NETTA Portable Air Conditioner 3-IN-1 8000BTU, Dehumidifier
NETTA Portable Air Conditioner 3-IN-1 8000BTU, Dehumidifier, Cooling Fan – WiFi Smart App, 3 Speed Settings, Weekly Timer, Remote Control [Energy Class A] [Energy Class A]
| Weight: | 25 kg |
| Size: | 8000 BTU |
| Dimensions: | 33.5 x 70 x 32.5 cm; 25 kg |
| Model: | 103973 |
| Part: | 103893 |
| Colour: | White |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | NETTA |
| Dimensions: | 33.5 x 70 x 32.5 cm; 25 kg |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 8000 BTU |
My room is cooler, my room is less humid, what else is there to say?
The only reason this doesn’t have 5 stars, is because the unit is noisy, and even putting the fan to low doesn’t really help. It’s also a little awkward to empty the water collection from the dehumidification function.
However, I have a room that is 3mx4mx2.5m, and turning this one will drop the room by about 2C in roughly 20 minutes, which during some of the hot spells we’ve had in the UK has been a life saver.
The best additional benefit has been the added dehumidification whilst in A/C mode. This has dropped the humidity in the room by nearly 30% on some of the more humid days in under an hour.
The App is so-so, as is the Alexa skill. The Alexa skill will only work if you add the a/c to the app first, and then add on the Alexa skill.
The Remote is very durable too.
Firstly, a moment of appreciation for the Amazon delivery guy who offered to haul this up to my first floor flat, coz it’s HEAVY – I have a degenerative spinal condition & I couldn’t even lift it off the ground.
I’d spent hours trying to choose an AC unit within budget. My flat is top floor, south facing, with vaulted ceilings & no loft to absorb the heat, so every summer it turns into the 7th level of hell. Finally, I settled on this one.
Is it loud? Yes, but you get used to it. Could I sleep with it on? Yes. It’s positioned maybe 1.5m from my bed & somehow feels quieter than the fan I have beside my bed.
Does it do the job? Hmm…hard to say for sure, coz immediately after being delivered, we’ve had cooler weather. But it has helped with hot flashes.
Was it easy to set up? Hmm…pretty much. If you don’t include the fact that it’s impossibly heavy & I had to move my entire living room around to appease it, coz it can’t be too close to walls, have kinks in the pipe, etc. There are kinks in the pipe though, coz the pipe is only just long enough to reach the back of the unit to my window.
Was it worth it? Well, I won’t know for sure until summer fully hits & I reach peak sweaty hell in my flat. I’m hopeful though. So far the signs are good.
What’s the smart function like? I purchased it because it said it was compatible with Smart Life. I feel like that’s a lie, coz I couldn’t get Smart Life to find it. It has it’s own app which has similar functions to the remote control but with the ability to use it from anywhere. The app doesn’t automatically connect to Alexa like Smart Life does. You have to do it manually. But once it’s synced with Alexa, it works well.
Is it worth the price? Time will tell, we’re not in the ridiculously uncomfortable part of summer yet. But it does feel like it will cope with it & I’m hopeful it’ll help me kick my summertime Seasonal Affective Disorder.
This unit works fairly well in my small flat (25 square metres living area). It’s not as loud as I was expecting based on other reviews (people don’t seem to know how air con works and expect a whisper-quiet compressor in their room!). What the ad doesn’t tell you is that it’s 800-900 watts of power usage when it’s cooling, so for running costs you should assume it’s about the same as one unit of energy (which for me is about 28p per kWh, so it costs about 25p an hour to run on full blast).
Pros:
+ Power cord is a decent length.
+ Venting pipe is a decent length, rigid, and seems to be high quality.
+ Shorter than many other models I’ve used.
+ Came with batteries for the remote (ad says not included).
Cons:
– It comes with the WORLD’S SHORTEST DRAIN HOSE (60 cm); I have to have it drain into a bowl for now until I can make it to a hardware store to get something that will reach to balcony door. The hose also came folded in half so there is a permanent kink in it that makes it awkward to position too.
– I had some difficulty connecting the app, as my router had BOTH 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz enabled; it would not connect until I disabled the 5 GHz option.
– Doesn’t come with anything for your window or door for the vent hose.
– The price went up 50 from when I purchased it in the afternoon to when I checked back later that evening to second-guess my purchase.
Overall this is a nice unit. I only rated it 4/5 because of the ridiculously short drain hose.
So happy we bought this air con for the summer. It was expensive and I was concerned I was being ripped off but this air con unit has delivered the goods. When it was 41oc outside I had this baby set to 17oc and was just shut in my living room almost shivering. The mobile phone app was easy to set up but a bit of a gimmick as you can easily use the remote that comes with the unit but it’s nice to have. Had to buy a window sleeve for the tube to go out the window and block hot air coming in but wasn’t very expensive and kept the room cooler. Would recommend!! Note it is a bit loud but my solution is to turn the telly up a bit louder as I would expect an air con unit to make some noise. It’s easy to take up stairs with the 2 carry handles.
Honestly my apartment in a heatwave in Britain got to 34 inside and the humidity was so high it was unbearable to the point I bailed far south to the coast to stay at my parents. This was getting annoying after 6yrs so we finally researched and invested in AC and OMG, difference is indescribable. One room only as my apartment is huge so my bedroom but just wow. It works incredibly! Main issue is fitting to many normal UK windows… After a series of failed trials. My Dad built a screen that you slot in place and boom its up and fully sealed, never moves! Perfection! The noise level is quite high tbh. I fall asleep to music or an audiobook but the AC is just a little too loud. But honestly it keep the room fully cool in a heatwave so well you don’t need it on at all!
Unit kicks out nice cool air and is no louder than a 12 inch desk fan. No idea about the Wi-Fi feature as nobody in their right mind needs that. One thing to note is the included window seal is no good as it’s designed for small horizontal sliding windows not common in the uk, straight in the bin so consider a window seal kit as an additional purchase unless perhaps you have unusually small sash windows.
I have been putting off getting an aircon unit for years, but our house like many others becomes an oven at night and I become a grump without sleep …..
I bought this (and its not that cheap – and I am tight !) with high hopes and to be honest it has not let me down. Had it a few weeks now – so am happy to give my thoughts !
I am confused by people reviewing it negatively as ‘just a fan’ – does your aircon in the car or any meeting room etc go down any lower than 16 degrees? No – do you feel cooler in your car with aircon on – yes – same applies to this. It definitely cools the air – as it should. It is not just a fan. If you switch it to fan setting – then yes its just a fan but you need to choose the cooling option – the snowflake. that’s the aircon setting. This is NOT an aircooler (passing air over water etc), it is a proper aircon unit.
If i start the aircon running and close the door on my substantial sized bedroom apprx 13ft x 11ft it makes it massively cooler after a few minutes, if you leave it running for a good hour you’ll walk in and feel chilly. If you want to cool a larger area it will take it down a degree or few – but won’t have such a noticable impact until you go into another area of house house and its back to being suffocatingly hot! You’ll realise then the work the aircon is putting in….
When you set it up initially the hose is a bit of a faff, and no its not that long sadly. Otherwise its really simple to use – the buttons are obvious (except for those who are only using it as a fan it seems).
cons are that its pretty heavy I couldn’t carry it upstairs (i am a bit of a petite lady though!) – it has castors but they don’t run that well on carpet.
Its kinda noisy – there’s no way i’d sleep through it unfortunately … if you like white noise you’ll be fine. So it goes on to cool the room initially then i switch it off.
The remote is simple and works as it should.
Not tried Wifi as don’t really need to use it tbh.