20 Best Wifi Air Conditioner (2022 Updated)

My central air conditioning system died in May (it had a long and rewarding life) just as the summer heat was starting (a little early this year, of course). Replacement was weeks or possibly months out (thanks to supply chain issues), so off to my folks’ garage when they have accumulated several window units over the years – all various name brands piled up and collecting dust.

They worked fine for the bedrooms, but I needed something of a chill monster to cool my family room and adjacent kitchen. So, off to my trusted advisor, Google, to hunt for this beast. I searched for the sales first, which led me to my local membership club (the Berkeley Jensen folks).

They had a large variety of brands of window units, but I was able to filter the search for 10,000+ BTUs. Reading through the results, I needed to further refine the list since I read most every review and it would have taken me until the end of the summer to get to them all.

I liked the idea of an Alexa-enabled unit, because, well, I’m an American and getting up to change the thermostat or grab the remote all-the-way-over on the end table is so unnecessary. Four results left! The Frigidaire 12,000 BTU seemed to be the best deal, offering a nice sale price for just a little more than the 10K model.

I’ve heard or Frigidaire (unlike some other brands with strange-sounding names and all seemed to all look alike). It wasn’t in stock in my local club, so I traveled a few additional miles away and picked it up (literally, it was hEaVy), brought it home and popped it in to one of the two double hung windows in my family room.

Installation was not bad – just screw in the side-accordion things and peel off all of that plastic tape that apparently keeps the whole thing together while in transit. It was kinda pretty – especially when compared to the older units I borrowed from the ‘rents.

BUT I WASN’T DONE. Now it’s time to connect to Alexa, which never seems to go as well as I always expect it should, and this was no different. Instead of touching a few buttons to add the device in the Alexa app, I had to download and set up the Frigidaire app, which was fine, but shouldn’t really be necessary, right? I mean, I can practically connect my Alexa toaster just by saying “Alexa, connect my toaster so I can make some, y’know, toast” or something like that – so why do I need this other app? But I’m kind of used to it by now – not everything is easy, but in the scheme of the internet of things, it really wasn’t that bad.

It took only a few minutes once I found my reading glasses, and BOOM goes the A/C! I was pleasantly surprised that the commands were simply “Alexa, turn on the air conditioner” and “Alexa, lower the thermostat to 68 degrees” instead of having to rattle off some stream-of-consciousness list of instructions (although maybe if you have more than one, you may have to call out the location or something – or perhaps you can them?! (“Alexa, turn on Beverly”).

So, how does the unit itself work? Exactly as it should! It cools pretty quickly, and keeps the temperature consistent by cycling on and off as necessary. During some extreme heat, it seems to ramp up to warp speed but doesn’t rattle out of the window.

I don’t have much to compare it to, but it’s really not that quiet, although it seems to be make about the same level of noise as the older, small units. Sometimes I have to raise the TV volume a little bit, but to me, that’s a small inconvenience so I don’t have to sweat while binging (bingeing?) “New Girl” episodes that I somehow missed.

After running it for over a month now, performance is still as good as ever. I did lose connectivity to Alexa once, but I think it was my Echo Dot because it came back after I unplugged/re-plugged it in.

I also found that keeping it on all the time with the thermostat a little higher during this past week of 90+ degree weather was better than cycling it off and on after leaving and coming home. It’s still working away, my Frigidaire cooling machine.

Doing what it’s supposed to without complaint or without any regret that I didn’t buy the extended replacement contract. I expect to have my central air replaced within the next months, but I’m happy I purchased this A/C to get me and my family through this abnormally hot weather we’ve been having.

It was also A LOT cheaper than moving to the Embassy Suites which was my wife’s first solution. I’ll return my borrowed units but will either keep this one or may seek out a new home so it can run free and condition air in some other friend’s home.

TL;DR: I didn’t seek out to buy a Frigidaire Air Conditioner, but I’m glad I opted for a name brand unit since it’s been working great after 30+ days of near constant use. Sure, there are some other well-known brands out there, but I couldn’t justify the much higher price tag.

Installation was easy; Alexa set up was a little annoying but fine. It’s not loud but it certainly isn’t quiet either – but at 12,000 BTUs, I don’t know how it could be. You want quiet? Get a mini-split and pay through the nose to hang that big white thing on the wall somewhere.

I had the older model of this for almost 10 years and it worked like a champ despite the grueling conditions it was subject to. I work at home on the third floor and it gets HOT up here and stays that way for two thirds if the year so the AC runs pretty much from March to November/December.

In fact, it still runs fairly well given its age and usage but I felt it was time for a new unit. Because of all this, I decided to go with another Frigidaire of the same type and boy, did I make a good decision! This AC is great! It’s fairly quiet, all things considered and cools very well.

Despite being on the third floor of an older home with a metal roof directly above the room, it has no trouble maintaining a nice 71° at all times. The WiFi is an added bonus and integrating it with Alexa and Google Home (yes, I have both) was easy and works very well.

With the addition of a temperature sensor I was even able to create routines to turn the fan up and down depending on the temperature in the room! One thing I was surprised about was the remote control being included as it wasn’t mentioned anywhere in the product description where I purchased it.

It’s nice to have the backup in case the WiFi goes down or I just don’t feel like talking to Alexa/Google. I’m also impressed by it’s energy usage which is below what my last AC used and yet manages to out perform it handily.

I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good, solid window AC even if they don’t want or need the WiFi aspect. I look forward to buying another Frigidaire AC in another 10 years or so!.

Bought this (twice) from BJ’s. First one was physically damaged. It is a great AC that cools a LR DR Hallway and part of a Kitchen totaling around 500sq feet pretty well. Bottom of unit is awkwardly uneven with a bump out midway towards the back so it puts additional stress on one bottom spot midway up the support bracket pushing it further down than it needs to.

All the other Frigidaires I have are flat on the bottom with just a single bump out on the back which isn’t an issue for support brackets. Also, this unit turns off the display after 60 seconds which there does not appear to be a way of turning this feature off.

So the unit will always look like it’s “off” until you touch one of the buttons for the display to come back on. Not sure if this a power saving feature but it’s annoying when glancing over at the unit to see what it’s set to without having to hit a button first.

I checked the manual it sounds like this is by design(at first I thought it was defective). Also +1 for being a Swedish parent company, my Volvo approved after seeing it installed in the driveway. Other than that, its a great AC.

I wanted a somewhat cheap way to cool my garage and not have to cut a. If hole in the wall. This was my option and I’m glad I spent the extra money on an oversized unit for the size of the room. Normally you can’t oversize an Ac unit as it won’t cut the humidity.

But in my garage that wasn’t a concern it was to drop the temp and I achieved that. And it does it in a short amount of time.

The aluminum tubing is not good. It cannot be shortened in the field. The tubing has copper to aluminum mating. It takes a special process to accomplish this. Heat bonded with epoxy. What ever the length the unit comes with, is what you must use.

If you try to make a 90, the coating will crack. Not Good !.

great unit very sleek very efficient will buy again

A two star review is most likely a bit unfair as I’m sure this is a very good air conditioner; I have the similar Midea 12,000 Btu unit and it is fantastic. My problem is that I bought this unit specifically because Soleus makes a big deal that this operates as a heat pump and is good for “4 season use”.

What they seem to have gone out of their way to not mention in any of the product copy is that the heat pump aspect of this unit is only good down to 40F. Given that this is the first unit of its kind I didn’t expect a spectacular HSPF rating at sub-freezing temperatures but I did not expect the unit to be non-operational below 40F.

It’s fine for the unit to work that way, but Soleus needs to modify their marketing copy around this unit to reflect reality; right now it’s borderline false advertising.

I have had the Soleus Air WS4-10EHW-301 10,000 BTU Saddle 115V WiFi Window Air Conditioner for two weeks. So far everything is good. One comment on the feet that sit against the outside wall. I have Vinyl Siding and due to flexing of the Vinyl the feet do not sit well.

I ended up making some adjustments on the siding to make things work properly. Plus the feet hit on the ridge of the Vinyl which could happens on any siding. A foot design that would allow the feet to rotate independent of the bolts would be better.

And the shape of the feet could be better to compensate for the ridge issue. New Owner.

Fast shipping from Factory Pure, unit arrived in good condition, installed unit in sunroom in Florida on a 94 degrees day, unit cooled down the sunroom in 15 minutes. After cooling down the room I lowered fan speed to “quiet” and it is super quiet.

I love the unit. I recommend it over conventional A/C units any day.

I installed this unit in my downstairs shop to keep me cool in the summer months and keep the humidity down. Installation was straight forward, with options for both vinyl and wood windows, and I was able to get the unit installed by myself in about 30 minutes.

I did have to modify the vinyl window brackets by trimming them slightly to fit my window, and while there were a couple of options for weather stripping included, I feel like there could have been a more of each, and maybe more options included.

I had some foam and weather stripping on hand that I was able to combine with the included options and got a decent weathertight seal around the unit. The Frigidaire app is fairly simple and straightforward, and works very reliably.

I have many connected devices in my home, and oftentimes the manufacturers smartphone apps lack in performance and features. Not the case with Frigidaire. I would like to see a “dehumidify” setting, but that could be a limitation of the unit itself.

I would also like to see support for more 3rd-party integrations like HomeAssistant. The unit itself is fairly quiet and cools my appropriately sized space well. The window that it’s installed in is underneath our deck, and from outside on the deck, it is fairly quiet, and definitely not at all intrusive.

It also seems fairly efficient, as I track my KWh usage daily, and I have not noticed a big impact at all. Overall great unit with limited but useful connected options. Buy with confidence.

Bought this unit for a three car garage knowing I was maxing out the capabilities. I insulated my garage doors and added insulation to attic above garage first. If I close everything off and start the AC in early morning i.

e when mid 70’s outside it can maintain between 75 and 79 in garage when temps outside get above 95 degrees. in Texas. It’s not perfect but much more enjoyable working in garage at 78 degrees as opposed to 95 plus.

I liked the fact that this unit was window slash through wall as i wanted to remove my existing window and frame around the AC unit. I had to reframe once because the first time I used 2×6’s and that with the addition of my exterior siding made overall width too long.

That’s what I would add to instructions. 1. keep in mind thickness of exterior material so as not to block venting and 2. there are notches in the sides of the frame that make it impossible to fit into the size of the frame they are calling for in the manual.

I ended up first making the frame larger than called for but upon my second framing, I used a needle nosed plier to bend these tabs in so it would fit correctly. I believe these tabs are used for window installation and not for through wall.

I’m pleased with the unit so far but will see how long it lasts with the harsh garage/woodworking environment. I cleaned the filters after just 5 days of operation, they were dirty due to all the saw dust.

expected. I let it run for 12 hours straight when I’m in the garage all day and as title says. it does what I was hoping it would do. Can’t get to 72 degrees but that wasn’t the expectation.

This AC unit was purchased through Home Depot and shipped UPS. The packaging was completely in tact and the product was in pristine condition. Installation requires only a few simple tools that anyone capable of installing the unit properly would certainly already own.

If you are not at least a little handy, get a helper who is. I have installed several units on old wooden sash windows and this one in an older aluminum frame window from the seventies. Sometimes you do have to make adjustments for a product installation.

Not a big deal to install, but follow the included installation instructions and get a helper. I believe it is possible for one person to install, but one slip with sweaty hands or forearms or a sticky window and it could be a very bad day.

The last thing you want is to have the unit fall out of the window and crash to the ground. Be sure to follow the install instructions in sequence. If you use the included filler panels, they need to go on the unit before the whole unit is placed in the opening.

I did read the instructions beforehand and knew this was necessary, but chose to quick-fit the unit without these in the way to see where the unit would sit and exactly where it would go first. My wife noticed right away when I called her back in the room to help with the final installation.

She said,”I guess these should have been installed first. ” I had to laugh. She was right. This is a nice unit. The controls are intuitive and the buttons on the unit and remote are large enough, clearly marked and provide good feedback.

I wish the temperature controls were on the remote as well as the main unit. Everything else you really need is on the remote. It cools great! I do wish the low setting was a little lower. I’m sure the fan would be a tad quieter and the low fan speed is more than plenty for the small office it is in.

I would recommend this unit.

Bought this unit for our bedroom. Having read horror stories about loud units, units dying after one season, smelly units, I thought paying $250 and the decent reviews might save me from these problems.

Well, it died after only a year and a half, and was only covered for 1 year. Fan/blower seems to have just up and died out of nowhere. Now the unit just emits a buzzing sound and doesn’t move air at all.

Regularly maintained, cleaned filter every few weeks. Only ran overnight in the bedroom after dark, so minimal use. Disappointing, would’ve gone with a cheaper unit if I knew it wouldn’t even last 2 years.

Add to it that it was fairly noisy, and seems to have an issue with developing ‘funk’ smell pretty regularly despite a clear and properly tilted drain pan, and I would recommend avoiding this unit despite the relatively positive reviews.

The ‘smart’ features on it are painful to set up and cumbersome to manage as well. Each temperature/mode change has to get its own entry, and if you ever need to disable the schedule for any reason (cooler day, traveling, etc.

) it completely wipes out all of your entries, and has to be re-programmed from scratch, which for me meant re-adding a dozen of these lines one at a time, waiting for the machine to ‘receive’ the schedule entry and update, before allowing you to enter another.

I would’ve given it 4 stars had it lasted more than 18 months, and I assume that’s where it got most of its reviews from.

I purchased this model through Best Buy on June 15th 2022. While it was on, it was lovely. Gave out cool air readily and it was relatively quiet. But on July 19th 2022, the A/C unit suddenly stopped working.

It would beep intermittently and display “88” with all the buttons lit up. After looking up this error online, I realized that there were other customers with the same experience. There were a lot of reviews on this model stating the customer reported their A/C gave out after a few weeks, months or even a year after purchase.

I tried to call GE’s customer support line the next day, right at opening time, but couldn’t get through. I ended up sending an email with my concerns. I received an email back 2 days later stating the unit is too small to service, but I can return the unit to the vendor if it’s within 90 days of the original purchase date.

If it’s been more than 90 days, GE will send a rebate check for the amount of purchase of another GE model A/C unit. Of course, I had to jump through major hoops to get Best Buy to accept my return/exchange.

This experience has lead me to never purchase another GE model appliance. Why would GE continue to sell a faulty A/C unit if there are numerous complaints that it stops working after a short amount of time? This A/C unit lasted me a littler over a month.

That is unacceptable.

Purchased for Summer 2020. Was a decent purchase to start. It ran that Summer and was great at keeping our room cool. Husband took it apart at the end of the season and cleaned everything out for storage.

Summer 2021- one of the hottest we’ve experienced in a while, it ran without issue but was no where near the same coolness as the first Summer. Husband again took apart, cleaned everything and stored for the following year.

Planning for Summer 2022- I am pregnant and a hot day passed through, thought best to pull out the AC unit. We plugged it in, it ran hot air, no cool air at all- and it had an error message pop up. Turns out the gas inside the machine was nearly gone (supposed to be around 12, but was only at 2 -not even 20% of what it was supposed to be).

There is a leak somewhere in the device. Husband took the AC unit into his work to have his refrigeration tech find the leak, hope to repair it (as this unit was over $800 when purchased) and re-charge it to be used for another 2 Summers.

Due to LG’s terrible design, the refrigeration tech confirmed he could not save the device. Not to mention, the interior of this device was borderline moldy/biohazard and incapable of being cleaned. Note to any potential buyers, this is not safe for folks with respiratory problems or children or anyone for that matter.

LG you and your company need to design products that are serviceable and cleanable for the health and safety of your customers and their families. We have a window rattler in the family that ran for 9 years- no issues and is easy to take apart fully and keep clean.

Something to keep in mind. Thanks for listening to my rant. Cheers!.

We use this to cool our second story master bedroom with loft area. It is extremely effective at maintaining a cool temperature for sleeping when outside temps are well above 100F. We live on the eastern side of cascade mountains in Washington state where the climate is a dry mountain with cold snowy winters and hot dry summers.

The two drawbacks are the fan volume can be pretty high to be able to move air throughout our larger space. The volume is not noticeable after a bit and turns into white noise. However, when it reaches the setting temperature and cycles off, the noises it makes turning off the motor and the abrupt silence is enough to wake you up.

The same thing happens again in another 20 minutes when it cycles back on and the fan starts up again. Our solution has been to set the temperate low enough the fan never really turns off all night and to use a blanket.

The second change would be a more universal exhaust frame. The issued frame is only for vertical or horizontal sliding windows and not casement or hopper windows. It’s not an inexpensive air conditioner, seems like an exhaust frame for all window styles is needed.

I would buy it again as it is the most reliable brand for portable AC units in my opinion.

This is by far the best portable air conditioner I’ve ever owned. Clearly a hot seller because it sells out fast every time it comes in stock. It’s no wonder that this is the best seller. First of all, the best attribute about this AC is that is is at least 10 db quieter than any other I’ve tried in the past.

I used to review gadgets for a living so I know what’s good and what stinks. It’s below 50 db when the fan is on low. Keep in mind that it still makes noise and if you have it running for a month or two and some dust gets inside it that it will start to make a bit more noise than it does when you first get it.

When the compressor starts up it makes the usual clicking and squishing as the condenser fills up. It is however a bigger unit than most AC units and it’s insulated so that makes it quieter, but make sure you give it room around it to work properly.

It comes with one tube to vent outside or through your wall with. It has a wonderful sleek high quality design, feels like a good appliance. I think this sets the benchmark for portable AC’s so other brands really need to improve theirs to compete.

They should understand that we need these things by our beds to sleep at night. This LG unit is quiet enough to sleep next to it so most people I know that get one end up wanting to get two for their apartments.

I’ve had it running for a month or so and have not had to empty it out yet, but I have had to vacuum the filters to keep them clean. The remote is great, it also has a very easy to use and easy to set up app to use with your wifi.

And it’ll work with your wifi even if the machine is off, as long as it is plugged it it will be connected once it’s set up. I can’t really complain about this unit. It’s 14400 BTU so it will cool a 500 sq ft room easily.

I think it’s powerful enough to cool a regular 600 sqft room to be honest. I’m south west facing, top floor, big windows. I use blackout blinds when the sun hits the windows and it gets the room nice and chilly.

Highly recommend this for a portable AC.

In this review, I will make comparisons to a four-year-old LG 8,000 BTU window air conditioner which the GE unit replaced. The LG unit is still available, but was not in stock locally, so I had to change brands.

Overall, the size, functionality, performance, appearance, and installation of the GE and LG units are very similar. The GE fan seems a bit noisier than the LG’s; the GE compressor seems a bit quieter.

Outside noise is modest and should not bother anyone except a neighbor who is too close for comfort. Eco mode cycles are longer with the GE than with the LG, both for off time and for fan-only to sense the air.

This may produce slightly larger temperature swings. The GE remote has greater range than does the LG remote, and it works from an angle almost perpendicular to the face of the unit. The GE has no ventilation or fresh-air capability.

This design probably results in better isolation of the inside from outside dust and humidity. I never used the feature on the LG, but if you need fresh air, take note. I was able to re-use two of the four screw holes that position the left and right-side curtain frames.

I had one problem mounting the GE unit into my 1975-era Anderson windows. The vertical alignment of the top mounting rail vis a vis the bottom mounting rail was off by about 1/4″. As a result, the air conditioner tipped slightly backward, toward the house.

That is undesirable. After considering various alternatives, I settled on using a large pair of slip-joint pliers to bend the top mounting rail toward the room. I proceeded gradually, and used a washcloth to protect the finish.

With the top mounting rail bent about twenty-degrees, the outside now tilts away from the house sufficiently to ensure proper operation. Whether this problem is unique to my window I cannot say. The GE unit includes Wi-Fi connectivity.

I do not need it, and so did not test it. Bottom line: The GE unit is ok and does the job.

For 18000 BTU with 220V Air Conditioners there are limited choice in the market and what whatever choice available in the market is costlier and I have selected this GE AC because it was on deal and price was $ 539.

99. Cooling of this Air Conditioner is very good and this cooling effect will be better if I install exhaust fain in Attic and good insulation in the Attic and that I do not have installed yet. Now a days WIFI features are very common in almost all devices.

I have installed ” Comfort GE Appliances” from Play store and that app works fine but rating of this app is 2. 3 stars. This App will not detect device when I click on the app Icon for the first time and when I click second time on the App icon then this App will detect my GE AC.

With remote control and with Android App of GE, I can control functions of this GE AC. The sound of this GE AC is noticeable when it is on high speed or Auto mode, it means sound of fan of the AC is more than other model.

Further I availed this installation facility from P C Richard and that was too costly and for installation of AC, I required insurance liability certificate from P C Richards as it was required by my apartment management.

P C Richards took over two weeks to issue required insurance certificate and that process was irritating for me. P C Richard team does pre installation survey before installation of Air conditioner and I paid $ 54.

44 for that service and that amount should be refundable once PC Richards team does installation of Air conditioner. After two weeks of installation of AC, still I have not received refund of that charge of $ 54.

44 [ pre installation survey charges]. Still I am following up with P C Richards for refund of $ 54. 44. When I visited store, Sales person told me that pre-installation survey charges are refundable once installation is done by P C Richard team.

As far as functionality goes, this product works as expected. Its an AC unit, it blows cold air and starts very quickly, I’m very happy in this area. GE hit the nail on the head. However the implementation of the smart features I found to be very challenging.

I grew up in the digital era so the concept of pairing a device with wifi is not a new concept. With this product, the engineer who designed it must have clearly said to himself “this is not broke but let me fix it anyhow.

” The instructions to pair the unit to your Wifi are followed through the app on your mobile device and are are abysmal; related product reference photos are out of date with this model. Further this unit only seems to pair with WiFi in the 2.

4Ghz band, for most this might not be an issue, but for others using updated WiFi technology as in Wifi 5 or Wifi 6 (using 5Ghz band) this could be an issue for them. I also say “seems” because the app showed my Wifi 5/6 SSIDs as available for pairing but the 45+ minutes I tried to get this to work finally made be realize it must not be supported.

It would have saved me much time to state the tech limitations upfront or have the app recognize this and push a pop-up message to alert the user. I am also an iOS user, perhaps this experience is different with Android.

Which reminds me HomeKit is not supported with this unit, not a show stopper for me but maybe for others. Rating the overall unit to include all features, solely for this PITA setup, I am not giving this unit a 5 star rating and give the features 1 star.

However if I had to rate the unit solely on its mechanical operations I would gladly give it 5 stars.

Bought Chill Premier to replace 20 year old Friedrich 10k BTU window unit. I’ve bought 2 Chill Premiers, 18k BTU and 24k BTU, which work well for the large area they service. This 12k BTU is used in a bedroom with high ceilings.

I looked forward to cooling comfort and quiet operation. This delivered on the cooling, but air blowing noise proved intolerable. On the lowest fan setting, air blew through vents with a volume perhaps too great for the small vent openings.

Whether automated or manual setting, the rapid air movement creates a lot of noise. This is the Bernoulli Principle. Larger vents would allow same volume of air without the strong rush. I have been brand loyal, bought 5 Friedrichs recently.

This one is the most disappointing because of the noise. I thought other reviewers were exaggerating, but they weren’t. I replaced the 12k BTU with a highly rated competitor’s model which can run at high fan speed as well as very low and get cooling and comfort as I expected.

Can now see if the competitor’s brand lasts 20 years without a problem as did the Friedrich. I only buy models that have a removable outer case. It’s much easier to mount in a window without risk of dropping the unit.

Both Friedrich and the competitor offer this feature.

Purchased this new unit to replace older Friedrich wall/sleeve unit. Be sure to buy new Friedrich uni fit sleeve which does not come with new a/c as in the past. The new uni fit sleeve will fit the old sleeve rough opening dimensions but I had to add a 1/2 inch piece of cut plywood to the upper frame to fill in the slightly smaller height of the new sleeve.

The new sleeve and new ac comes with multiple foam strip options and the instructions are not helpful whatso ever and are very confusing. I called Friedrich techs twice for guidance and it is not easy to get through to them.

Bottom line is that the new uni fit sleeve can hold three different sizes of Friedrich ac and the largest BTU unit fits snug while the smaller BTU units must be centered inside sleeve with the seals placed around the new unit and inside the sleeve.

There is an architectural frame that comes with new ac and covers the gap between the sleeve and new ac however the inside moldings around the ac sleeve will have to be removed and new ones cut, installed and painted to allow the sleeve cover to be mounted flush.

The power cord CANNOT be routed to either side of new unit and exits from lower left side of unit. The original unit I purchased in 2007, (which still works!), required dedicated line, circuit breaker upgrade and heavy duty outlet.

The new unit can be used on existing line however you will need to install standard wall outlet and different size circuit breaker in main panel, requiring an electrician. Total cost was just under $1,000.

00 and I performed all labor other than electrician. The new Friedrich Chill units are half the price of the uni-fit and come with new sleeve, however you will have to modify entire rough opening, removing siding on outside, adding sheathing, and adding sheetrock/ new paint on inside, so I chose the uni fit option to avoid that.

The new ac is 30% more efficient then what I replaced and is quiet and works extremely well. I have another Friedrich wall sleeve unit and will probably upgrade that as well with the uni fit system now that I am confident with the first installation of the one I purchased.

You can put a uni-fit in an older sleeve but I would advise against it as the new unit has to be sealed in a particular way that would be very complicated as opposed to the new sleeve I purchased, which is why the new unit comes with so many foam sealing options that are not ultimately needed.

Bottom line is that nothing is easy with this install so don’t plan on having it done in a hour or so which is what I thought it might take when I purchased this. You can purchase the KUHL model for several hundred dollars more than the uni-fit and that comes with new sleeve that fits exactly into old sleeve dimensions.

Overall, I’m satisfied with uni fit option I chose.

I was looking for a unit to cool our bedroom, approx. 400 sq. ft. Our old Friedrich lasted 27 yrs. which led me to favor a Friedrich. Also my wall opening was for a 10,000 BTU unit which fit the unit I purchased, the Kuhl 10,000 BTU size.

I purchased the Kuhl due to it’s more robust construction, and the ease of replacement. The unit does a super job of cooling before we go to bed. One half hour before our sleep time I turn it on High and it cools the room from 76 degrees to 68 degrees.

I then run it on Low and it maintains temp between 68 and 67. 5 degrees through out the night. With the low speed the noise level is slight and does not disturb our sleep. I have tried Medium speed, and it is nosier but not enough to bother us.

I found the run cycle is about 20 minutes every hour with low speed. The external temperature in Ct. is in the high seventies, at night. During daytime with temperatures in the mid 90’s the room stays cool at 70 degrees at medium speed.

Currently I am pleased with the performance, and hope for another 27 years. The only negative, I was told it is a sealed unit and if a leak occurs then discard the unit, there is no recharge capability, so I bought the extended warranty.

PC Richards did the delivery and installation and did a great job in a timely manner.

We bought the Friedrich Premier AC Unit. My husband bought this AC unit last year. It barely worked for a couple months, filled with water and uncontrollably beeped and did its own thing. We’d turn it off and it would turn itself back on to keep turning on and off and uncontrollably beep.

and at times it wouldn’t let us turn it off. We were under warranty so had to take it to an inconvenient location where they took forever and gave it back with the same problems. and repeat. Fast forward to this summer because its supposedly fixed now.

We’ve used it maybe 10 times so far and only at night. It started doing the turn on and off and beeping again at 3am. The company states this AC unit will work for 10-20 years. which is just a pathetic joke.

I am currently 8 months pregnant and really don’t need our air conditioner, of maybe a years total use, to quit working. Again, we only use it mainly at night for a small room and it constantly wakes us up with beeping and turning off and on.

on its own. We aren’t using the money saver feature, which might stop the AC when it gets to a certain temp. I really wish we could have our money back. I highly recommend this company stop selling this piece of s**t as if it were an AC unit and I highly recommend not buying this.

My first ever 1 star rating.

Great unit and keeping our office cool in this heat. Some people have mentioned about the noise, but we find it fine and of no issue at all. The main thing is that it delivers cool air quickly and efficiently.

Within a few moment we can tell the difference. It was packaged well and completely simple to use. Pity the hose wasn’t another metre longer, but not the end of the world. Great unit, just buy it.

First I want to thank Wal-Mart for carrying a well respected established name brand like Frigidaire. To Frigidaire for the simple multiple bands of nylon strapping which made it easy to lift and carry.

And my appreciation to UPS. seriously, I placed the order on Wednesday, and received it that Friday, the delivery date was for 8/2. the following Tuesday of the following week. So thank you to all involved.

Our building’s maintenance installed this A/C in my bedroom window. There was nothing to unpacking it because no unnecessary packaging was involved. just the four bands of strapping, no staples to pull out the carton cover was the kind that fitted over the entire box.

so no recycling. just cardboard and two poly foam shipping protection pieces. It fit right into the window opening, he pulled the expandable extension out about 2 inches on each side and screwed the A/C into the the upper window sash.

The whole thing took 30 minutes from unpacking to securing it to the window sash and turning it on. Note that there is a safety on the plug, in case of a power outage, when the power is restored the A/C will not come back on until you flip the switch on the plug.

The plug has a power light built in. I followed the recommended instruction to start on a low setting. wow. the difference. Later in the day I switched to the high setting but. lol by the time I was falling asleep I was also freezing.

So. for me. cooling the room to cold and sleeping with the low cool setting on #4 was perfect. My other A/C died the end of August in 2014 and was not able to replace it until Wal-Mart gave me that opportunity and I am forever grateful.

Next year I will replace my living room A/C with the 8000 btu of the same brand and model. Thank you Wal-Mart, for the opportunity and for making this a piece of cake for me. I am so thankful.

I’ve had this AC unit for about two weeks now and although I’ve only needed to turn it on about half of that time, it keeps my downstairs nice and cool. My apartment is larger than the recommended square feet but it has made definite improvements in the overall temperature of my place.

Although the cooling does not reach my loft, I might almost say that it took the edge off the overall heat by the time I’d turn it off for the night and go to bed. I rated only 4 stars because I didn’t have the necessary tools to install it, plus I have not had the unit very long to give it a 5.

While this was not a problem for me (I am disabled and the maintenance staff of my apartment building installed it for me), it may be for some. Moreover, the complaints about the noise of this unit are valid, but I’m used to having a huge, noisy fan blowing on me at night during the summer so it doesn’t really bother me.

This may be a problem for light sleepers if they want to install it in a bedroom. I don’t mind that it doesn’t have a remote, either. The knobs are clearly marked and do just fine. Also, the delivery time was fantastic.

I literally received a UPS delivery 25 hours after placing my order. Be warned, however that the delivery option does not require a signature and my package was not disguised in any way. So be at home if you don’t plan to pick it up in store.

This was a lot louder than I expected, and it makes a sound just like someone is slamming a door every few hours, and a really high pitched almost air horn-like noise twice a day. It hurt my ears. The vents were hard to adjust to blow where I needed it and it was not enough to cool my 6 foot by 9 foot bedroom unless I left it on all day and night (I lived in Arizona and used it during the July 115 degree heat wave).

There was no difference in noise between the low fan setting and high air conditioner setting. However, when I left it on all night and all day long every day, it helped keep the indoor temperature comfortable during the hot afternoons in two rooms.

So if you don’t mind leaving it on and you don’t mind loud, frequently changing noises, it will work well for an apartment. If you have misophonia like me, don’t bother getting this.

I bought a pair of the 18KBTU units for our vacation home in NH. Selecting the the option that included the “Comfort Value Kit” for no extra charge was a “no-brainer”. It included 25′ of line set, condensate tubing, thread sealant and a surge suppressor.

Be sure to buy a line 4″ set cover, raintight 30A disconnect switch, either a pad or wall mounting bracket for the outdoor unit, flexible liquidtite conduit, fittings, circuit breaker and cable to run between the panel and outdoor unit.

Inside, I opted for bigger & longer screws and a few toggle bolts to secure the “mounting plate” to the wall. I found the 2-1/2″ diameter wall sleeve to be very tight to pass the lineset, condensate and power lines through – a 3″ (or larger size) would have made the work -much- easier.

Outside of this, the units install easily – more so if you or your helper are familiar with home construction and have the tools and skills to do the work. The outdoor units ships fully charged for up to 25′ of line set.

The line sets are NOT charged and can be readily cut to fit (you must connect at least 12′ of line set (coil up the excess as needed) as per Gree). Use the sealant on refrigerant fitting threads and flares on line set.

Use a tubing bender on line set when tight bends are needed. DO test and hold the connected line set under vacuum (and pressure with nitrogen if possible) prior to opening refrigerant valve on outdoor unit.

The handheld thermostat has a lot of info on the screen and operates all of the functions of the system – including some mysterious icons that aren’t on the indoor unit). The controller’s cover feels a bit flimsy and always needs to be pressed closed.

The Android Application is -horrible- and deserves just 0 stars mostly because it is nearly impossible to determine as to what the current settings are – or if the system is even on or not – without changing settings.

I plan on purchasing a 3rd party wifi thermostat to use to control the system when away from the house because of that. I use this from March or April thru all of November.

This is the second Sapphire 9000 ‘Comfort Kit’ I’ve bought and I am in the process of installing it. The first unit has been running here in NW Montana since October and kept our 116 year old 1,400 sq.

ft. house baseline warm through the winter and pumped out great heat even with temperatures well below zero. The second unit will likely all but eliminate our need for additional heating from the existent natural gas fireplace I installed many years ago.

I also installed a energy monitoring system to track electrical usage for just the Sapphire circuit and have attached graphs for two typical days last winter. We have particularly cheap electrical rates here at ~ 6.

5 cents / kWh because of our hydro power. Our motivation for installing these heat pumps is primarily heating w/o fossil fuels in the winter and for the occasional summer cooling needs when wildfire smoke makes us close up our house (normally we power-vent nighttimes to cool down.

) I am doing the installs entirely myself after investing in a few HVAC tools. I keep the linesets inside the 10’-25’ length range so I do not need to add or remove refrigerant. ComfortUp has been most helpful almost always getting right back with answers to my questions.

bought this unit because it has the best SEER. I just installed it and it works fine and makes a big room cool down but I cannot comment on the efficiency yet. The installation need some effort if you want to DIY.

You need to buy 1/2 and 1/4 copper tubes (at least 10 ft according to the manual), a cable connecting the outdoor and indoor units (4 conductors gauge 14). A cable (3 conductors, gauge 12) connecting the outdoor unit and the electric switch box.

You also need to buy other things needed for installation of any mini-split system. The drain hose is very short, so you may need some 5/8 ID drain hose. The copper tube on the indoor unit is very hard to bend, you may need some tools to do that, but if you let the hose come out from the left side or just let the copper wire bend after the connection (assuming you have extra space behind the indoor unit), you may not need to bend it.

Also this unit use R401a and you need an adapter for the vacuum pump to fit the service port, if the it didn’t come with the vacuum.

Best perchance I ever made. I bought it for my attic because summertime gets highly humid and hot. Now that I have this in the attic, it cools the whole attic with en 10-15 minutes. This thing is 10 times better than the traditional AC.

This unit is pretty powerful! I love that the unit cuts off when it has reached its desired temperature. There was hardly no real installation. Just hooking up the hose and putting it out the window.

Love, love, love the WiFi capabilities.

This puts out an extraordinary amount of cool air. It has to be on low to not bother the cats. Also, if you’re in for a hot day, it has to be run throughout the day to keep the room cool for evening comfort.

Very impressed.

Living in the Pacific Northwest, I got this for my home which had no air conditioner. After all the crazy heat waves we’ve had, I was looking for something that could keep me cool while I work from home.

This definitely fits the bill. It’s maybe about 3 feet high and a pretty slender fit, fitting perfectly in a narrow space I have in my bedroom. The setup was easy and I was able to connect it to my Google home without hassle.

It’s perfectly white, matching all the furniture I have, definitely not an eyesore like some air conditioners I looked at when I was shopping around. I have a 5 gallon bucket it drains into (you’ll have to provide your own, the air conditioner doesn’t come with one), and I empty it usually once a day I keep the air conditioner running the whole day.

With the Frigidaire app, I can turn off the quick glance light, which helps keep the room dark as I keep it on while I’m sleeping. The reason I didn’t give it a 5 is I wish I had the ability to turn off all the status lights on the top – they’re especially bright during the night, but luckily they’re on top of the air conditioner and I’m able to lay a sock over the flat surface to block the lights from bothering me while I sleep.

I’ve had it for over a year now and it works really well. I’d recommend it to anyone wanting to have the ability to connect it to their smart home, and get an air conditioner that doesn’t look awful – it’s nice to look at.

I ordered a Frigidaire Gallery 13000 BTU Cool Connect portable air conditioner (with WiFi) from Home Depot and have used it for the last 3 weeks to cool a 350 sq. ft. attic room used as a gym. The room itself is well insulated but poorly cooled by the house AC.

I turn on the portable AC unit about an hour before I need it and it does a quite a good job cooling and maintaining a constant, comfortable temperature. Controlling it remotely by WiFi is very handy although the main panel and remote are easy to use if you are in the room.

I expect the TX summer will make it work a lot harder but so far so good. It does make a blowing sound but it hasn’t been so loud to be annoying. Installation was simple enough but I urge watching a YouTube video rather than just following the printed instructions in the box.

I added extra insulation and tape (beyond what came in the box) over the remaining small gaps at the window exhaust for a better seal. I also wrapped insulation around the exhaust hose in the 12 inches near the window as it felt warm – every little bit helps and I wasn’t bothered about looks.

The box arrived by FedEx in good condition and it started right up after installation. It is pretty heavy and bulky for one person so an extra hand might be appreciated.

The fact the the window kit has to be screwed into the window frame makes it so that the air conditioner is not portable. Once installed, the air conditioner has to stay where it is which means it’s not portable.

If this is what they consider portable, they might as well call the window units portable as well. Once it gets cold outside again and I have to unscrew everything for this unit, I wonder if I will even be able to reuse the window kit portion of this unit when it gets hot outside again.

Considering the cost of this unit, I should be able to reuse all the the pieces when I need them. Also, since the window kit is screwed into the window frame, I can’t ever close my window while it is installed – If I leave my apartment for the weekend, I have to trust that the hose piece (that goes from the unit to the window kit), stays in place.

I don’t trust that piece at all and I currently have the hose piece held in place with duct tape so it doesn’t fall out. This air conditioner was not at all what I was expecting. In addition, when I set the unit to 72 degrees, the app for this unit usually says my room is anywhere from 75 to 79 degrees and it rarely is at the desired temperature.

My room is cooler than before I had the unit but I definitely would not recommend this to anyone.

As a standalone AC unit it works as advertised; however, the advanced Remote/WiFi/Voice features have a long way to go. For standalone AC it does the job. Cooling, Fan, Dehumidifier, and Auto modes. I’ve only tried Cooling/Fan/Auto but they work and it cools a room effectively.

My frustrations are with Remote/WiFi/Voice features. Had difficulty with the Honeywell Air Comfort Alexa Skill just like many other reviewers; however, I was able to get it to connect and work. It’s not great but some basic commands do function.

I had some issues connecting at first as well. Below are a few learnings that may help others: NOTE: All of these are for Honeywell Portable AC HF0CESVWK6 and Alexa Echo Dot ~~ Honeywell AC Unit WiFi Connectivity & App Usage ~~ 1: As instructed, the app “Honeywell Air Comfort” is required.

Registration is required to use the app (free). The Registration process will then guide you to a place to start WiFi setup and device connection. 2: I had more luck using the onboard buttons on the AC instead of using the remote.

– 2a: Press and hold the WiFi button on the AC until it beeps. This means it’s ready for WiFi connection and it worked for me once I followed the prompts in the app. Note the prompts do walk you through how to prep the AC unit (as mentioned before), configure WiFi, then temporarily swap to the AC unit’s hotspot instead of your home WiFi.

I could see this being a challenge for many people as it isn’t very intuitive. but reading carefully does the trick. – 2b: The app tried to tell me to use the remote for this instead. Instructed to hold both the “Mode” (9 dots in a square) and “Swing” (Partial Pie Chart) buttons at once.

This didn’t work for me but in hindsight I think it’s because the remote REQUIRES LINE OF SIGHT to the AC. The remote will give a false positive that it did something but the AC unit itself didn’t recognize it.

Easy to test this just by trying On/Off with the remote from different sight lines. 3: The temp control works in the app but a little finicky. Such as the +/- buttons only work one at a time and the unit must confirm the previous increase before it lets you do the next.

Click +/- rapidly won’t help. Do one at a time and wait for it to catch up. The app all has a radial visual and you can click around the ‘dial’ in the app to ‘jump’ to that temp. However the DIAL IN THE APP IS LARGER THAN THE ACTUAL RANGE OF THE AC UNIT.

I noticed I could only use about ~12 – 3 o’clock on the radial to be in the 60 – 90 degree range. Below or above that just bugs out and typically does nothing helpful. 4. Basic WiFi functions over app like On, Off, Fan Speed, Mode, and others generally worked fine.

Just the temp control was finicky. 5. For me the WiFi HoneyWell app functions worked on 2. 4Ghz and 5Ghz frequencies. ~~ Honeywell Air Comfort Alexa Skill Enablement/Link ~~ 1. In Alex app the Auto Discover/Scan Device never worked for me.

but there is hope per below. 2. Ensure to enable “Honeywell Air Comfort” skill and not the “Honeywell Home”, “Honeywell Total Connect Comfort”, or other apps. 3. Linking the Skill required me to provide the same Honeywell username info I provided to the Honeywell app itself before.

Note the linking UI for this Skill in the Alex UI has some odd looks. It prompts you for phone or email but it looks like phone only as it has the region extension by default. For me the PHONE DID NOT WORK to link.

I HAD TO USE MY EMAIL to get it to link (same as the Honeywell app. which never asked for phone but did ask for email). 4. Even after linking I found it difficult to then find the device. Auto discover failed.

For me I had to switch my phone WiFi from 5GHz to 2. 4GHz before it finally worked. Reading the Honeywell AC unit Owners Manual also says only 2. 4GHz is supported. 5. Even on 2. 4Ghz it still didn’t quite auto discover right away.

however, after tapping in circles through the Alexa app I eventually found it. Once I was on 2. 4Ghz and the Skill enabled. I just checked Devices and found it had auto discovered it on it’s own some time prior.

It is under the category of “Thermostats” then “Air Conditioner”. So it wasn’t finding it because it had already found it. guess I just wasn’t paying attention. Alas, it was finally connected. ~~ Skill Voice Commands ~~ 1.

Both the Honeywell App and Alexa had the device named as “Air Conditioner” by default. I was happy to find it also responds to “AC” by default. So “Air Conditioner” or “AC” work out of the box. Basic “Alexa, Turn ON the Air Condition” and “Alexa, Turn OFF the Air Conditioner” worked perfectly.

2. VOICE COMMAND ON/OFF: Basic “Alexa, Turn ON the Air Condition” and/or “Alexa, Turn OFF the AC” worked perfectly. 3. VOICE COMMAND TEMP CHANGE: After much frustrating I finally got this to work. In short.

the Alexa app defaulted and display FAHRENHEIT but then secretly converts it to CELSIUS when sending to the AC Unit. I checked every setting possible (Alex, Honeywell Skill, Honeywell App, AC Unit itself) and NOWHERE can I see why this is happening.

Honeywell AC Unit/App <-> Alexa Skill TEMP CONVERSION: 60 <-> 140 (Min) 69 <-> 156 75 <-> 167 90 <-> 194 (Max) So I was able to say “Alexa, change the Air Conditioner to 194 degrees”. which changed the AC to 90 F (Max).

And “Alexa, change the Air Conditioner to 140 degrees”. which changed the AC to 60 F (Min). 4. I have found voice commands that work for other settings like Fan Speed, Mode, Swing, Sleep, etc. Just On/Off and Temp Control.

Nor does the manual or onsite listing of the Honeywell product list the commands. AND the Alexa skill description itself has example commands that are clearly incorrect and/or copied from some unrelevant template.

Conclusion: After much frustration the unit does connect to WiFi, link with Alexa, and retain basic On/Off + Temp Control voice commands. It’s just quite buggy in it’s implementation. I’m not in love with it but it does meet bare minimum needs.

Hoping this app/skill logic and features get an overhaul soon. Good luck!.

Works well although not as quiet as I expected. Can cool my room fast. The app is very handy. Overall, I am happy with my purchase. But if you really value the voice commands function, this is not a good option.

I followed the manual to set up smart control on Google Home. The only function that Google Home can do is to turn the AC off. I am having problems with using Google Home to turn on the AC or set the temperature.

When I say “turn on the portable AC”, Google Home replies “Sorry, I don’t understand. ” When I try to use Google Home to set the temperature, it will switch to fan mode and set the temperature very high (something like 85 F).

Honeywell needs some work on making it more compatible with Google Home. Hope the problems can be fixed.

I just opened and unboxed my air conditioner. I immediately saw that a plastic connector piece on the window bracket panel adapter was snapped off. It was nowhere in the box and is not something that can be reattached.

Also, with the window bracket kit if your window is a normal width you’ll have to pay a hardware store to cut the extender piece to fit your window. I will never purchase another air conditioner from this company again.

Have only had it for a week but it’s working just fine. It’s an 8300BTU replacement for an old Kenmore 6,000BTU unit that didn’t have a very sensitive thermostat and I needed to constantly get up and adjust the dial.

This has a remote control that allows adjusting from my chair that is most convenient. I purchased it from a local appliance dealer and since it was slightly larger by a couple of inches I paid for installation and a new sleeve.

Installer did a great job, cleaned up and put molding inside. Very professional job and would recommend a professional installer for this job. Very happy so far but it’s new and works well. Time will tell how things work out but GE builds jet engines so hoping their AC’s are just as dependable but I bought a 5 year warranty to be safe.

Fingers crossed.

I bought this unit to replace a similar GE product that was now 15 years old. I remove the old unit, and the new one fit nicely into the existing sleeve. GE has improved these units quite a bit in 15 years.

The digital temperature control is an improvement, as is the remote control. The only problem we identified thus far is that the fan control is misleading. There is an “automatic” feature in which the fan runs only when the unit is heating or cooling.

Then it has “low,” “medium,” and “high” settings for the fan speed. I thought this would allow the fan to run continually in one of those modes, but it still cycles on and off when the unit is heating or cooling.

This causes changes in the ambient noise level, making it difficult to sleep soundly.

I purchased this unit to replace a bedroom air conditioner. I had the unit delivered and installed in March, now April. There hasn’t been a need for using it so far. It appears to be built solidly and good design.

In testing, even in low (three fan speeds), it delivers a fairly strong cooling. As with all air conditioners, there is the sound of the fan and the condenser in operation; I am pleased by the lack of rattles.

The remote is thin and simply functional; one feature that allows you to turn off the lighted display which is perfect at night in a bedroom. The real test will be how it handles a NYC summer. PC Richards was great from purchase through delivery.

This GE AED10AV is similar to their AEL10AV and AEM10AV units. The blower motor distinguishes this one, from them — the CFM parameter reflects that. It (therefore?) has the ability to remove just a bit more water from the air than those other two models, while retaining almost every other performance spec.

Sometimes, slower is better, for airflow. This unit is sold as their most quiet model; guesswork suggests that the different blower (fan) motor used is responsible for the lowered noise. This is the only 10,000 BTU, connected window A/C on the market that I’m aware of, and is why I chose it over other offerings (I needed the 10k cooling capacity, and I wanted WiFi connectivity).

This unit DOES NOT HAVE A TIMER. The word ‘timer’ does not appear on the GE shipping carton (which seems accurate in all its claims, about what’s inside the box). The handheld IR remote (optical; cannot be used around corners without a mirror) has three unlabeled buttons.

I have not tried to use the remote; I like the smartphone app (but I still need a timer, so I will fiddle with those three unlabeled buttons, at some point). The WiFi app does allow a manual shut-down of the entire machine (all motors off; all noises silenced).

As well as a manual startup. However, it does not allow a scheduled shutdown, nor a scheduled startup — a human has to command those events (via smartphone, wifi and the running app, in real time — no programmable delays at all).

It is a mistake to conflate the scheduling function for a timer. The scheduler only manipulates the SET POINT of the digital thermostat of the air conditioner. The user interface for the scheduler is quite similar to setting the alarm in the primary ‘clock’ application of Android — it allows you to set a time of day, a set-point temperature, and to toggle on, or off, any or all days of the week for this event.

The airflow is directed into the room by vents that tilt and pan (pitch and yaw). The styrofoam firewall is not fully opaque — and calls attention to itself. Glows from behind when sunlit. The shipping carton lifts off — it’s bottomless.

Secured with nylon pallet straps (more or less). Easily handled by grabbing ahold of these straps — makes lifting the unit much easier. The lift-off carton is about 24 1/4 x 23 x 17 — and there’s a styrofoam pallet the unit rests on, molded to conform to the bottom of the unit.

So that 17 parameter may be more (one vendor does list these dimensions, iirc). The accordion panels expand elastically and have good, hard molded dovetails to join with the pieces they need to, to pull on the accordion folds (which want to collapse) from both edges.

Very much like an old school slide rule — that’s the interface between the accordionized panels and the other bits. The molding is good and has clean hard edges, on the wing frames holding the panels.

These two frames slide in steel rails affixed to the main chassis (one of which, the bottom rail, is permanent). The top rail is installed by the consumer, using 4 screws (a high quality philips screwdriver is needed; a stripped one will just make a mess of things — buy a new screwdriver just for this).

The screw holes for the top rail are pre-drilled; they only allow one orientation (they are not quite symmetrically spaced from either end). And so, the top rail cannot be mistakenly installed backwards.

The carton says 115 VAC 7. 5 Amperes and somewhere there is a notice about a 15 amp circuit breaker (or the equivalent in a slow-blow fuse). There are black and white drawings on the shipping carton, which you can use to identify what receptacle you have — even if it’s the wrong one for this air conditioner (so you will know why it is wrong).

This means you can take a photograph of your electrical receptacle near the window at home, bring it to the store, and match up with the drawings on the box. It’s got ’em all. Even the ones you cannot and must not use! The plug is the usual 3-prong NEMA 5-15 plug, with the parallel blades.

Has the dongle to protect against electrical faults (the plug end of the power cord is an oversized circuit breaker dongle). The power cord runs from the left front of the chassis, on the same side as the digital front panel, and below the grille covering the evaporator coil.

With the duplex outlet ground (third prong) below the other two, the cord runs above the outlet (and so leaves the bottom 115 VAC NEMA 5-15 duplex receptacle available for — use, though this use is forbidden by the literature).

The test and reset buttons on the dongle are to the left, in this configuration. So this will work with a duplex outlet mounted on the base- board, even if it’s not mounted sideways — they thought this one out, carefully.

It’s a right-angle plug (hugs the wall). My unit arrived seemingly DOA — I had to press the reset button, to get the machine to respond at all. That was unexpected. It’s working fine, ever since. No harm no foul.

The set point has to be set much lower than logic would otherwise suggest. There is no remote sensor, so all readings are taken at the unit itself. That apparently skews the readings. The thermostat bottoms out at a set point of 64 degrees, which may cause the unit to cycle (temporarily shutoff the compressor) a bit sooner than expected, since the false readings tell the machine it’s already cold enough in the room, when it really is not.

WiFi – there’s a sticker with a password on the right side of the unit, which gives a GE_MODULE styled network name (ESSID/BSSID) to identify in your smartphone’s WiFi connection dialog. You issue the password to the air conditioner’s WiFi from within the App (which you have previously installed, including establishing login and password credentials with the G.

E. host computer — the mothership — somewhere out there on the Internet). It’s interesting. You have to tell your phone to talk to the air conditioner’s wireless router, instead of your own home wireless router (the one linking to the Internet).

You have to do that, because the smartphone is playing the role of a remote front panel for the air coditioner. Now, the air conditioner wants access to the Internet, so you have to give it your (regular) wireless router’s WPA2 (or whatever) password, as well as the network name.

So, the air conditioner plays both roles: it acts lke a client (when it talks to your house’s wireless router) and it acts like a server (when your smartphone talks to it). It only wants you to use it’s newly-introduced, secondary wireless network, during initial setup.

Once the system is fully functional, it does whatever it needs to do, by speaking through your home’s wireless router. In particular, you don’t have to worry about what router your smartphone is talking to — it will still be talking to your regular home wireless router — not the air conditioner — except during initial setup.

In this way, the system is robust, and is location-agnostic — the air conditioner does not have to be within wireless range of the smartphone — only your home’s wireless router (so you must be sure your air conditioner’s WiFi radio ‘hears’ your wireless router).

Summary: peeved about the timer. I knew it was not going to go well (I told my dealer ‘it doesn’t have a timer’ when I ordered the AED10AV). It’s an air conditioner. It seems to cool 10,000 BTU’s worth.

Seems quiet. Has the gee whiz toy factor covered. Scheduling set-point changes might prove useful. Price seems appropriate to quality of build (acceptable in most regards, and it’s probably very competitive in todays’ market, for build-quality).

I’m definitely keeping it; wifi in a 10k unit is hard to come by!.

The unit I purchased is being used in a bedroom where the central air conditoner cooling is insufficient during the hot summer days. It also replaces a 15 year old Maytag window air conditioner that was installed in the same room.

This GE air conditioner cools the master bedroom well and we keep it dialed to 74 degrees at night. We like all the options it has, that it works nice and smooth with no rattles, the fact that it has a clean look to it and how quickly it cools the room down.

It’s an exceptional 8,000 BTU window air conditioner for the price and it’s the 1st GE window A/C we have ever purchased. Hopefully it will last in good working order for years to to come. The fan output seems to be a little louder than the old A/C it replaced, but we only use it on the lowest fan setting and that seems adequate.

However, I don’t believe a window A/C is ever going to be as quiet as central air.

We love it, it serves our purpose in a small houseboat. My only complaint is that the shift < > did not work, but no big deal as we can manipulate it manually if needed rather than the hassle of trying to send it back.

It is a great product other than that glitch, just hoping that is not a prelude to it;s future. The above review was written in 2020 , just after purchase. We are currently purchasing another unit. The first one totally quit after 13 months.

Just after warranty expired. We are purchasing another, much to my displeasure, but my husband thinks the other one was possibly defective. We’ll see. The first one was only used for cooling for a total of 5 months.

July, August and part of September of 2020, and June, July, of this year,21. I hope we have more luck with this next one. If not AUX will get a terrible review.

I brought a few same units. While almost 90% of AC is produced in China. AUX uses its own brand to sell in US. Good value. Additional info. The same model is 20-30% cheaper in China. Also installation cost is very low in China.

US you are probably either DIY or pay HVAC company 600$ to install one. The only suggestion that it could be better instruction, which will save customers’ time and support’s time. The product use different labelling than common U.

S. appliances. The indoor connects to outdoor unit via 4 wires, L1 (Red), L2 (Black), S(White) and Ground (Yellow-Green). All units are pre-wired in the indoor unit, while One unit was not wired at all.

How to connect: 1. Outdoor unit to main power: 3 wires The outdoor unit connection port has labels (L, N, S, and Ground), which should connect to 110V via 3 wires, L- Black (hot wire), N – White (neutural), and Ground.

S should be left without any wiring from external power. 2. Outdoor unit to indoor unit: 4 wires L1 goes to L, L2 goes to N, S goes to White, Ground goest to Ground. If you wire them wrongly, of course it will not run.

(Manual can be better written with colored wiring connection). As you can see, this labelling system is very confusing.

Anyone have a photo of the connections to the outside unit? The instructions are. confusing. Addendum : Finally figured out the wiring connections. Works. Well. Dead quiet. Cools a 15×15 room (with 9 foot ceilings) no problem, even when it’s pushing 100 degrees & 100% humidity outside.

I did a DIY install. May be a little much for a beginner, but if your good enough to follow the guys on PBS’s “This Old House” (and understand what they’re saying) you’ll should be okay. I was a little confused with the wiring at first, for some reason I thought it plugged into a regular 110 outlet through the indoor part.

It does not. You’ll have to run 30 amp wiring (and a 30 amp breaker) to your electrical panel, and add a weather proof cut off box outside by your unit (USA building codes). And run all your outside wiring through shielding.

The inside unit gets it power from the outside part. For some reason I was expecting about the same noise levels and air flow as a 12,000 btu window unit. It’s nothing like that. As I mentioned the inside unit is amazing quiet, and the airflow is much less than what you would get from an equivalent window unit.

But it DOES get the job done just fine, and the noise levels (or a lack thereof) is simply amazing. So now you know what to expect. Hope this helps you out, wish I could have read a review like this BEFORE I bought the thing.

Would have made the install go a lot quicker. As is probably took me 5-6 hours to install the first one, the second one should take about 1 hour once you know what your doing.

I found the installation of the stylish LG 10,000 BTU Window Air Conditioner to be fairly uncomplicated. The unit comes with an installation kit, and an easy-to-use remote control. This marvelous dual inverter AC offers outstanding performance.

It has two compressors, multiple modes (including an energy savor mode), and useful smart features. The unit effectively cools a room faster and more efficiently than my previous traditional AC. The thermostat on the model is very accurate.

Temperature regulation is superb. The sleep mode turns off the unit after a set time. The fan can go in different directions. You can adjust how bright the display is, so the light doesn’t keep you awake.

I also like that the AC alerts you when its easily accessible, washable filter needs to be cleaned. This standout unit has proven to be quite energy-efficient, and I have experienced a welcome drop in my electric bill.

Additionally, this smart AC connects easily to Wi-Fi and features LG ThinQ, which works with Google Assistant and Alexa. I appreciate the ability to control the unit with the app or by just my voice.

Being able to remotely turn the AC on or off and change its temperature settings from my smartphone is a handy perk when I am away from home. I am also impressed and really happy with the noise level of the model.

Both the compressor and fan operate extremely quietly with minimal vibration even on the highest setting. Thoroughly satisfied.

This LG 8,000 BTU air conditioner is fantastic. First of all it is super quiet and efficient. It cooled my master bedroom in no time, and actually made the room smell better. {we installed new wall to wall carpeting} The dry feature actually takes the dampness out of the room on those humid 93 degree days.

The Energy Saver feature has the unit going on and off at different intervals throughout the day to regulate the temperature. It also has an “auto clean” feature that you can set that evaporates any moisture generated inside the unit that may have accumulated, thereby making it more efficient and leaving no stale scents other air conditioners get over time.

The remote control is an added feature if you don’t feel like getting out of bed to change the temp in the room, or turn the unit off or on. I haven’t used the wifi feature from my phone so can’t comment on that.

Overall this will not disappoint! One side note, it has 3 settings F1 F2 F3 for power, with F3 being the highest, it isn’t full force in your face, but it apparently doesn’t have to be. because the room is cooled in no time.

I’m guessing the inverter is responsible for that. Its a weird phenomenon but it works! I highly recommend this unit! I used to buy Freidrich but now I am all LG!!!.

After looking at many A/Cs I decided on this one for several reasons. First i love the solid top on the outside. I have a lot of trees, and had issues with lots of leaves and dirt getting into the back of my old AC.

I also like the stylish solid front panel. This thing is really quiet on lower settings. I haven’t had to turn this thing above low, even when 90 degrees outside. It’s in the living room, so I needed something quiet because of the TV.

I also needed a slide in unit because i have this built into the wall. Install was fairly easy with two people. I framed the hole to the perfect size and then slide in the case. After mounting the case and adjusting my support brackets outside, the main unit slid right in.

It was a little more expensive than most other units, but with the features it has, it was worth it for me. I hope it lasts as long as my last one that lasted about 10 years.