I just received my fridgaire 3-1 portable air conditioner 8000/12,000 BTU. It arrived quicker than what the date posted, and for that, I am grateful! Pros: AC works as it should, very efficient and cold at 72*, as much expected, works very well in a 300-600sqft bedroom, remote and wireless features are amazing. Cons: The plastics panel that connects to the hose is a ‘snap-on’ (it works but you will knock it off easily by a slight bump), the hose heats up, so expect heat/air draft (I suggest you buy insulated duct wrap from lowes or Home Depot, along with air duct tape), screws in the windows (I avoided this part) if you feel insecure, it’s not like anyone is going to look into full detail of your bedroom/house windows. Overall: 8/10. It’s an amazing purchase and worth the quality.

We chose the Frigidaire 3-in-1 portable AC because it had been reviewed as being quieter than some others, and it does seem relatively quiet. Unpacking and setup was simple enough, although the operation manual is not very user-friendly. The device seems well designed, although the flexible air hose connectors on both the device and the window slider kit seem to be rather flimsy. I find turning-on the black Control Panel difficult to read without the help of a flashlight. Our main complaint: There is a lack of communication regarding whether or not to connect a (water) hose to the "continuous drain outlet" on the back – the unit will operate with that outlet capped off, but when a hose is attached, it can fill a gallon jug in just a few hours with water that is removed from the air. Why is this choice not presented in any of the marketing literature? The unit seems to cool more efficiently when the water is draining, but we don't want to have to keep emptying water jugs or worrying about overflow onto the floor. (And drilling a hole to the outdoors is out of the question.) So we will operate it in capped-off drain mode.

REALLY like this air conditioner! It cools my upstairs down quickly and it quieter than I expected. Wish I had bought one sooner. Within the first week, it did start to have a cyclical noisy vibration when it ran at the highest speed to cool the air. Best Buy is exchanging it - will write a new review on that one! (The top of the a/c looks bumpy in the photo because I put the protective plastic back on for the exchange)

Works great for 350 sqft but I do not see how it would cool 550 as described. We use the schedule timer from 10 am to 9 pm to keep living room and kitchen cool. Approx 350 sqft. It does have a mostly quiet mode but it will take a long time to cool. We use auto feature to keep. Temp. At 79. We also wrapped the exhaust hose with insulation to keep the heat from the hose making the cooling fight to keep temp. Electric went up approximately $30 a month

The Frigidaire portable air conditioner is absolutely phenomenal. It cools my 20 X 25 upstairs Master Bedroom easily and very economically. It runs quiet. Its vent automatically opens and shuts as the air comes on and off. This unit replaces a unit that was almost twice the size and didn’t cool nearly as fast or as efficiently. I would definitely be this product to anyone in the market. It took me and my teenage daughter less than 25 minutes to install and have it working flawlessly. The one vent hose replaced the two vent system we had. This product so much more efficient. I am more than happy with this. Buy this unit. You will be glad you did.