Customer Ratings & Reviews

This unit did not work at all. It constantly shifts to fan mode and does not cool properly. Additionally, it leaks so much water I have to change it every couple hours. It's impossible to keep on overnight because the bucket holding the hose gets overflowed.

Does not cool as good as I thought it would. And also the hose that connects to the window is too short.

this item was missing parts and doesn't synchronize with Bluetooth

It’s only been a few weeks and it stopped blowing cold air

Too noise. It’s was keeping my daughter up at night

Its design is small and it costs me to cool the place where it is placed.

Was missing the drain hose . Hooked everything up properly and condenser never turned on. Didnt work at all

Not sure how well it works. It kept blowing a fuse in my 3 bedroom apartment.

if i could give this no stars i would... ac? more like a heater

Bought this to help cool a room while the ac was down and this didn’t do a thing! Don’t even waste your time!

I feel like there’s better options to purchase this ac unit is pretty weak and doesn’t really cool the room that well works great as a fan though.

This unit hardly gets cold.Had to return it and buy another brand and work perfectly

Did not cool down my small room, infective, don't recommend

did not work would only cool for a little

Be forewarned, although portable, this unit is heavy! After a bit of wrestling, I was able to remove it from the shipping materials. There are a few parts, but setup was easier than I thought. The most difficult part of installation was determining where to put the unit. Find a spot near a low window and an electric outlet. Be sure the electric outlet is near the floor. The electric cord measured 55” or so for me; however, the electric cord is a bit curly so it’s probably five feet if it was straight. The unit has wheels so it’s pretty easy to move around. The exhaust hose outlet is 8”. It fits into a window slider that is 20.5” and has two extension pieces. I wanted to put the unit near a 13” window. Again, invest the time to figure out where to put the unit. Rearranging furniture is probably involved. Read the installation instructions. The air conditioner must be plugged into a grounded outlet, three prongs. I did that. After about two minutes, it tripped the breaker. I reset the breaker and then the air conditioner unit, lights and TV stayed on. The instructions said you must wear protective clothing and anti-static gloves. I don’t think anti-static gloves are common in most households, perhaps those should have been included? The lowest temperature is 64 degrees. Set at 64 the unit did a good job of cooling a small living area. The remote control is convenient but has to be used fairly close to the unit so you might as well use the menu on the unit itself. The unit has filters that do need to be cleaned and are reusable. Looking forward to using the sleep setting, only available on the remote, this summer when its 115 degrees. It will keep the bedroom cool without cooling the entire house and hopefully keep the utility bill down. Overall, the TCL air conditioner is exactly as advertised. Easy to setup. Portable, aka rollable and cools a room up to 300 square feet.

Went down in price 150 16 days after purchase. Couldn't price match.

Horrible.. blows warm air. It was an inconvenience during these hot days .

No colling, contact TCL, asked me find solution with Best Buy

This TCL 7000 BTU Smart portable air conditioner, fan and dehumidifier is so versatile, easy to use and works great. This unit is so much more than just a smart air conditioner, which is nice itself, it's also a fan and dehumidifier which makes it useful year round. Fitting the install kit into my window took some work. I have normal windows, nothing odd sized, overlarge or elaborate, just basic double pane horizontal sliding windows. Trying to place the sliding kit in the window either covered the vent hole or left too much space to fill in with the included foam seal. There are instructions to cut the panel if necessary but I was finally able to find a spot to work without the need to cut. Once the panel is installed it's just a matter of connecting the vent tube, plugging it up and turning it on. It can be set up and used without the app from the touchscreen panel on top of the machine. But the app and voice control are so convenient. Noise level is as expected, the night mode helps for sleeping especially if it's in a bedroom. It's early spring so lots of rainy days. The fan and dehumidifier settings are more useful right now. They work to help dry out the house from the humidity of the rain. The cooling of the air conditioner is working well and will be a great comfort in the coming warmer months. I really like the portability of the unit also. It rolls around easily and could be switched to another room , if needed.

As the summer heat starts to ramp up, some may want to find a portable air conditioner to help stay cool in their houses. The TCL 7000 BTU Smart Portable Air Conditioner offers many a solution to this problem. When considering a portable air conditioner, you first need to consider the sizing. This system is rated as 7000 BTU. That may not mean much, but it has an equivalency of being able to cool a 300 square foot room. How well it does that, I will discuss later. However, I wanted to test it out in my bedroom which is a bit smaller than that. Set up is fairly easy. You will need to make some considerations before doing it though. The most important thing with this portable AC (as with pretty much and portable unit) is you must have ventilation. This particular unit is a single hose design. What this means is that a single hose hooks up to the back to the unit. It must then vent the air out of the house in some way. Generally this means having the vent go to an open window. All the parts to do this are included with the unit and setting this up is still fairly easy and quick. There are some window configurations it will not with so you might want to make sure it will work before buying. But generally, as long as the window is less than 59 inches (about 5 feet) wide and does not open at an angle, it will likely work. In regards to a single hose, this will be used to push the warmer air out of the room or house. If you don’t have an available room, you will need a hose made either going outside or into the roof to go to the attic. Due to air being pushed out of the room with nothing necessarily to replace the air, this will create a bit of a vacuum in the room. So air from other room with be sucked into the cooler space due to the negative pressure. This may make the unit work a bit harder than a dual vent system, but I felt it needed to be mentioned. Once it is set up, it is ready to use. There is a nice remote control that you can use to activate the system. But once you turn it on, it begins to work. The system really works as a 3-in-1. You get the use of the AC but also get a fan and dehumidifier. This will actually work to pull moisture out of the air and make it cooler for you. The dehumidifier has a reservoir in the unit. If you live in a very humid area, this can cause a bit of a problem. You may need to hook up a hose to the back of the unit for drainage or have to drain the unit regularly to make sure it doesn’t fill up. This is just something extra to consider when placing and operating the unit. The unit operates with two different fan speeds. I personally would have preferred a third fan speed, but this does the job. I was surprised with how quiet the unit seemed to operate as well. Even when running on its highest fan speed, the unit really sounded no louder than a refrigerator. I had no problems sleeping with the unit running in a bedroom. The unit has a reasonable footprint. The unit is roughly 15 inches by 15 inches, so it should be able to fit in most spaces. I will point out that some additional space is required in the back because of the vent line coming from the unit. This may add another foot from the wall, but it still will work in most settings. The unit weighs close to 50 pounds. Moving it room to room was easy because it can just slide on its wheels. However, if you need to move this up and down stairs, you may need some help getting the job done. The unit is rated to work in rooms up to 300 square feet. I did experiment using it in a room with an elevated ceiling. It was able to make it cooler in the room, but it did not do a great job and got overworked a bit. So when looking at the 300 square feet, assume that is for a room with standard ceiling heights. In the end, I was pleased with how well the unit performed. The room got cooler and worked as expected. However, there are still a couple of issues to point out. Again I would have preferred a third fan speed. Also being a single vent system may be an issue for some. There is some work to get the unit set up in a room too. While it is portable, I really did not want to keep moving this room to room as I went other places in my house. And each room that you move it too needs to have a way to hook the vent up too. For that, I mostly just wanted to keep it in one spot. I think the biggest issue may be related to where people live as well. In high humidity areas, this unit will take a lot of water out of the air with the dehumidifier mode. The unit can handle almost 9 gallons of water per day. Unless a drain hose can be hooked up to the unit, you may have to drain the unit a few times per day. Over a long summer, that may be annoying. I am not sure this is best suited for places like Texas unless a drain hose can be always attached. In conclusion, the TCL 7000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner worked well. The room was cooler and comfortable compared to other areas of the house. Even though it is portable, I still felt is was more of a hassle to move room to room, but each person can decide that for themselves. For me though, the process of removing the vent line and setting that back up each time I wanted to move it was more trouble than it was worth. Also I think in high humidity areas, there could be a lot of daily maintenance associated with this unit. Then it becomes a trade of between the portable AC and perhaps a high end oscillating fan. But the unit does what it says. If you are in the market and want a portable AC, this unit will perform well. I recommend this product for those in the market.