First AC Review – NewAir AC-10000E Portable Air Conditioner
The NewAir AC-10000E is a portable air conditioner that’s built for the apartment dweller in mind. This unit is marketed to cool single rooms and personal spaces. It weighs about 50 pounds and is honestly one of the lightest portable ACs I’ve ever seen.
The tiny NewAir AC-10000E has 10,000 BTUs of cooling and is ideal for rooms no larger than 200 square feet. I found that the 12-hour timer, programmable temperature settings, and remote control made it easy to control temperature settings, while the Energy Efficiency Ratio of 11.6 will help me save money on electricity costs (hopefully!). The include window kit was pretty easy to use and I was ready to hook the unit up in my bedroom in about 10 minutes. I found that the NewAir AC-10000E portable air conditioner was pretty quiet, but my only qualm with this machine was that it didn’t seem to have an auto-start feature for power outages (not really a big deal unless you’re using it for a computer service room or something). If you have a slightly larger room, the Soleus LX-120 12,000 BTU portable AC unit (*est. $380) will probably do the trick for about a hundred dollars more.
Because the NewAir AC-10000E supposedly came out a few weeks ago, there are very few reviews of this portable air conditioner. I was a little hesitant in buying something with little to no information available, but given that this unit was incredibly compact, it was really the only choice I had for my tiny 700 square foot studio apartment. Currently I’ve only found 2 stores that carry it – Air-N-Water.com and Air-Conditioner-Home.com. Both retailers have it on sale for $299, but with a little research, I think you can get it for less with a discount code or something.
I ended up buying my AC-10000E from www.air-n-water.com, and it arrived on my doorstep in a few days, so I was happy with the service. Overall, I’d rate this portable air conditioner an 8/10. While it isn’t the strongest unit you can buy, the fact that it’s as small as most room dehumidifiers makes it awesome.