Vostok 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner VOPORAIR14HA

Excellent – Works great just the window vent hose is on tape Looking for a replacement for the vent hose and the window kit any recommendations please Show details

good unit – after years of using, this thing still work like a champ. today is 42c in sydney and its blasting in full cold function. for people who complaint about having to empty the tray. block the hole at the bottom and use the long tube that comes with the unit and connect it to the hole located above it, where you can you a use a 40 litres bottom which is more easy to empty and less offten. people complaint too much without knowing its function Show details

Zero stars – This unit is not at all easy to set up . The exhaust doesn’t work , creating bore hot air than cold . Sounds like it may blow up at any moment. Dick smith also has to be shamed here for false advertising ( doesn’t show window installation required) and requiring me if I wish to send back at my own expense ($110). bad costumer service terrible product and one angry customer Show details

Worth buying – Before to this we had another portable air conditioner which is not good in this extreme 35oc heat. This is very good and enough for a single bedroom. No problems with it and easy to drain and connect to window for old houses. We can also use it as heater in winter.  Show details

Absolute garbage – Bought this unit for a disabled friend of mine. Sadly had no idea it had a 2 metre 6inch wide hose to be vented outside. I didnt know what the window kit was about that was mentioned in the specs. Not sure how you would attach the hose and kit to a window that winds outwards. And how is this a portable unit if you have to move window kits and… Read more

hoses around whenever you want to move the unit which by the way, whilst on wheels, its still a 40kg unit. Not to mention having to empty the water tray periodically. Sadly now fighting Dick Smith as they dont want to refund money just offer a store credit AND they want me to pay for freight for a 40kg package. After a few emails back and forth, i decided to ring the helpdesk. No surprise, sorry, send us an email. Is it any wonder Dick Smith went broke...in the hands of the ACCC

Works as advertised – Had it for a year and am quite happy with it. My house has a split system air conditioner but it's right at the other end of the house, and the evening sun heats up the wall of my room quite a bit, so my room used to reach 35-40C on summer afternoons even with a fan to help circulate the cool air in. I had to pay a little attention to sealing up… Read more

the windows so that the air it draws in comes from the house rather than outside, and with that it works great, keeps my room at a comfortable 21-23C all day long, and hasn't had a dramatic impact on my power bill.

It is a little noisy, but better than most others i've seen. I usually turn it up a few degrees when going to bed so it shuts up until i'm asleep.

No problems with water collecting while being used in cooling mode, but in heating mode it fills up quite quickly, needing to be emptied at least once a week, even once a day when its humid. It comes with a plastic hose, but the outlet is right near the bottom of the unit and the water only flows out from gravity, so you can't loop this hose up and out the window, and can't have it drain into a bucket unless you raise the unit up off the floor.

I attached a small water pump ($3 from china) to the outlet to pump the water up and out my window so it never needs emptying anymore.

My only real gripe is that the price at Kogan has skyrocketed. I got this unit a year ago for $279 but now they sell it for $500-$800.

on for 6 hours and it is hotter inside with it on – It's hotter than before I closed the room up and cooler outside. Why? I just spent $430 at Bunnings. Is this a bad model. Had it on for 6 hours and the room is still the same as before, if not hotter than before because I have it sealed and yes I have installed it properly  Show details

Get a window unit instead! – These units are not very efficient no matter who makes them, as they need outside air coming into the room, so it can exhaust it out the vent, so you will need a door ajar, or a window open a bit. What this means is this, in summer, you will be sucking hot air in from somewhere outside your room, and in winter you will be sucking cold air into the… Read more

room. There is no way to avoid this, it is how these things work. I gave up for the heat cycle as it was sucking way too much cold air into the room and a simple $90 4 bar electric heater, is way more efficient for my room, and didn't need any door or window open, and it's quiet, unlike this Vostok. Your power bill will definitely rise a decent amount if you use these types of a/c's over an extended time. Also, be aware the the exhaust hose radiates heat into your room, so the longer it is, the more heat will be exchanged back into your room. I have covered my exhaust hose with a towel, and it does help, but even the towel gets quite warm.

Pros

- Can cool down a small room to around 10 degrees lower than ambient, but it's limit is tested on 35+ degree days. 38+ degrees and it won't turn off the compressor, it simply cannot deal with the heat being sucked in from outside sources.

Cons

- Needs to suck outside air into the room so it can exhaust it.

- Is clunky when the compressor kicks in, don't expect to use this in your bedroom.

- Doesn't display the current room temperature.

- Is noisy in a small room.

- Expect a decent increase in your power bill.

- Exhaust hose radiates heat/cold back into your room, depending on cycle.

- If you use it in any humid environment, and use the top drain function (because the bottom drain function is a pain in the butt to move the unit around to drain it, plus it's quite heavy and cumbersome for older users) you can expect 5ltrs of water over a 10 hour period if there is some humidity. I live in North West NSW, and that is what it does here. I know, it leaked onto my carpet the very first night I used this thing with the top hole, drain hose and container/bucket and I didn't know until the next day. Needless to say I was not impressed as the manufacturer or Kogan does not state what to expect.

My advice is get a window unit instead. The noise will be roughly the same, but way more efficient as the unit isn't sucking outside air into the room, like this Vostok does, and they can drain the water easily outside. Your power bill should also be less due to a more efficient cooling and/or heating process.

does the job but needs to be drained quite often – heating well and less noisy than the other portable air con we had though probably won't want to sleep in the same room. Needs to be drained really frequently though which is a hassle as it can't be done by just one person given the weight - we ended up elevating on a table to be able to drain directly into a bucket - drains by gravity and hole is at the bottom.  Show details

Love it! – Best portable air conditioner we've ever owned! It's powerful and you can start to feel the temp difference within 10-15mins in the living room... it's also surprisingly quiet! It's awesome with it's reverse cycle too, heating and cooling work just aswell as each other (: The remote is also a great feature, highly reccomend to anyone seeking a reverse cycle unit!  Show details

DO NOT BUY – I bought this as a product that was self-evaporative what a LOAD OF BULL, after one day of heating, you have to empty a BLOODY WAYER TRAY or it doesn't work WHAT heater does that? The air conditioner was self-evaporative BULL, how you get away without being closed down I do not know. I am now on a never buy anything from kogan I have been a VERY GOOD CUSTOMER  Show details

It performs well but is very noisy. I haven't receive an electricity bill yet – I bought this portable air conditioner with full knowledge of the limitations of these devices and hoping to check whether the claims made about them were true. I think the name 'air conditioner' is rather inappropriate because all they really do is move heat from one part of a house to another. They actually do what they are claimed to do quite… Read more

well, ie.,, heat or cool one room. ..but in doing so, they cause outside air to replace the expelled air, thus cooling or heating the rest of the house to some extent. When used to cool a room, if the expelled air is not hotter than that outside, then it is better not to expel it at all. Likewise, when used to pump heat into a room, the expelled air should be cooler than that outside or the efficiency will be low. When used as a heat pump, the Vostok does the job but is too noisy to have in a bedroom. I actually cut a hole in a wall for its air to blow through and put it in a hallway to cut down the noise, thus worming a larger area. I cannot believe the manufacturers could not improve on its noise output. The fan speed cannot be changed on mine during heating. I have not tried the cooling ability but cooling is always expensive whichever method used.

Surprisingly OK – Had no real expectations buying a no-name brand from Kogan but it turned out OK. We really needed a solution to the heat in the front room of our rental property and this did well. It's nowhere near as good as built in air conditioning but it took the edge off the worst days and was quite cold if you sat in front of it. It was never going to fully… Read more

cool the room because of the open plan design but it made a good difference. It's a little noisy when running but that's a small price to pay for some relief,. An adequate aircon unit..

Good value – It was only $300 including postage, suitable for a small room like mine, and will perfectly match with a dehumidifier. With this combo,you would never need to worry about emptying water tank anymore. Just don't purchase from dick smith or kogan.com. I ordered on November 2017 and get it on mid January 2018......

Powerful and happy with it – This is our third portable air conditioner. Portable air cons are always going to be louder & less efficient than other options - that's just the way they are. If you know what to expect, and get the right size, you'll be less surprised. I bought this 14000BTU model to cool down our large-ish master bedroom, which is about 20m2 in total. It's… Read more

output has been surprisingly good, as I can usually start to feel a difference after about 10-15 minutes. This past summer had no problems bringing our room down to 25C (we don't usually need it cooler than that). I have no problems sleeping with the noise, although that may be because we are use to noise at night. The swing function is surprisingly silent, compared to my other Kogan one which squeaks when the air vent swings.

For $400, I think it is very good value for money.

Just what we needed this summer – We bought this unit from Kogan so our kids wouldn't suffer through summer, and it's been perfect. The device was very easy to install, and it came with an adjustable window attachment. We set it up in minutes. The noise was a lot less than what I was expecting based on similar devices, that being said it is still might be a little noisy for… Read more

some, and I wouldn't want to sleep next to it.

It cools down our living room / kitchen area well and is an ideal solution for someone living in an apartment or small house. It also has dehumidifying and heating functions which will keep the kids feeling comfortable all year round.

Portable in the sense that when you move apartments, you can take it with you, but it might be difficult for some to change the location within their own house regularly as it's quite heavy.

Overall perfect for our situation and great value.

Lot of Noice, Disturbs your sleep – Not happy with the product. Absolute nightmare that keeps you awake at nights. You sleep will by spoiled due to its high sound The Air Conditioner automatically stops and starts with high sound. My family is having disturbed sleep when ever we are using this Air conditioner. My little one gets afraid and cries in the night due to its abrupt high sound when ever it goes to sleep and starts automatically  Show details

I love this portable air conditioner – It's a pretty unit. It can really lower the room (3.5m x 3.5m) temperature down to 20-25C while outside is 40-45C. Noice is okay but not as a quiet split system. I have been used it for 2 weeks now and I love it. However, air flow cannot be set in the horizontal direction, the louvres swing up and down only. But it worths for money so I recommended.  Show details

Not bad for the price – Firstly I would like to mention that I paid for my air con on December 4th 2017 and it took Dick Smith/Kogan 17 days to dispatch it (advertised 3 to 5 days) from their warehouse (21 December) and a further 2 days for it to arrive or be delivered, I spent a lot of time in email and telephone conversations about the delay. This was most… Read more

unacceptable and the excuses varied.

The units cooling performance is okay and I only use it in my small lounge room, which can be shut off from the rest of the house, I expected more for 1400 BTU (4.1 kw ). It has a nice sleek design and the mouth flap on the top swings up and down or can stay in a fixed position via the remote or using the buttons on top of the machine. It has 4 cycles, cool, dry, fan and heat. The temperature display allows you to set the "cool" as low as 16 degrees c and the "heat" to 32 degrees c. Whilst it is a heavy unit, it does move very easily on the wheels. There are 2 outlets for water expulsion at the rear, 1 outlet (midway up) needs a hose (supplied) connected to it and the other (at the bottom) is to empty the inbuilt reservoir if you do not wish to use the hose. This is advised to be done in a drainage area as the water will just pour out. Both have a sealing plug in them.

There are 2 air intakes at the rear and an "Air outlet" to connect the window kit

It came with a window/wall kit consisting of a large diameter concertina exhaust pipe and a wall exhaust outlet, an adapter and some locking pins for the window slider. You can use either to expel the hot air. It is no nosier or quieter than any other air conditioner I have owned.

Vostok 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner (2.9kW, Reverse Cycle) – its a good unit for cooling a small room up to 20 sq metres its heavy to lift but easy to move around on wheels from room to room and set up is easy the unit is a bit loader than expected but is ok for cooling a room and then switching off.  Show details