VAGKRI 12,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner, 3-in-1 AC with Fan & Dehumidifier, Cools up to 450 Sq.Ft, Energy Efficient AC Unit with Remote Control, Sleep Modes, 24H Timer for Bedroom, Room, Office

This saved my summer! I bought this AC unit because our central air had gone out, leaving our apartment dangerously hot. The landlord completely ignored us all early summer, and the July heatwave was the final straw.It says 700sqft, but managed to make over 900ft feel nice and cozy. Our livingroom dropped 4 degrees in an hour, and was comfortable after 3 hrs. After a day, the entire 3br apartment was cool.Some things to note:The window panel is hard to finagle at first. Attaching it to the hose seems easy, until it's time to seal it in the window. It doesn't lock in, it just kind of barely holds it there. So when you close the window, the hose will pop out a little. Make sure you have the panel and hose sealed tight or it'll just blow hot air back into the house.If you find it isn't cooling or the temperature is suddenly rising, make sure you check on that seal. The easiest way is to hold your hand in front of the panel and move along the length to see if you feel any warm air. If you do, the panel needs to be readjusted.It moves a lot of air really fast. It is a little loud, because it's a big unit. I have to have it on sleep mode when I sleep near it, or it'll wake me up as it turns off and on. However, you can barely hear it from a room away. The sound is just the sound of fast moving air though. It doesn't vibrate or go berrrrrrrrrrrrrr like some I've used before, which is nice.It's really heavy in the box, but the actual unit has handles and wheels, making it super easy to move once unpacked.It's not going to reach through closed doors. These seems like common sense, but I definitely made the mistake of closing my bedroom door for hours (when the unit was in the living room) and the temperature jumped up FAST. It'll keep the ambient temp low, so it didn't get as hot as it would've, but make sure you keep airflow going to any place you want cool.The panel is designed for windows that are flush. If the window closes below the windowsill, you'll need something underneath to lift it up a bit. Otherwise the hose will pop out. We ended up cutting a 2×4 to put underneath it to create a flush surface. It worked like a charm!Tldr: Unit is amazingly powerful, can cool a 3bdroom apartment in 24hrs, a little loud, and is tricky to install. It's not hard, but you really have to pay attention to make sure hot air isn't coming back into the house. The panel and hose connection could definitely be more secure. Cons included, this unit still outperforms my expectations. It's 101°f outside, but 68° in here!!!

I dreaded unboxing and installing this air conditioner, but we're supposed to hit 103 today, so I had to do it. I've used a portable air conditioner of another brand in my kitchen for about five years now, so I know how portable air conditioners work. This was no different -- but it does have drain holes and a siphon; my other one does not. I'm still not sure how to drain the one I already have.I installed this in the window in my bedroom where it will be a nice toasty about 95 degrees by 11 PM tonight, plugged it in, and wow. The room is COOL. Like COLD. Granted, it's 8:21 AM and we're benefiting from the overnight temps being around 63 this morning, but the room is amazingly cold. I'm looking forward to a comfortable cool night of sleeping in my bedroom tonight.A couple of interesting details: for one, my windows are big windows that slide side-to-side, and the sliders included in the package are not big enough by about six inches. There's a note on the instruction booklet that if the sliders aren't the right size, to contact them and provide your window size. I just did. We'll see how that turns out.Another interesting detail: this unit has a "sleep" mode, where the light will dim and maybe the fan speed or sound turns down a few notches -- I haven't tried that out yet. That's a nice feature.I'm just delighted with this product so far.As we speak I'm sitting in the kitchen, in front of my first portable air conditioner unit, which doesn't have near the "oomph" of the new unit. I'm seriously considering replacing it with a second Vakgri unit. Today will be a good test. I've got both A/C's going, the windows are closed in the house, the shades are drawn, it's a 1650-square-foot house, and I want to see how we make it through this 103-degree day.An update on 8/15/23: This has been just great. What a godsend to be able to sleep comfortably through the night when yesterday was our hottest day of the year so far with 113 degrees in places, and 109 degrees for the next few days. Two things about this that are awesome: the bedroom is actually COLD, even yesterday, and I have it set at 74. I could set it all the way down to 64, but that would be too cold. The other thing is that it has a "sleep" setting. The blue lights are very bright while it's on, and it's an easy thing to push the "sleep" button -- even in the dark -- and the light dims quite nicely so it doesn't bother me while sleeping.I still haven't bought the second one to replace the 5-year-old other-brand window A/C I have in the kitchen, and on days when it's 113 outside and the kitchen one seems to be struggling, I'm seriously thinking about it.I noticed that the price went up by $6 since I bought mine. :/ That wouldn't keep me from buying another one, though.