Dick Smith have the Vostok 12,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner (3.5kW, Reverse Cycle) for $349 delivered. Good price
They also have the
Vostok 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner (4.1kW, Reverse Cycle) For $379
https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/buy/vostok-14000-btu-portabl…
These seem to be a rebadged Rinnai which is cooling only for $699 and $749 for the 4.1kW
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/rinnai-c35kw-cooling-only-por…
Doesn't seem like the 14,000 BTU is that bad of a deal if it was $420 delivered compared to this.
For those interested try and find a $30 off $120 (or greater discount) in the Classifieds. Users are selling $50 off $120 for $10 which will make this $309 delivered.
I'm planning on buying a mobile reverse cycle for the winter to heat - they are supposed to be more energy efficient for heating than the oldschool simple resistor based ones.
Any experience with this perhaps?
I remember reading something about reverse cycle air conditioners being more energy efficient than oil fin heaters….try https://whirlpool.net.au
EDIT: I was looking because I moved into a place with aircon and was wondering which was more energy efficient.
That link just goes to whirlpool.
Yes, heat pumps (air con) are much more efficient than resistive heaters. The only catch is you must have an outlet for dumping hot or cold air.
I purchased a 10k BTU Kogan unit for cooling my single car garage. Fully insulated, no windows, sun does not shine on the the roller door.
Up to about 32C it's quite effective, but struggles to cool if outside temp is 35C, and is almost completely useless on 40C days. It's also very loud. Buy a bigger air con than you think you need.
You need to start them before it gets hot otherwise it's kinda useless.
Trying to coil a room that is already 35+ degrees is nearly impossible with the old portable.
The AC was running overnight (30C at night, 40C during the day) and into another 40C day. It just can't handle it.
I bought the 14,000 one recently, and it's not bad. Takes the edge out of hot days. We have it running in a fairly large area, so we know it's not too efficient but it's still doing a good job.
Well might not be important to everyone but to save a few more bucks and with better price protection , buy from Ebay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vostok-12-000-BTU-Portable-Air-Co…
Using Code PICK5 to bring the price down to $342.95 Shipped . Remember CashReward :)
Be mindful of the noise level , it is noisy however at tolerant-able level
Bought one Kogan-brand 12 000 BT last year and been going strong without any issue
Cooling : Well enough , bring hot days like today down to 19 Degree with ease
Heating : Faster and more comfortable than Oil coil Heater / More efficient than Fan heater
After all for the price , you get what you paid for
Hope this help :)
Also 14k BTU model is available via DickSmith ebay;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vostok-14-000-BTU-Portable-Air-Co…
$392.26 w/ free shipping
PICK5 code brings it down to $372.65
estimated delivery 29 Jan - 5 Feb
Named after the Russian Antarctic base.
Good one Ruslan :)
I ordered one last week for that price and that doesn't include delivery. It's 349 + shipping.
Bought the 14000 btu model, hope it arrives on or before Friday.
Can't decide this Vostok one or the Kogan one:
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-14000-btu-portable-air-co…
Pretty much same price, same specs. Any advice please? I need air con asap, a few sleepless night already
Tks
Any advice?
I bought the 14000 one of these from Kogan, but the instructions are godawful.
I've installed it, mostly but there's 3 holes on the back of the thing, for water drainage of some kind - there's plugs in them and a small hose, I've NO IDEA which one I should plug the hose into, if any?
yep the vostok and kogans are on sale ATM, however they are only offer free shipping on the non reverse cycle models :(
3.5KW
$259 - https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/vostok-12000-btu-portable-air-c…
$279 - https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-12000-btu-portable-air-co…
4.1KW
$279 - https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/vostok-14000-btu-portable-air-c…
$299 - https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-14000-btu-portable-air-co…
im looking to switch from the old cheap electric heaters which cost me a small fortune in this house, one of these units will probably pay for itself in 1 season and do a better job at heating the place… the only down side is the noise, looks like the vostoks are quieter and cheaper, works for me
I bought the 14k last time it was a hot day for like $420. Only used it once, but it did the job pretty decently (if loudly).
God damnit.