Frigidaire - 350 Sq. Ft. Portable Air Conditioner - White

We decided to get a portable unit instead of a window unit so that it would be easier to take off during the winter. Our last window unit ended up with mold inside it that we were unable to remove due to the snow freezing and melting on the window unit. So we ended up buying this Frigidaire portable unit in order to keep it out of the elements. It was an oversized fan and dehumidifier! It did not cool my small room. We set it at 64, it has never reached under 75. I used a digital thermometer to take temperature readings in my room. Even the air coming out of the ac was in the 70’s. It only works at keeping the room acceptable when it’s cool outside. Now when we hit 80+ it’s muggy and warm in the room. This machine struggles constantly. I told my husband to take it back. He said give it a chance. Well now we are stuck with a heavy 300.00 fan. It is a waste of time, and money. I certainly will not buy Frigidaire in the future, if they can’t provide a product that works as they promise it should. Also do note that it leaves a musky like smell, like old water in basement type smell. We are constantly removing the water this unit produces throughout the day. You are better off with another brand unit that actually works or stay with a window ac unit. Stay away from this dreadful product. My kids lg window unit which is 2000 btu less then this unit cools quickly a room in similar size as mine. It gets cold in that room. Frigidaire is not the brand it used to be, very disappointed.

This really is a glorified and overpriced fan. I saw the good reviews, and saw the bad reviews, but was really desperate for an AC (portable because my apartment has weird windows) so I bought it anyway. I set the unit to 60oC, it's been two hours and it's still the slightest bit chiller. I could have blowed a fan over a bowl of ice and I probably would have achieved better results. I drove 1 hour away to get the AC because literally everywhere near me was sold out. More disappointed than upset; I don't mind spending the money $320 total if it just worked properly. Will be returning as soon as I can. See you soon Watertown store! More cons: - awkward and agitating window installation that isn't practical for all window types - weird smell as air blows - exhaust hose gets REALLY hot and is made of plastic which somehow makes me nervous - exhaust hose isn't too malleable and falls out of place really easily if you don't set up the window installation

I was glad to read in other reviews that I'm not the only one to encounter this problem with this unit. It really, really, stinks up the air and that was only 1 day after use. I have a different unit that's almost 7 years old now and has been ran in multiple households and, honestly, cleaned very poorly on my part and it NEVER made my place smell like this brand new unit did. I only bought this new one because the old one tacks on like 300$ to my power bill monthly. I don't know what they did wrong in the design or possibly during the production and shipping of this unit or what it is I share in common with the other people experiencing this issue, but I'd strongly advise against purchasing this unit unless it's early spring and you've got a lot of time to replace it before the hot summer months. I'm currently sitting here sweating because the first major heat wave of the summer hit and everyone bought out all the air conditioners so I'm having to wait until I can have a different unit delivered.

This is an expensive fan, not an air cooling unit. It's difficult to install, as it required to to cut plastic - THICK plastic that I would need a saw to get through - in order to install it to your window. If you live in an apartment, it is unlikely that you have this in your apartment. It is incredibly difficult to attach to the window and the instructions are not great. It blows air, but even when set at 60 degrees, its really just air. Its not cold, air conditioned air and its certainly not cooling down my living room. It's simply blowing the air around in front of the machine. I almost feel like it would be better to have the machine off and have the doors and windows open than attempt to cool a room with this. Extremely disappointed with the quality of this machine. I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone.

I purchased this for my daughter for her tiny house (she is a full time college student and works full time and I wanted her to be comfortable and cool when she's at her home). Window units were not an option, so I was thinking portable meant convenient and movable. HA! It has to be vented which means it's basically on a short leash with not much flexibility. Only the leash is a giant huge industrial looking thing. Takes up a lot of space in her tiny house, and is basically just blowing air straight up and not around. So for this to work we'll need to buy a fan too (remember - tiny house). I trusted the Frigidaire brand name, but should have researched this more carefully, and had my daughter and husband look at it live in person before purchasing online. I told my daughter we should return it if she's not happy with it, and exchange it for something that will work better. I sure hope the Best Buy return / exchange policy backs me up on that.

Our central Ac has been giving us issues and after several hvac visits unable to remedy the issue our system has completely died at this point and the heat was unbearable in the Arizona summer. We picked this up for our bedroom and installation was a little tricky on a horizontal opening window but it works where as the window units were incompatible. Surprised to see all the negative reviews because this unit works wonders on our room and slightly outside the room. It was over 100 outside and was able to cool our room to 72f. I find this is a pretty powerful unit for it's size but we've only had for a day. I will try to update my review if anything changes but this thing has been a life saver so far! I will probably have to order more weatherstripping and foam to make sure everything is properly sealed.

This was bought to cool a 180 Sq feet bedroom. First, it's pretty compact and relatively simple to setup. It has a nice stylish look and it's not super bulky for a mobile air conditioner. It has a few things that aren't so good. The tube is definitely a bit too short. It barely reaches my window and I have to keep it right under the window so that the tube can reach. The remote kind of works but half the time it doesn't. I have to press the button several times to get it to work sometimes. My biggest problem with this is that it has a hard time keeping the room cold even when it's rated for a room bigger than what I'm using it in. It's also on the loud side, although it's not ear piercingly loud, but I have to talk loud over the unit when it's on. Overall it's not a bad unit, but I would probably look at better units if I was using it more frequently and if I want something that can cool down a room the size of what it's rated for.

Specifically purchased the Frigidaire model as it was a replacement for our Frigidaire window unit that we’ve had for 6 years (work horse). The unit was bought to cool our upstairs that gets a little warm (roughly 225 square feet). I followed the directions to a T per installation & application, even watched YouTube reviews and I am more than just extremely disappointed. This device has been running non stop for 5 hours set at 60 degrees and I couldn’t get it to drop the temperature period. Our 5k BTU window unit thats 6 years old (rusted completely out) would cool the space within 2-3 hours. I’ve been in and around retail, manufacturer sales, marketing & IT and have never been more dissatisfied with a product. I am returning the unit within a 24 hr period and expect to hear from the manufacturer & or Best Buy. It’s extremely frustrating and overwhelming on how disappointed I am.