Frigidaire Portable Room Air Conditioner 8,000 BTU (ASHRAE) / 5,500 BTU (DOE), Cools Up to 350 Sq. Ft., Quiet Operation, Dehumidifying Dry Mode, White

If you're in a 3rd floor dorm room with terrible AC and a window you can't put a window AC in, this is the unit for you. It is very quiet for an air conditioner, it's quieter than the whole-house air conditioner at my parent's house (though, that unit is right outside a single-pane window and 10 years old). At it's highest fan setting, it's about as loud as a desk fan. You can hardly notice when the compressor kicks on, it isn't much louder than the fan, just a lower tone. Very comfortable to sleep next to, very unintrusive in my daily life. It cools the air, it blasts the air, it won't fall out of your window and kill someone. I got mine for $179 on sale, and at that price, it was a fantastic deal. I am very impressed by the quality and performance of this unit. For $50 more, I may be a bit more hesitant recommending it if a window air conditioner would work in your room. Since this is a portable air conditioner, it is substantially less power efficient than a window air conditioner. It uses the same amount of electricity as an 8000 BTU window unit, with an effective cooling power of only 5500 BTUs. I'm perfectly happy with that since I pay flat rate rent which includes utilities, but you may not be so lucky.Installing the exhaust panel into my window was a bit of a challenge at first since I thought I would need a hacksaw to cut the sliding plastic panel to the right size, but I was able to make it work by scoring it in the right place repeatedly (and firmly) with a utility knife and snapping it over my leg. If you have the grip strength to force a utility knife into some industrial plastic, installation will require no special tools. Just a utility knife and a #2 Phillips head screwdriver. If you'd like to be a bit more careful and less brutish with it, a $5 hacksaw from Walmart will do the job as intended. Keep in mind, this unit is HEAVY! Felt like 50lbs at least, and I had to carry it up 3 flights of stairs. If you're on the weaker or smaller side of the human size distribution, get a friend to help you. It comes in a large box and it is very heavy on the bottom side.Also, I didn't know this when I bought it, but it comes with a super nifty little remote that has an LCD display on it telling you all the current settings, and the unit beeps when you press a button on the remote to let you know it received the command. Absolutely happy with this machine, highly recommend it. And there's NO DRAINAGE OR WATER HOSE REQUIRED unless you turn it to the dehumidifier mode! Simply fantastic, my parents had an older portable AC that required you to dump a bucket of water from it every three hours. Couldn't be more satisfied with my purchase. Hats off to you, Frigidaire engineers.

I love this air conditioner. I bought for my semi-truck so it takes a lot of abuse as truck travels over good and bad roads. Setting up is easy and done everytime I sit a long time at places. The remote works when aimed properly at the unit. The exhaust hose gets very warm hence I wrapped it with an insulation cover. I did a lot of research before deciding on this one and have no regrets. I needed something compact yet powerful to handle the heat when the sun beats down on the truck. It saves me a lot of $$ not having to idle the truck to stay cool. Sometimes it is powered via extension cords from an outlet, other times by generator. The only noise is the air blowing which is no louder than the small fans used, and only when I am next to it. I sleep on the top bunk and don't hear it at all. Many times I have to look down to see if it is still running.

TLDR - The 5500 BTU version of this AC works well for a 150 sqft room, but takes a bit of effort to install on a horizontally sliding window. Most positive product review pics show vertical (up down) sliding windows.I have a 3ft x 6ft horizontal sliding window (i.e. left to right) in the topmost floor. There is a lot of sunlight and the temperature without AC can be close to 100, but nothing like Texas or Nevada. This AC works well in my setting and keeps the room comfortable at all times. It cools very quickly and takes up much less space than the other brands models.The only problem I had so far is installation in horizontal window. You need to buy sticky insulation foam and non sticky one to make this work, otherwise lot of gaps. Go to home depot aisle where they keep all the AC insulation products. Maybe even get some winter sealing tape for windows. Cost will be about $30. You dont need a degree to figure out how to use all that, but you do need common sense and youtube.

I bought this last May 2023 and used it through the summer. It seemed to work fine, I cleaned and stored it for the winter like the manual says. I got it out April 2024 and hooked everything back up, the unit powers up and the fan runs but no longer gets cold.I called Frigidaire since it was under warranty and even purchased the extended warranty so it would be covered for another few years. Deling with the phone rep seemed to go well. I went online and uploaded pictures of the serial number tag and answered the same questions again. Once I submitted it I never received a confirmation, no updates, and there is no tracking of any kind available online. The only thing is one line that says it was approved.I've made at least 20 phone calls, several online chats, and emailed back and for countless times. After weeks of this I was finally able to get an order number for the replacement but there is no way to look it up. Ive been told they will have the installer call me, then they tell me it's coming by UPS. They have given me phone numbers that are disconnected. To this date I still have no idea where my replacement is, if it is ever coming, or what is actually going on with this company.This was one of the few times Amazon actually let me down. I called their customer service and received no help whatsoever from them.I will be sure to tell everyone I know to stay away from Frigidaire and AMZ going forward.