Before purchasing this unit, I read several reviews on portable AC units and truthfully became scared to buy one. Most reviews were negative, they are loud, they couldn't keep the room cool, etc (not specific to this model, but all in general). After...

I bought this for a desperately hot streak summer last year at Home Depot in Portland, OR when out house unit broke down and needed replacement. It did a very good job of cooling down most of our bottom floor in our two story 2690 foot square house to...