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

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.

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.

Bought this last year and did not use it until recently. Didn't even get 5-minutes use out of it when the E5 error message was displayed - contact service technician. This Frigidaire was defective and trying to contact customer service and their horrible automated phone number a waste of being on hold for 20+ minutes. Tried going to a repair technician and he referred to the customer service number as this portable unit can not be repaired, just replaced. Before the E5 error message, it was a real headache trying to connect the exhaust hose as it doesn't fit well into the adaptors. Had to duct tape them. Lousy design. Really glad that I bought this item with the Best Buy ESA. Went to the local store they were able to find a similar replacement, different brand.

There have been some low rated reviews for this product and that's unfortunate. I found this unit (ordered for delivery to my local Best Buy) to perform to expectations - which was keeping my 14x12 apartment living room from getting into the high 90's during the hot weather days. In my case the hose was plenty long enough and the connection to my horizontal sliding window with the provided parts was simple enough. I can install and remove the whole connection from my window in less than a minute (no permanent fixments necessary in my case). I have it run on AUTO which means it switches between actual cooling and just running the fan to keep the temperature stable. Some people have said the unit was quite noisy, but even on high, I found it quieter than my simple box fan and easily able to hold a normal conversation when it's running.

I left Fl for Ma to get away from the heat, just in time for a heat wave there. This new portable room AC unit was a life saver. It was easy to install and I liked that it didn’t take up the entire window like older units can. The remote was control came in handy at night as the temperature came down too. Two things I wish were different though. The electric cord could be longer. They don’t recommend using an extension cord and the length of its cord really limits where you place it in a room. Also, the hose that vents the unit to the outside through the window is restrictively short. All in all, though, for the price, this was a good purchase for my needs - cooling the bedroom I used. I was more than pleased with it and glad I could leave it there for my family to use after I left.

At this moment, it’s set to 60 degrees, on cool, and on high. It’s 82 in my bedroom. This was supposed to perform better than my unit that I bought last year that burnt out, but so far it’s not. At no point has my bedroom felt cool unless the temperature outside was already fairly nice. It’s not. I’ve tried turning it off for an hour, I’ve tried unplugging and plugging it back in. It’s honestly a really big disappointment. I should have gotten another insignia, but they didn’t have any in the store and we’ve been experiencing heat adviseries and I wasn’t excited at the thought of being in and leaving my dog in +100 degree weather during that. My advice: try something else.