Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

I love this thing. Only thing is. You can hear the rain falling etc. Reminds me of camping. It gets pretty cold. Can is adjustable, has remote.I like not having to get out of bed to turn it down. We did have to cut the plastic piece the hose goes in. To fit my window. But, you may not. My house is like 115 years old. Doorways are narrow here. So i think you should be happy with this item. It's been a while. Still love this.

Had it for awhile and I love it not slit of maintenance and love that you can set a schedule so your don’t need to keep turning it on and off. I also like that it’s an easy setup especially for the place we live at.

Pretty dang good. Haven’t been hot since last month. If it could get even colder, I would say it is perfect. Does the job. Looks good. Easy to set up, as I’ve previously had bad window unit set-up experience. Remote needs to be pointed directly at it or it won’t turn on/off. Didn’t think I’d be using the remote but it’s nice to have.

We have had this AC for about a month now and I can say I really like it. It runs very quietly and keeps our living room nice and cool. I still need to use a few of the other functions like the dehumidifier but I haven’t needed it yet. We live in Washington state on the west side and on hot days and AC is needed. This is so much better than having a window AC unit.

The Frigidaire 12,000 BTU (8,000 SACC BTU) is an excellent A/C. I owned an LG 12,000 about 6 year's old that finally died, that unit was much louder with less features. I spent 2 weeks looking at much more expensive units including the LG and decided to go with this, the Frigidaire and that was the best choice. I feel other reviews don't all say how great this unit is. I myself am very pleased after 2 months of daily use.

The versatility of this product and its size fundamental piece in the Summer, plus easy to store when not in use. And the air conditioner cools the room very well and most importantly without so much noise.

Easy to set it up. Set it anytime from anywhere using the app. This product can rapidly lower the temperature in the room in less than 15min. This product is highly efficient.

I bought this Frigidaire 3-in-1 portable air conditioner for a friend who has an older apartment in NYC. She needed a floor air conditioner instead of a window model. This was perfect and looks really nice and sleek. She says it blows really cold air. I love that Best Buy carries major brands like this, and the price was excellent, too!

I'm sure the unit would've been a lot nicer if Best Buy had done even the most basic packaging job prior to shipping. I purchased "open box - excellent) and received the unit upside down in its original box totally devoid of packaging material. Just bouncing around loose inside. Panels had cracked or come apart. Parts were everywhere (and damaged) and the unit made a heck of a noise when starting up. I opted for a return and sent it back promptly 3 days after receiving it. Now, 3 weeks later I see that the charge has yet to be refunded. I call in and at first am told there's no record of a return despite Best Buy having provided the return label and arranging the UPS pickup. Then I pull out my case number (good thing I texted it to myself) and suddenly they see the return. But I am told that even though UPS picked up the unit, since Best Buy hasn't received it yet, they have not yet issued a refund. It's been 3 weeks, y'all. UPS clearly lost it (not surprising considering I sent it back just the way it was sent to me). Now I have to fight to get my money back. This is ridiculous and Best Buy's customer service is absolutely abysmal. Seriously. Some of the worst I have encountered as a consumer. Seriously considering cancelling my Best Buy card and just ceasing to do business with them because of this.

INITIAL IMPRESSIONS & SET-UP The Frigidaire 3-In-1 Air Conditioner commands a big footprint, but also cools a big space. The Frigidaire is bigger than an average-sized garage wet/dry vac with a heft to go along with it. The unit weighs in at a portly 70 pounds. Eat your Wheaties. Carrying it in from the UPS delivery was the worst chore. After the surprise of the weight and a few grunts and groans I managed to get it through the front door. Thankfully, Frigidaire made the shipping box in 2 pieces, only having to lift the cardboard over the unit. Nice! Also, the air conditioner is equipped with 4 swivel casters to maneuver it around after unpacking. Thanks Frigidaire. Spec-wise the air conditioner is rated to cool rooms up to 550 sq ft. This is a room slightly larger than 20’ x 25’. It is rated at 12,000BTU’s and has a nifty dehumidifier function built-in, should you not need the air conditioner. Very handy for basements and damp areas (Air Conditioners are natural dehumidifiers in their operation), but its nice to be able to run the dehumidifier function without the need to run the A/C side, as well. The Frigidaire has an easy to clean air filter hidden behind a snap-closed cover on the back of the unit, as well as a built-in ionizer to help clean the air and keep it from smelling musty. Controls for the air conditioner are easily readable and accessible on the top of the unit. Frigidaire includes a very nice backlit remote control to adjust the nearly any function of the machine. The remote had a good range, extending better than 20’. This unit also includes built-in Wi-Fi. While I initially rolled my eyes, immediately deeming it as a marketing gimmick, I actually found the app awesome. The app features two-way communication with the unit and shows you real-time status of the machine, as well as current room temperature and temperature set point. I anticipated being a fan of the remote, but have been using the app more than the remote. It was easy to install, easy to set the unit up, and works well. USE Temperatures have been sweltering lately. We have had nearly a month with temps over 100 degrees. Combine the temps with some humidity and it makes being outside nearly unbearable. I decided to give the air conditioner a worst-case scenario to test and use it. I’ve been putting off numerous garage projects because of the stifling heat. So, I thought what better place to test out the air conditioner than in my 1-car, uninsulated garage. I was not expecting great performance. Quite frankly, this little machine was facing an uphill battle to say the least. Testing conditions were as follows: Outside Temp: 102 Garage Temp: 89 Relative Humidity: 39% I vented the air conditioner to the outside, set the fan speed to Hi, temperature to 78, and activated the swing function to help disperse the air being blown out. The swing function slowly raises and lowers the exhaust louvers to help spread the cold air through a room. I was correct, the Frigidaire proved no match for the extreme heat and humidity. After 20 minutes of use to normalize operations, I measured an air temperature exiting the unit at 62 degrees. Not bad, especially considering how hot it was. After a full hour of use, the poor Frigidaire had only managed to drop the temperature by 3 degrees. But, what that doesn’t tell you, is that even though it only dropped temps by 3 degrees, it had lowered the humidity in the garage quite a bit. Coming from inside an air-conditioned house to the garage was not nearly as shocking as being hit by the blast furnace that it was an hour before. So, while the temperature had not decreased much, the working environment was better and more tolerable. NEGATIVES Like all portable air conditioners, this machine needs a way to exhaust hot air and drain as it pulls moisture from the air. While Frigidaire does include nearly everything needed to get this accomplished, the parts are cheap. For example, both the exhaust hose and the window adapter for the exhaust hose are uninsulated. Not only does the exhaust hose get quite warm during use, the window adapter for the exhaust hose gets even hotter. Especially if the sun is beating down on it in the 100+ degree heat we’ve been having. Most windows nowadays are double-pane and this provides for a decent amount of insulating value. However, having to raise the window 6” to place an uninsulated exhaust adapter kind of defeats some of the purpose. Speaking of the window adapter, while it is adjustable, it doesn’t seal up against itself and makes for plenty of cracks to let hot air back into the room. This is especially noticeable if the wind is blowing in just the right direction. CONCLUSIONS The Frigidaire 3-In-1 Portable Air Conditioner is a good product. While I stress tested it on day 1 in the worst possible conditions, I was still pleased with its results. Yes, it took a while to make a difference in the garage, but I knew it would. I worked as well as I could have asked under the conditions. Using the unit in a normal space with decent insulation and it performs nearly flawlessly. Even on its highest settings it isn’t that loud or obnoxious. Set it on Auto and let it work its magic and you won’t hardly know its there. On low, it isn’t much worse than a refrigerator or dish washer running in the background. It has proven more than capable of adequately cooling any interior room I’ve put it in so far. While Frigidaire gives you enough parts in the box to get the unit up and running, I recommend planning ahead and getting some extra supplies. Finding a way to help seal up the window exhaust would help a lot (to be fair, Frigidaire does include some sealing foam with the unit, I just didn’t have enough to do what I needed). Still, I think this is a good product and would have no problems recommending it. RECOMMENDED

Great ac cool down my living room without an issue. And very quite

This air conditioner has saved my life this summer! It doesnt cool much past my 300sq ft bedroom, but with some well placed fans it will reach the living room a bit. A little noisy when it kicks on in the middle of the night.

Very quiet and works well. The quality is great not cheaply made.

This has been perfect for keeping my son who is completely immobile cool. His body doesn’t regulate temperature and he has chronic respiratory failure so it also keeps the air purified and clean remote and it’s amazing.

Seems to work really well as far as cooling! For an open box item is it has a great price.