BLACK+DECKER BPP10WTB Portable Air Conditioner with Remote Control, 10,000 BTU SACC/CEC (14,000 BTU ASHRAE), Cools Up to 450 Square Feet, White

My air conditioning unit arrived today. This was the first thing that caught my eye on the carton's top. "IMPORTANT: If the air conditioner has not been stored or transported upright, wait at least 24 hours before turning it on. "br> This isn't mentioned in the instruction manual at all. br>br>I noticed it in the FedEx truck, lying on its side. br> I'm curious how many negative reviews are the result of people who failed to notice/heed this advice. br> It's 108 degrees outside today, and 87 degrees in my living room with our evaporative cooler. I'll put it off until tomorrow. br> Anyone buying an air conditioner online, in my opinion, should be aware of this. Your unit has most likely been on its side at some point. br> I'll update my review later. I just wanted to make a note of it. Best of luck!.

Mack FINCH

| Sep 07, 2021

This product has been under my scrutiny for the past two months, and the following are my findings. br>br>1) It's a small air conditioner with a 14,000 BTU capacity, which is ideal if you're trying to save space. 2) The sliding window panels used to connect to the vacuum cleaner-looking attachment aren't sturdy enough; the plastic pieces bend when trying to connect; luckily, I had an old window set up from my 12k BTU Amana portable AC that was much more durable. B is what I recommend. D add some weight to the sliding window panels. 3) When operating at maximum efficiency, it blows ICE WATER cold, but there's a catch. This unit's fans appear to be extremely sensitive to airflow obstruction through the back vent. After a day or two of operation, I noticed that the fans began to malfunction to the point where they sounded broken, and I had to turn it off. I removed the screen and re-started the computer, which immediately began to run smoothly. To put the fans through their paces, I draped a towel over a small section of the fins at various points. This, I believe, is the give-to-me type of situation. With a 14k BTU AC this small, you must keep the screen VERY CLEAN at all times due to its size. I wash it every time I use it, and I've never had a problem with the fan malfunctioning; when clean, it blows very cold and will do so at any fan speed. br>br>4) The remote is in good working order; it can pick up the signal without you having to face it, and all of the options work right away. br>br>5) The unit is equipped with powerful fans that can blow air up to ten feet away. Depending on how the louver's are adjusted, the height can be 15 feet up or down. It cooled a 400-square-foot space from 80 to 67 degrees in half an hour; it's a little bulldog of an air conditioner that will run all night. br>br>6) If you're lazy, don't buy it; to get optimal performance, you'll have to clean it/drain the water/etc. more frequently, but the payoff is that it'll kick your arse on a hot day.

Wren Rich

| Jan 11, 2022

I recently moved to NYC and this is my first time installing an external air conditioner (I've always had central air), so I was a little nervous about how to do it and hoping I'd get a good one, but I'm so glad I did! br>br>Does the job and cools; it's a little loud, but then again, what air conditioner is completely silent? br>br>I've uploaded a photo and a video to show how loud it is. The cooling setting is set to the lowest fan mode in the video.

Sylas Hendrix

| Sep 20, 2021

To begin with, I'm not a huge fan of B D's music. I'm familiar enough with GIANT name brands to understand that the name doesn't always indicate who built the unit, but rather who is marketing and supporting it. This unit has 90% of the same guts as an LG unit for all I know. (LG, along with Frigidaire, is the market leader in portable/window AC units. ) br>br>The product arrived in the retail box, which appears to be able to double as a shipping container because it is very sturdy, and it's assembled in such a way that it would just about collapse if shipped any other way than "this side up," and it's clearly marked as such on the box in many places so you shouldn't run into the issue some reviewers are talking about where they need to let it stand vertical for 24 hours before plugging it in and letting it charge. br>br>I'm not stupid, but there are a few aspects of this product that don't make sense or are done in an overly complicated (cost-cutting) manner. To be fair, this is my first experience with a portable air conditioner, so it's possible that they're all the same (get it?). )br>br>First, there's the issue with the window vent blocking plate. Because I live in an older house with small windows, I had to cut one of the panels to make it the right size. This is some pretty thick plastic, and I don't think it's realistic to expect the average consumer to be able to cut one of these pieces of plastic. Then, using a hacksaw, secure each of the telescoping panels (basically shallow "C" channels) into one another with screws so that it becomes one unit. This is supposed to be a PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. If I bought this with the intention of moving it from one room to another, I'd be screwed because no two windows are exactly the same size, and changing the size of the plate isn't easy. For the window plate, I had hoped to see a more well-thought-out design. Fortunately, it'll be staying in my attic upstairs. On even a mildly warm day, the bedroom easily reaches very high temperatures, and the central air conditioner can't keep up. br>br>Another issue is the remote, as well as the overall interface for operating the machine. The top/face of the machine has the love-in-a-box love-in-a-box love-in-a-box love-in-a-box love-in-a-box love-in-a-box love-in- hate- em capacitive touch buttons that emit a beep rather than providing tactile feedback. Whatever the case may be, it works. Anything other than turning it on and off and up and down necessitates the use of the remote, which appears to send discrete commands for each incremental increase or decrease in temperature, ensuring that the temperature displayed on the remote is never "out of sync" with the unit as long as you change the temperature with the remote at least once. It's nothing more than an infrared transmission. Signals are limited to one type. The real conundrum arises when it comes to adjusting the sleep/wake timer. I've read the instructions but am stumped. When I wake up and before I go to bed, I just turn it on manually, which brings me to my next complaint. br>br>It's loud! I understand that an AC unit must move air in order to function, but even with the fan turned down low (which is ineffective because it does not push the cool air far enough towards me), the unit makes too much noise for me to sleep with it on. I could probably get around this by moving it to the other side of the room, but I don't want to (for the time being), so I just tolerate it. br>br>Most of the marketing graphics/information on this product's Amazon listing is either glossed over, or simply incorrect; for example, the picture of the exhaust vent is incorrect, because it connects to an ovular shaped thing, and then goes out the window; and the filter does not slide out; instead, you snap the holder out of the back, and then snap the filter out of the holder. Another example of marketing gone haywire. br>br>However, it quickly blasts out cool air and works to maintain a relatively large, low-pressure area. I have to give it credit for keeping the temperature in the ceiling attic bedroom at a pleasant 74 degrees even when the outside temperature is hovering around 100 degrees. The "AirSwing" feature is useful in that it allows you to angle the unit (which was the only way to get it closer to the wall and deal with the unwieldy hot-water heater in my case). Using the air hose from the back, pitch the vents so that the air is still blowing straight ahead. I suppose sharing some of the cool air with your visitors or other house dwellers would be beneficial in a more open space. br>br>So, what makes you want to buy this rather than a window unit? Instead of fiddling with big drippy, rusty rectangles and angle brackets or 2x4s screwed into the stucco, I can yank out the plate and roll it into a closet at the end of our two-month summer and let it sit for the next ten months or so. br>br>We'll see how well water atomization performs in terms of dehumidification. The manual claims that emptying the moisture from the unit only has to be done once at the end of the season, but it also claims that the sleep timer is functional. br>br>UPDATEbr>br>After living with this unit for a few VERY hot weeks, one season after another, I've learned a few thingsbr>br>* The built-in water tank is very likely to fill up, causing the unit to stop producing cold air. I fixed this by attaching the included clear plastic tube to the back/bottom of the unit and elevating it onto a sturdy little platform without the casters. It's now possible to drip freely. Drop the water it collects down the tube into a sawed-off orange juice container that must be emptied every few days (!). ) It's a good idea to keep that in a small trash can in case you forget to check it and it overflows all over your floor, which is unlikely to happen. br>br>* Instead of venting through a window, it now vents through a hole in the wall that was previously used to house the exhaust port of a wall-mounted heater. This allowed me to get it very close to the wall, and I was even able to reduce the size of the collapsible hose by a third. Heat is radiated by the hose, and there is now less of it. It's also easier for it to discharge warm air due to the shorter path. br>br>* It appears to draw a large spike of power from time to time, causing the breaker to trip. Granted, the wiring in my old house was a little wonky. It's not done while I'm there to watch it; it's done while I'm gone, so I return to an 85-degree, humid bedroom. The GFCI hasn't tripped yet because it's built-in. br>br>* I'm bothered by the fact that these single-hose units actively discharge cooled air and create negative pressure, and I'm looking for a solution. entirely- This is an inelegant way of turning this thing into a dual hose unit by providing it with a source of fresh outside air. br>br>But, after several heaves and hoes into and out of the closet, and sitting unused for months and months at a time, it's still running strong.

Rey Lambert

| Apr 21, 2021