@shawn I read it. I realize they address the cold but who buys something like this when it’s this cold out. Let it get to spring when people are thinking about summer not when people are thinking about digits and other parts freezing off.
Just about every other day my wife will say, ‘you’ve got a little something on your face,’ and it turns out that what I have on my face are pieces of my face falling off of my face.
Yesterday, the high here was a negative number. That’s the kind of cruel joke played by nature that can erase the memory.
@bleedmichigan@shawn I guess the powers-to-be at Meh thought this was a funny idea, but the joke’s on them when they end up selling only a handful of these.
@bleedmichigan If you buy things in the off-season, when you DON’T need them, they’re cheaper. This is the right time for Meh to buy this cheaply, and for YOU to buy this cheaply. Buying it when you need it is for chumps.
@TBoneZeOriginal Colder than a gut-shot bitch wolf dog with nine sucking pups pulling a number-four trap up a hill in the dead of winter In the middle of a snowstorm with a mouth full of porcupine quills.
@blueyed510 not going to bother looking closer at the manufacturer page, but it might be due to the EPA/DOE/whoever finally waking up and declaring these horribly inefficient single tube roller A/C units don’t do what their manufacturers claimed they did.
So a pre-EPA-wake up unit that is resold or units that straddle that timeline have to get honest about their effective capabilities. The demerit could easily be from 14,000 to 9,000 BTUs.
Bottom line: Single tube roller A/C units suck at cooling a room vs two tube roller units and window A/C units. I don’t believe the EPA will ever rate a single tube, “Energy Star”.
@RedOak@rpstrong Thanks, that makes sense. I didn’t know about the change in ratings systems, but was aware that these portable units didn’t achieve the same cooling as a window unit with the same BTU rating
I actually would love to pick up a portable AC unit, since the deal would theoretically be better in the off-season. However, this is still WAY too high for me… throw out a dirt cheap ($100 or lower) portable AC unit that isn’t DOA, and I’ll be all over it.
This is intriguing but I wouldn’t be able to really try it out before the 90 day warranty expires! For something like this meh you should really offer a 1 year warranty, since most of us will stick it in a closet for the next! 6 months.
@robson Turn your heat way up and boil water on all of your burners and turn your shower on all the way to hot. Do this until the temperature in your house is 80 and the humidity is really high. Then put your portable AC unit in your bedroom and see if it can lower the temp and decrease the humidity.
Sorry cold meh-ers. But the high is 82 next Monday so I’ll need this in my garage. I was planning to cut a hole in the wall and use a window unit that a friend was getting rid of but I’d rather be able to control it via wifi (so I can make it chilly out there before entering the sauna that is my back yard).
WI FI ALL THA THINGS.
Internet Of Everything Everything!
How else will Skynet make mildew grow in your shower unless it has control over your home’s humidity?
Ummmm… two days in a row seems to be a pattern. This is being offered at the same price at MorningSave? Does that mean we should start ordering through MorningSave to get a 10% discount, or has that changed? It’s just that it seems less a discount for MorningSave shoppers than a penalty for those of us who have been Meh! shoppers for, you know, forever.
@gertiestn yep that was changed up a bit (to a coupon) so that VMP could use other coupons when such coupons were more than 10% off (a few months back via email). However, coupons have exclusions and the Daybreak event over there is not included in most coupon eligibility.
Nothing smart about this device. It doesn’t work. The one with two hoses to outside work slightly better. Of every molecule of hot air you blow outside, another one gets pulled from the hot outside to equalize the pressure.
Yeah, so about that packaging. Not so great. Of course I couldn’t inspect it since it was left at my door during the day, but it is definitely damaged. Guess it’s time to email y’all with some pics.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Air Conditioner/Dehumidifier
1x Drain Hose
1x Exhaust Hose
1x Remote Control
1x Window Installation Kit
Price Comparison
$549 at Home Depot
Warranty
90 day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Jun 17 - Tuesday, Jun 21
Say what
Chill.
@shahnm Chilly?
It’s a little cheaper than Mac air.
@OnionSoup but Mac Air comes straight from Scotland!
I take it that Meh wanted everyone to have a slow day at work.
Dice roll for the number of sales today:
You rolled a total of 13
/roll 1d20
Bad timing on this sale especially when parts of the Midwest are colder than Antarctica.
@bleedmichigan somebody didn’t read the write-up
@shawn I read it. I realize they address the cold but who buys something like this when it’s this cold out. Let it get to spring when people are thinking about summer not when people are thinking about digits and other parts freezing off.
@bleedmichigan @shawn The write-up made me LOL multiple times
@bleedmichigan @shawn I guess the powers-to-be at Meh thought this was a funny idea, but the joke’s on them when they end up selling only a handful of these.
@bleedmichigan @Kerig3 hahaha, totally. screw those guys.
@bleedmichigan @shawn Or maybe somebody didn’t understand the write-up.
@bleedmichigan If you buy things in the off-season, when you DON’T need them, they’re cheaper. This is the right time for Meh to buy this cheaply, and for YOU to buy this cheaply. Buying it when you need it is for chumps.
If only it weren’t colder than the underside of a penguin’s ballsack outside.
@TBoneZeOriginal Witch’s Tit, Well diggers Butt…
@TBoneZeOriginal Colder than a gut-shot bitch wolf dog with nine sucking pups pulling a number-four trap up a hill in the dead of winter In the middle of a snowstorm with a mouth full of porcupine quills.
[Just ask a nighthawk.]
@rpstrong You win.
I’m not exactly clear on what speedo-clad snowman-Irk is doing.
I’m in the Chicago area freezing my butt and all I can say is Meh’s timing is rediculous!
@Kerig3 yeah I guess it’ll NEVER GET HOT AGAIN
@Kerig3 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridiculous
@Kerig3 @stevebopp I think they meant that it was diculous once again.
It is -14. Nope.
@birdman4 -19 here.
@birdman4 @Kerig3 -26 here
@Rossome You win…I guess?
Keep safe!
@birdman4 @Kerig3 64 here…sorry.
@birdman4 Mid-seventies. I have no concept of what negative degrees feels like but still not buying an air conditioner in “winter”.
“Can you remember a time when the problem was that there was TOO MUCH heat and humidity in the air?”
Welcome to Florida.
Is it an A/C, Dehumidifier, BTU sink, or place to store batteries? Today, I will store my batteries outside. So, no thanks.
How come the headline says 14,000 btu but the specs say 9,000 btu?
@blueyed510 It take 5000 BTU to do dehumidifying and Wi-Fi’ing
@blueyed510 Um, …
Because @SenorYEETZ did the maths?
@blueyed510 The specs are correct. The unit is a 14,000 BTU A/C & Dehumidifier, with a 9,000 BTU cooling rating.
^ That number is then quantified by the square footage the unit is intended to cover, which is how you can tell I have no idea what I’m talking about.
But this person seems to.
@blueyed510 @mike808 yeah you have such little faith in me
@blueyed510 It’s due to a change in testing procedures - see: Sylvane blog for a bit more info.
@blueyed510 not going to bother looking closer at the manufacturer page, but it might be due to the EPA/DOE/whoever finally waking up and declaring these horribly inefficient single tube roller A/C units don’t do what their manufacturers claimed they did.
So a pre-EPA-wake up unit that is resold or units that straddle that timeline have to get honest about their effective capabilities. The demerit could easily be from 14,000 to 9,000 BTUs.
Bottom line: Single tube roller A/C units suck at cooling a room vs two tube roller units and window A/C units. I don’t believe the EPA will ever rate a single tube, “Energy Star”.
@RedOak @rpstrong Thanks, that makes sense. I didn’t know about the change in ratings systems, but was aware that these portable units didn’t achieve the same cooling as a window unit with the same BTU rating
You know what is both cooler than these and will warm the hearts of two betrothed, (@deathbynoodlez and fiancee), and mehny mehny mehtizens?
Meh face Pop Sockets
Day 118
Wisconsin
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Florida
True story…
Illinois
I expect all the sales to be in Arizona and florida then. Im not complaining, it will soon be very useful in Phoenix
@azdarkknight At this posting there were several sales in Indiana & Ohio. Methinks they add something funny to the water in those states.
@azdarkknight Linn County, Oregon. “Grass seed capitol of the World”. And, apparently, dank year round.
I actually would love to pick up a portable AC unit, since the deal would theoretically be better in the off-season. However, this is still WAY too high for me… throw out a dirt cheap ($100 or lower) portable AC unit that isn’t DOA, and I’ll be all over it.
@haydesigner
Funny you felt this clarification was required here on Meh.
This is intriguing but I wouldn’t be able to really try it out before the 90 day warranty expires! For something like this meh you should really offer a 1 year warranty, since most of us will stick it in a closet for the next! 6 months.
@robson That short warranty period is probably by design.
@robson That’s what I was gonna say. And, for a few bucks more can get a new one at Walmart.com.
@robson Turn your heat way up and boil water on all of your burners and turn your shower on all the way to hot. Do this until the temperature in your house is 80 and the humidity is really high. Then put your portable AC unit in your bedroom and see if it can lower the temp and decrease the humidity.
Ok who were the people in Indiana and Ohio that bought this? Haha
@brainhulk people with faith on the cyclic nature of seasons…
@brainhulk Global Cooling Deniers.
Would totally buy one if I didn’t already have all the AC I needed
It’s a good deal but not cheap enough to cause an impulse upgrade purchase.
I’m in Ohio and would totally buy this right now… but not for almost $300… hopefully they bring it back in a few months.
@thethiefprince nope. Ceramic heaters for sale after June 1.
/giphy wet-possible-crow
Sorry cold meh-ers. But the high is 82 next Monday so I’ll need this in my garage. I was planning to cut a hole in the wall and use a window unit that a friend was getting rid of but I’d rather be able to control it via wifi (so I can make it chilly out there before entering the sauna that is my back yard).
WI FI ALL THA THINGS.
Internet Of Everything Everything!
How else will Skynet make mildew grow in your shower unless it has control over your home’s humidity?
Is the exhaust hose a hard line (image 9) or a flex line (image 12)?
When you get to the spec that says refurbished you stop…
You’re buying someones odors…
Ummmm… two days in a row seems to be a pattern. This is being offered at the same price at MorningSave? Does that mean we should start ordering through MorningSave to get a 10% discount, or has that changed? It’s just that it seems less a discount for MorningSave shoppers than a penalty for those of us who have been Meh! shoppers for, you know, forever.
@gertiestn yep that was changed up a bit (to a coupon) so that VMP could use other coupons when such coupons were more than 10% off (a few months back via email). However, coupons have exclusions and the Daybreak event over there is not included in most coupon eligibility.
@gertiestn @snapster So that’s why you made that change. OK.
Nothing smart about this device. It doesn’t work. The one with two hoses to outside work slightly better. Of every molecule of hot air you blow outside, another one gets pulled from the hot outside to equalize the pressure.
That said, it does dehumidify, but since its pumping air to the outdoors, you get the same replacement effect with new humid air.
Yeah, so about that packaging. Not so great. Of course I couldn’t inspect it since it was left at my door during the day, but it is definitely damaged. Guess it’s time to email y’all with some pics.