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Price: £499.99 - £479.00
(as of Jul 11, 2024 09:57:51 UTC – Details)
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For every home and every lifestyle, with BLACK+DECKER by your side, Make Life Easier everyday. From the kitchen to the garden and everything in between: cook, create, and clean with products designed for every home
3-IN-1 FUNCTIONALITY: 3 operating modes provide high-performance air conditioning, dehumidifying and cooling for large rooms up to 24m2 for a comfortable, healthy home all year round
POWERFUL 12,000 BTU OUTPUT: Class A Energy Efficiency for low environmental impact, whilst providing optimum performance at low running costs
3.4KW POWERFUL COOLING: High, medium and low wind speeds deliver a strong, cool breeze to ensure comfort in hot rooms. Its low cool setting produces just 53dB to reduce noise disruption, ideal on warmer summer nights for a comfortable sleep
POWERFUL DEHUMIDIFYING: High performance technology removes excess moisture to prevent damp, mould and mildew from forming in rooms, closets and wardrobes. The large 1.5L water tray is designed to extract up to 40 litres of unwanted moisture per day, with a self-evaporating system to empty collected water
2 YEAR GUARANTEE: Assured BLACK+DECKER quality with a 2 year guarantee for added peace of mind
Customers say
Customers like the appearance of the air conditioner, mentioning it looks good and has a retro look. They say it cools the room down fast and produces beautiful cold air. Customers are also satisfied with the quality. However, some customers have reported issues with the noise and size of the unit. They mention that the noise level is constant and the size is inexplicably large. Opinions are mixed on value, mobility, and performance.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Mrs B. –
Works great!
 Omg this machine is fantastic! I have a large 2 bedroom flat with south facing wall to wall windows. The heat gets unbearable in the UK heatwave. Iâve added tinted windows, the tall Dyson fans to the bedrooms and have kitchen and bathroom extractor fans running on the north facing side. Plus I keep the humidity low with a big dehumidifier machine. Which has all helped, but I use a clothes dryer condenser machine every day. Once that heat is in the flat, itâs very hard to get it out again. Especially when there is no breeze coming through the windows and itâs very humid outside. Our flat went up to 29c last year, before I even put the dryer on. So this year I read as many reviews as possible, and decided I had no choice but to take the plunge and make my own mind up. So glad I did. Yesterday my indoor temp was 27c and with the air con on full speed it lowered it by 2degrees within 10 minutes. I left the living room door open the whole time, and not only does the whole room feel like Iâm sitting in an air conditioned car, but it makes my long narrow hall way cold as well. After an hour the bedrooms started feeling cooler and then I was able to put my clothes dryer on. Yes its a bit noisey. But we can hear the tv over the loudest speed setting. So isnât bothering us. Iâve added a quick video clip to show how it does reduce down in noise on the medium and lowest settings on full air con mode. Ignore the background tapping, that was the dog walking around wanting to be involved lol. Having low humidity to start of with, I think may be the key to why this machine instantly feels my room and hall up with beautiful cold air, to the point where Im actually feeling too cold and have to turn the machine down if the clothes dryer isnât on by 5pm. But keeping it running cooled the bedrooms down even further for bedtime. The wooden floors instead of carpet probably help as well. We havenât fitted the window kit yet. Iâm sure thatâs going to make a difference as well, especially when that horrible humidity outside rises. The soft breeze outside yesterday wasnât blowing any of the exhaust hose heat back in the window. Today no breeze and I can feel the heat outside enter near the window only. The machine is still keeping the room lovely and cold. Another trick I found, was using a desk fan on my kitchen unit, near the door way, facing outwards. This helped direct the cool air in my hall to reach the bedrooms faster. One room is on the south side same size as my living room (pics added to give you a rough idea of the room size) and my sons double bedroom on north side, has gaming equipment that heats his room like a heater. This portable air con machine btu1200 is making the world of difference, from just being situated in the living room. I definitely wouldnât be without it now. Update Today: Even with the temperature outside at 29c, and the low humidity in my flat, the machine makes it feel like 21c instead of the reading in the living room showing 25c for instance. Rest of the flat it got the temp down to 26c but still feels nice and cool with a nice breeze affect flowing around. After 2.30pm my bedroom was down to 25c as well. Today Iâm using the auto setting. It switches from air con to cooling fan superbly. Which also switches automatically through the speed settings. The noise in the room just blends in the back ground when the tvâs on and the families home. Iâve had annoying, useless floor stand fans worse than this noise. So the noise isnât bothering us and hardly noticeable in the rest of the flat. When itâs in fan only mode, itâs even better than my tall Dyson fans. Plus with its self dehumidifier working in air con mode. I no longer have to use my separate dehumidifier machine. Havenât had to drain no water out of the machine yet. But this is only the second day.Update: third day is raining, very hot and humid. My flats humidity over night went up to 56. I even turned my old dehumidifier machine on around midnight and the tank was full by the morning and again in the afternoon. So thankful to the kind Amazon member! Who not only replied back quickly to my question, of whether I could use the air con machine on rainy days. But also took the time to do a quick video as well. It was very much appreciated! So I set about adding a waterproof window kit and pointed the hose out the window. Making sure it was pointing down to help prevent rain getting in it. Worked a treat. Plus today Iâve had the auto mode setting on all day. Due to the high humidity still in my flat because of this hot rainy weather. Took longer to cool and reach the bedrooms down the hall. But baring in mind, I did have the clothes dryer on for 2 hrs and my front room and hall were still super cold. The machine makes much less noise in auto mode as well, not just because itâs switching between fan and speed settings. But it seems to run with a smoother noice it seems. Either that or Iâm just already accustomed to it being back ground noise now. I ran the machine for 12hrs today and my electric smart meter device was only showing £3.89 for the whole day. Usually it shows £2.50 to £3.00 depending how many times I have the clothes dryer on. So for less than a pound a day to run the air con for that amount of time, is fantastic. Iâm still dreading the day the water needs emptying though. Iâve no idea how much will need to come out. Itâs a pity they havenât designed one with a removable tray to empty, like a dehumidifier machine has.Update June 2023. Still working great!
AP59098 –
Must have for any new build home!!
When we moved into our home, we instantly realised how warm our house was. In the summer with any temperature outside over 20 degrees, we noticed a significant increase in the temperature even with opening every window possible.After a couple of years of using standard fans to try and cool our rooms down, we took the plunge and purchased this air con unit. Our initial thought when we unboxed the unit was that it was rather large and has a large hose that needed to be hung out the window that was unsightly.After we plugged the unit in, we couldn’t believe how quickly it made a difference! It instantly cooled the room down and made it more bearable to sit in the living room. To experiment, we then moved this upstairs and again it made a huge difference to our bedroom. The handles are quite shallow so moving this isn’t ideal as it does have quite a weight to it but for the coolness it brings, it is well worth the effort.It can be noisy but in comparison to other models we looked at, this seemed one of the quieter ones and we could still easily watch tv or go to sleep with this on. The sleep mode feature also has proved handy when we have moved this into the bedroom and the remote control is an added bonus to save having to get up to turn the unit on.I have given this four stars because of the shallow handles, noise and hose but the main issue is the cost of running the unit. It uses quite a lot of energy and can easily cause your bills to rocket if you aren’t careful!Overall, definitely worth it for the cooler summer days but need to consider the costs involved!
Fraser Hoggan –
Very Impressed. Perfect for hot nights.
Very very rarely leave a review. But this has been incredible. Live in a new build home in the UK which is very well insulated. Last year I bought an air cooler which for the summer we had just did not cut it.The unit its self is pretty big and very heavy. Not massively easy to move around although it does have wheels. It is really not as loud as others make it out to be. When it first gets going it can make a bit of noise but I sleep with it on every night. After a few minutes it calms down and just sounds like a fan.Big pipe you need to have angled out of a window. We personally do not use the netting as it does a good enough job anyway.Freezing cold air in a couple of minutes. Only slight disappointment was the vent doesnât move automatically. You just set the direction for the air to come out. If we start actually getting a proper summer this year in England I will be even happier with it.
George –
Works well and came 2 days earlier than estimated
I’ve wanted this air conditioning unit for a few years now but could never find it in stock with a company that delivers to Northern Ireland. This company did and it arrived 2 days earlier than estimated, which was f fortunate for me as the weather here just got too hot and muggy. It came in good condition, looks good, easily move and set up. Most of all it cools really well leaving the air still fresh in the room the next day when the rest of the house was warm and muggy. It won’t go as low as 18C if its 25 degrees inside, but will still bring it to a comfortable 21C, which I sort of expected. Remote works well, unfortunately battery not included (c2032 button cell), but luckily I had 1 handy. Display is clear and easy to remember so you can see it from a distance even with vision problems. My only regret with it is I didn’t notice the 16,000 btu unit is available now with 31% off making it affordable to me as it would only be £50 more, but that’s life, eh. Lol If you were hesitant about buying this, don’t be, it’s a great unit and I wouldn’t be without it now.