I bought this unit 4 days ago to use in my 10x10 office / computer room. So far it has worked out great. I live in Missouri so on days I work from home it would easily get 85 deg and uncomfortable in the room. With this unit I am able to cool it to about 73 75 deg in about 30 or so min. I know it's a little overkill for my room since it can do up to a 450sq ft room but since my room has many computers the temp can rise very quickly. I couldn't find ANY reviews on this AC unit anywhere online so I took a chance since it was cheaper than other portable units of its kind and much cheaper than window units to fit a casement window which is what I have in that room. I got an additional 2 year in store warranty for 36$ so the risk seems minimal. I could take it back to my local Rural King store if needed. Since the unit cranks out the air at a good rate it also is fairly noisy. So you couldn't sit next to it on the phone. I also measured the air temp at the output and it got down to 55 deg. enough to freeze you if it's blowing on you for an extended time period. The quality of the build felt a little cheap with thin plastic for the outer shell. Where the power cable wraps around the keeper fingers in the back you can see the plastic flex as you unwind or wind the thick power cord on it. So far it hasn't broke or cracked. The window kit was ok to install. The instructions were on a photocopied manual inside the package so that seems a little cheap as well. However it was good enough to walk me through installing the window kit. I used a hack saw to cut the window kit to the right size and it worked well. Clean cut no sharp edges. I also used some foam weather strip to wrap around the window kit to better seal it once installed in the window. The remote control it comes with works good. It has all the same functions on the remote as the control panel of the unit. Over all I am pretty satisfied with the unit and would purchase it again and recommend it to others. We will have to see how it stand up to the test of time.
Update 6/20/2013 Been using the unit for a couple weeks now and still very pleased.
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