Gah_Duma t1_is188s6 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:48 PM

They're also vastly more inefficient because they're using the air that it just cooled to vent the heat outside. EIther way, it's bound to break down in a few years. I've purchased on the order of 20 units and not had one last more than 5 years.

If possible, use a window unit. Cheaper, quieter, more reliable, more efficient.

chinawcswing OP t1_is1apdr wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Ya, I've had two of these units break in the last two years.

Unfortunately my apartment only has horizontal sliding windows and I have zero handyman skills.

pitterpattergedader t1_is28fah wrote on October 12, 2022 at 7:43 PM

Super easy to make an in-window unit work with horizontal windows. A single metal bar cut precisely to length holds the unit in place, then you can use a sheet of plexiglass or double wall polycarbonate to fill in the remainder of the window. You can probably get the bar cut to length at the hardware store. The double wall polycarbonate can be cut with a utility knife. Have this in two windows, works great. Portable AC's should be made illegal for how inefficient they are.

OverTheCandleStick t1_isvww0u wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:10 AM

I’d you don’t seal those plastic windows in perfectly the thermal lost is pretty insane.

leadfoot9 t1_itbv6ce wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Still better than running a big, power-hungry machine in the enclosed space that you're trying to cool without at least letting its heat sinks stick out the window.