrush current is enough to dim the lights when the compressor starts; again, hopefully nothing wrong but I bought insurance being a used AC (double whammy, but still way cheaper than new). Watts-Up during testing gave under a kW once pressure built up; by comparison by fridge is a bit over 100W while my central AC is 3kW according to my power bill (not running the stove in summer & the water heater gets barely any use), seemingly implying that this AC is a lot less efficient; but wow does it work!

Update, same day as last update (just to keep you up to date) I had to open the top drain port and tilt some to ensure it was fairly empty. I also did the lower one which had a bit, just because. I'd been getting odd shutowns and bizarre panel behavior. Then I remembered this had happened last summer around this time, extremely humid here. I had tried the three reset methods, which took me a while to find (and didn't fix it). Here they are, just because I had trouble finding them. Still the drain was my fix. Reset- Power off. Unplug for 30 seconds. Can give it up to 30 if you want all the innards to discharge Reset- Remote control. Press mute and fan at the same time for about 5 seconds. You should get a beep and a light on the panel. Reset- Plug safety reset. The plug has a button on the back of it, that will cause it to click/spring the blob just above it. Wait a few seconds, then push that blob back down, should click in place, and green light. Update: I have used the heat pump this past winter. It works pretty well. It will dry the air, and you will be dumping your water tub. I recommend you make the front wheels about 1/3 inch higher than back to help it drain. I found out it does heat even down to 22 where I am, but the cost of running goes up, as some inner workings will ice up because of how cold the outside air is, and it has to run more often and shorter cycles the colder it is as well. Which adds to the cost. Unlike the summer, I did not save much switching to this and two 1500W oil radiators spaced around the house, but I didn't spend any more either. Orig. review: I am using this in a 900 s.f. house. I have a Midea inverter window rig at the other end of the house. I'm actually keeping the house 1 degree cooler than I usually do this summer, and as the summer heated up, my bills ran 17, 23, 62, and now 70 bucks cheaper than with the HVAC (which I still could use if I wanted). Plus just by chance the months all had the same average this year for monthly temps as last, other than one that was 1 degree hotter on average this year. I'm in the deep south, btw. The Midea is probably doing the journeyman's work on savings, but this does really well at that end of the house, plus has a heat pump. Last year we had maybe 29 days that would have been too cold for the heat pump to work, but probably 140 I needed heat, so I'm looking forward to real savings with the heat pump as well.

I have no complaint it works really well for me. The Heater gives a E5 error after 5 mins for me. all you have to do is drain the plug at the bottom from my research that works. there were complaints from other persons about water leaking from bottom when the heater is used. I only experienced the leak when I elevate the device for better drainage or if i lift it when it's full, I have tile so if i roll it slowly there is no spill, makes sense because there is only a tray holding the water like a refrigerator does. I also did research and found that there are pumps that made to drain portable AC units also Amazon sells them are "condensate pump" so I'm going to buy one to resolve the heater and water issue. I haven't figured out how to get it to work with my smartphone yet, none of the Hisense apps worked that I tried and yeah that's a bummer but not enough to to give it 1 les stars it works fine with the remote it came with, for me being a techy it would've upped the cool factor, pun intended.

I bought a "refurbished" unit, but it wasn't blowing well, and the thermostat sometimes did not shut off the unit when the temperature was reached. I took the unit apart and found it full of cat hair and dirt. Also, several screws were missing. I tightened the electrical spade connectors to the control board because they were visibly loose. The performance was much better and the unit's tendency to overshoot the thermostat was greatly reduced. I suspect I didn't get all of the connectors sufficiently tight. This is the second time I got a "refurbished" item that was obviously not inspected and fixed. It works satisfactorily after I spent about 1 hour cleaning and tightening connections.

I use this to heat and cool my 10x12-foot detached office. It blows cold and cools the office very well. In heat mode, it doesn't seem to blow that warm. Nevertheless, it adequately heats my office, which gets into the 50s (F) on a cold Southern California winter night. I have to give credit to the company for in-warranty service. The main circuit board failed after about nine months. The usual adjustment in that case would be to send me a new unit and scrap the old one. That would be a waste, seeing that it was a simple repair. When I contacted customer support, they gave me the usual "Did you properly operate the On/Off switch?" type of questions. However, after I described the malfunction in detail, they determined it was the main circuit board and offered to send a replacement board if I was willing to make the repair myself. Being an electronics technician, I agreed rather than scrap the otherwise-good unit. They sent the part. The repair was a fairly simple board swap, and the unit is working again.