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So very happy I got this air conditioner, it works flawlessly. compared to any of the many others I have had, this one is simply the best. What I noticed first was that it takes so much of the moisture out of the air.

I am able to set it 2 degrees higher than my other older AC unit and feel so much more comfortable. The auto function is amazing, I never have to say I have to adjust it to cool, fan only or shut it off.

It does all that as the room temperature changes with no input from me. today was a great test for it, 98-degree heat index, and this unit never blinked an eye at it. It is an amazingly quiet unit, it is in my bedroom/office area.

It does not bother my sleep in the least, I never notice it running. When it starts back up when needed, it barely makes a sound, no grumbling when the condenser kicks in. Just glides into action and the same when it goes back to fan mode.

This unit is cooling a space of 220 sf that has 3 open doorways to it so the actual area is bigger as the air escapes slightly. I spend 80% of my day in this area, this unit makes for a great comfort zone.

Always have trouble finding air conditioners that fit in my steel casement windows. This one fits nicely (it’s a bit narrower than the window opening but it stays in place). It comes with plenty of screws and a shelf.

The shelf is ok and does the job. The directions are not great but I was able to puzzle out how to get it in. The air conditioner is quite powerful and is able to cool both my living room and dining room.

Overall, I would recommend.

This unit works great and is what I needed for my narrow window. I read reviews before buying this that said that it came with everything you needed to install it but I didn’t find that to be the case.

It does come with a platform that you install below the window. The unit sticks out quite a lot and it wants to slant a little to drain properly. I ended up building a base with a couple of 1x4s to put on the windowsill to get it to work correctly.

Also, the installation instructions were really bad. Just be aware that installing this will take a little bit of work.

The best purchase by far. We had used portable ACs for years in our small apartment. At the end of last summer our old unit broke and after some research we landed on this unit. It was easy to install, it works great.

Some reviews say it’s noisy but it’s no more noisy then our old portable AC.

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.

Works perfectly. Draws cooler outside air in so much better than the stand-up fan I have. The only change I would make is to swap the thermostat function for a remote control. Whenever I’ve used the thermostat, the fan cycles on and off constantly when it reaches the temp setting.

Although the fan is not loud, the noise of it cycling on and off is noticeable and a bit annoying, so I don’t use that function at all. On the other hand, a remote would make it more convenient to change speeds and switch intake and exhaust, which works independently on each fan.

Still, that’s a minor thing. This unit is very well made, very quiet and the larger fans are far superior at moving air in or out.

I got this unit in late May (it’s currently early August), and it’s done the job so far. We only needed a smaller unit for a small room, and it generally works well enough. However, just a few weeks into using it, the AS (automatic sensor, looks like “A2” on the screen) code appeared on the screen and didn’t go away after efforts to reset.

We had to just use the fan for some days because we didn’t know what kind of weird things it would do on the Cool setting with an AS code. We just decided to turn it on again on a hot day, and ever since, the AS code sometimes flashes and goes away.

It’s been normal most of the time after that. The power and Eco buttons are a little hard to push. I wonder if the buttons are are just a little off center, and maybe that’s why? We’re adults, and we still have to press pretty hard on those two buttons to work sometimes, but all of the other buttons work well.

We have another unit just like this one, but with a higher BTU, and we got it the year before. We were so happy with that one, so that’s how we decided to get this particular unit. Our year-old unit might actually be leaking some freon, but that’s a separate issue.

Something positive is that I really like this unit when it does what it’s expected to, and I like that this remote has a screen to tell us the temperature (something our bigger unit doesn’t have, so an improvement).

I feel like it could just be isolated issues, so I do think I would purchase this brand/type again in the future.

I returned after 2 weeks. Should have returned first week. Unit extremely LOUD. Compressor would recycle even when not in eco or auto mode. louvers have minimal directional option. I was waking up at night from noise and unit was not staying cool.

I have previously purchased Frigidaire appliances including washer, dryer and dishwasher and was very happy with them. I apologize for my negative comments but unfortunately I had to exchange for a different brand.

I did research and most reviews are positive, that is why I purchased. In addition to my previous positive experience with Frigidaire appliances.

I recently bought this AC to replace a 5000btu one that was not enough to cool the space properly. My open plan space is between 450-500 sq ft. This AC cools the area fast. SO much so, I sometimes have to turn it up a higher temp to not be too chilly! The only thing I would improve is the farthest vent direction does not send the breeze towards the middle of the room.

It does circulate well, but because my windows are near walls, it is too strong on just the sofa, when I’d prefer mid-room. It took me awhile to see the directions properly on how to change the AC temp reading to F from C.

But that was a reading error. I have a feeling though that others do the same misreading – so sad it carefully. I have a narrow window [outer width is 22, but inside is 21″] and few AC’s seem able to fit unless lower BTU.

This fit perfectly without the side pieces to simply attach with the upper bar pieces to window, place foam around to fill the space. My maintenance guy was thoughtful and had white duct tape he put over that, which made it look nicer.

I love how this AC sits smoothly with the inside portion within the space of my window sill. My old one jutted out over into the room. This AC has a sleeker look. I also love having a remote.

I have bought a total of 4 windows from you guys for my camper. Two of the windows were the wrong size, smaller than what I ordered /paid for and one of the larger windows had a huge dent in the fram with issues sliding the window open and closed.

You are sending junk stuff and I will NOT be order anything else from your company. I guess you bank on people not returning the item becase for one, it takes forever to get here and two, that would mean that I would have to rewrap the window back up.

Want a survey, here you go and it isn’t a good one!.

This window unit was used a backup for a friend. Her house is older and historic so when the Texas temperatures hit the triple digits the home had no air conditioning. This unit provided relief and comfort.

The unit was easy to set up and the cool air was a relief. This is an excellent unit. Although serving as a backup can be used as the main supply of air if there is no central air-conditioning unit available.

This is a handy little window AC unit. It is SMALL. very small. It’s lightweight and fairly easy to carry up the steps to our upstairs bedroom that doesn’t have central air conditioning (1820s stone house).

This AC unit is only good for very small rooms. I would only use it in a 10 foot by 12 foot room. Our bedroom is larger so it doesn’t do so great of a job but that’s on us.

This was shipped very well nicely packaged and no damage at all. It is 8000BTU and it is a bit heavy so I needed help putting it in the window but it works very well, it cooled the back end of my house very fast, it is not real quiet but not bad no worse than my 5000 BTU air conditioners.

I would recommend this for sure if you want to cool any room fast. I only had it running for a two week period as it got cool finally so hoping come next summer after being stored for the winter it still runs well for next summer.

Windows et Office sont activés (en espérant que ça dure). On reçoit un message contenant les clés et toutes les explications pour télécharger les deux produits et les activer. Il faut bien suivre les instructions et ça fonctionne.

Pour le site qui gère les ID, j’ai utilisé Firefox car avec Edge ça ne fonctionnait pas (le reCAPTCHA ne s’affichait pas et on ne pouvait donc pas cocher la case pour prouver que l’on n’est pas un robot).

Le vendeur est très rapide et répond en cas de problème (s’il manque une clé par exemple). Parfait! Pour 4 euros et quelques centimes c’est très bien.

Clé de licence parfaitement fonctionnelle et qui permet d’activer Windows 11 PRO, mais uniquement en utilisant la procédure téléphonique par serveur vocal. C’est un peu plus long que l’activation en ligne, mais à l’issue aucun problème.

Bien entendu, c’est une clé OEM monoposte, c’est à dire liée définitivement au matériel (i. e. la carte mère, mais pas à la mémoire, au processeur ou au(x) disque(s) dur(s) qui eux peuvent être remplacés sans conséquences) sur lequel elle a été activée initialement.

Et au pire, vu le prix.

So far this air conditioner has functioned very well and I consider it to be slightly better than the previous unit which was also a LG product. The new unit has slightly higher noise and vibration levels, but it is also slightly larger and hopefully it will have the same long reliable life span of the previous LG window unit it has replaced.

Sadly the climate controls and cooling modes are the same as the older unit it replaced and they were the source of the few irritations we had with the older LG window air conditioner unit. The energy save feature of “sampling the air by starting the fan” is a source of noise, especially at night and in the case of our partially underground house it actually uses more energy than the air conditioners with “inferior” thermostat designs that do not periodically force air over the temperature sensor.

I have no doubt your periodic forced air sampling works well in a standard home, but our partially underground home will often go hours, even on the hottest days before the unit actually needs to turn on the compressors and cool.

The constant cycling to “test the air” simply waste energy and worse yet adds unneeded noise to our home, especially at night. As mentioned above the controls and operation modes on this LW1816ER are almost exactly the same as the older LG unit’s controls and they have the same problem.

You really need to add a few more options to the energy saver mode such as giving the user some way to widen the time intervals between the unit forcing air over it temperature sensor.

This air conditioner has been the absolute worst thing I have ever purchased in my entire life. $600 for the unit, another $100+ for delivery and install, I have put over $700 into this incredible disappointment.

It worked for the summer I purchased it, then at the beginning of this summer everything broke. It will not turn off, it will not cool, the whole grill freezes over like a huge block of ice that then takes two days to thaw and leaks all over my floor.

As if this isn’t frustrating enough, I spent nearly a month of several phone calls trying to get LG to honor the manufacturers warranty. They were always apologetic, then would claim to make repair appointments with a local servicer, but when I called the servicer to confirm they said they never got a request from LG.

This happened SEVERAL times. The one time someone actually did make a legit appointment for me, the repair man never showed. I had to reach out to LG via Facebook before someone finally came out. I had it repaired on Tuesday.

By Saturday, it was freezing over and not turning off again. Save yourself so much pain. Do not buy this unit. The experience getting Best Buy to install it was an utter nightmare (which I let go at first because I was just so happy to finally have cold air).

The LG customer service is an utter nightmare. I will never buy an LG product again in my life. I had very little money when I bought this unit and had to put it on credit because my family was miserable.

A year later I am still paying on it and it doesn’t even work. Best Buy had always been trustworthy in the past, but this product is so appallingly terrible that I have seriously lost faith in the quality of Best Buy’s products and services.

After an extensive heat wave, we purchased this air conditioner based upon its ease of installation, simple controls and the BTU’s necessary to cool our house. Are we ever glad we chose this unit, because within 3 minutes of turning it on, our house was essentially cooled down to the right temperature.

We felt alive again, feeling all of that cool air seamlessly entering all the rooms with ease. The controls make it simple to use as a dehumidifier when you just wish to dry the air out, too. A red light comes on when the filter needs to be cleaned, which is also an easy task.

If I could give 6 stars to this A/C model, I would.

I bought this is May 2022 and it is doing a great job cooling my upstairs 300 sq foot bedroom. It is pretty quiet and pumps out some cold air. Having a remote is convenient, as is the ability for it to connect to the Smart HQ Smartphone App.

The latter shows how much electricity it has used each day along with changing settings like temperature and fan speed. My only complaint would be the grill which directs the air flow. It only allows you to change the vertical direction.

It would be nice if it also had a lever so air could be directed more to one side or the other. Now, this unit replaced a different GE Model I bought in July 2021 that lost all its refrigerant (apparently) over the winter.

(GE did refund me the entire purchase price of original. ) I will update this review, if possible, if I have the same issue with this one.

One can hear where this unit would be ULTRA quiet if properly assembled. This unit was factory reconditioned but someone didn’t do a sound check!!! It rattles so loud that you would never be able to sleep.

If my son physically lifts on the unit, the rattling stops. To be clear, it’s coming from inside the unit not the window. He had to rig a support under it, from the floor up, and pad it with a big towel to keep constant pressure on the unit so it doesn’t rattle loud enough to wake the dead.

He called GE and they said contact the people I’d bought it from. He contacted them and they were sold out. So, as a consumer I’m forced by both the seller and GE to either return and buy a whole different unit, or live with it.

GE is NOT the corporation it once was.

Thank you for asking for my feedback. First and most important, the cool air it provides is excellent. But the problems begin with your remote control. The remote does not display functions , only the temperature which is not accurate, so when you want to use it you don’t know what mode it’s going to because your display on the AC is too small which is part of the problem.

From a distance in the same room you cannot see the AC display. I have been using Friedrich air conditioners for the last 20 years and they give excellent cool air, but after five or so years they tend to have repair issues , but when they are working good they are excellent and their remote control Is simple and excellent , and will let you know exactly, on both the AC unit and remote control, displays, what mode it is going to Even from across the room , plus they add a little stand for the remote.

But this time I wanted to try your company because my PC Richard representative said to try your company. I am using their remote as an example to let you know that it is possible that your remotes can function properly like the Friedrich Remote control.

Mostly identical in size and also use two AA batteries like yours. I would love to send you pictures of their remote and their AC display so maybe you can improve your products. Thank you for asking for my feedback which shows me you’re a company that wants to hear from your customers.

Also, I just thought that another big problem with your company compared to friedrich , is when you call for advice or For information , it’s very hard to get a representative Without having to press numerous prompts.

With Friedrich , they have one phone number and you can always get a representative within minutes without having to press numerous prompts.

Our old AC went out in the dead heat of a heatwave. It was well over 10 years old, left behind by the previous owners when we bought our house. We’ve owned our home for over a decade. So when it died, we couldn’t be upset.

But the hunt was on for it’s replacement. We looked everywhere, but couldn’t find a Frigidaire until we looked at PC Richards. This AC is everything and then some of what we were looking for. We had 11,000 btu’s, this one is 15,100.

It completely cools our whole downstairs easily and quietly. I love all of the bells and whistles, including the remote, timer and temperature. My son and I installed it with ease and it was up and running in no time.

We couldn’t be more pleased with this purchase and if we ever need another AC, it will most definitely be a Frigidaire. You can’t go wrong with the quality for money spent. I paid for a warranty and know this will outlast that time.

You’ve got a customer for life. All of my kitchen appliances are also Frigidaire so you can say, I stick to what I know when I find the best. In this time when every penny counts, I want to get my money’s worth.

Thank you for that.