Simzlife 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner Dehumidifier, Portable Ac Unit With Remote Control

I bought this to cool my home office. Was very easy to set up and keeps the room nice and cool. Haven't had it very long so I can't speak to its durability/longevity.

It was great

My biggest complaint? The remote doesn't have backlight. Neither does the one for my space heater WHICH you can buy one of these units with heating options. I just haven't taught my fingers on this one yet similar to getting a new tv remote.I have Casement Windows. I didn't WANT casement windows because I knew this problem was going to occur BUT I lost that fight. Ah well. So I got the unit in and didn't have time to configure my window screen for the exhaust tube but it was 98 degrees outside. I stuck the hose out into my hallway landing, turned the ceiling fan on there to move the air down opposite of where I have it in the winter to bring the warm air up, and slept cool all night. It worked so well I contemplated NOT doing the window install. That cost me a little over a hundred dollars in plexiglass and parts though I could do it cheaper. But Free is cheapest. It also had me walking around the unit in the door while asleep SO, I fixed the window.With my window screen adapted, when I use the unit I crank open my window, turn on the air and leave my door cracked. I have a cat that comes in and out but the opening in the door doesn't let much air out, lets the inflow needed for the air that DOES go out through the unit in and gets my bedroom cool in 10-20 minutes tops from too hot. It's as noisy as a window unit but I grew up with that so I go right to sleep.The air in my house is already dried by the HVAC so I have not use Dry mode. There are three modes of control for the Cooling. Temp/Sleep and Timer. Set the Temperature that you want and the unit will cycle on and off to reach and stay at that Temperature. The Sleep setting will raise the temperature 2 degrees in an hour and 4 degrees after 4 hours. (When you fall asleep and are still, you tend to get cold and it tries to account for that.) And Timer, you can have it turn the unit off in 1 hour units up to 24. I've used all three. Last night I left it on. Woke up cold and adjusted temps myself twice. The sleep setting might be about right for me. YMMV I set the timer mode too early the first night and thumbed the unit on again midway through the night THEN woke up cold and turned it off. You'll find your correct setting as well.And NOW people can sleep downstairs without freezing to death so that I can sleep upstairs in comfort, not just tolerable relativity. Should make the electric bills go down to as I don't seem to need the unit on for more then 3 or 4 hours.---- (the following isn't really review but added to help with Casement Windows Install.)---Having watched a few YouTube videos the attached photo shows my installation. My real problem with this is I have casement windows. This itself isn't the problem of the unit, it just complicates the install. My windows have screens that clamp to the inside of the window. Simply remove the frame, remove the screen material, buy a piece of plexiglass and trim pieces at your big box store to fit your screen area. You'll have to cut it to size, cut the hole for the exhaust tube and then I used clamps (simple pieces of metal and short, #8 screws to screw them to the frame. Then put the frame back into the window and it's done. I didn't get my trim pieces cut just right and the holes it left in the corner advertised for all those no-seums bugs to crawl right through. I sealed it with white duct tape. When the seasons over I'll fix that. I have seen videos on installing the cutouts they send you on regular windows, they look about like anytime you use a window unit WITHOUT having to have that wonderful time where you slide the unit halfway out and then have someone push the window down to keep it from falling out your whatever story window. It does take a little floor space and is several hundred dollars cheaper then the two hose units that don't take inside air, suck the heat out of it and blow it out the window. That means you are sucking air from somewhere else in your house and bringing that into your room. I let you research those differences, MONEY turned out to be the limiting factor here.

The unit works fine and is easy to setup. No water leaks or any other issues that people brought up. I gave the unit 4 stars because in two different places on the website it stated that the included window kit fits windows 20.5" to 59". Below is the description copied from the website description:It includes: panels that fit horizontal or vertical window openings from 20.5" to 59", 5-inch diameter Threaded Exhaust Hose, drain hose, foam seal, and hose inlet with outletThe owners manual says something different: WINDOW SLIDER KIT INSTALLATIONYour window slider kit has been designed to fit most standard “Vertical” and“Horizontal” window applications; however, it may be necessary for you toimprovise/modify some aspect of the installation procedures for certain types ofwindows. Minimum and maximum window openings:MAXIMUM: 48.4” (123 cm) MINIMUM: 26.5” (67.5 cm) I even asked the question on the website and got the answer that the maximum is 59". In the end I had to install the window kit on one of the small windows, not the 56" window I wanted to. Annoying but not a deal breaker.

Based on my testing today (90-95 degree day, 42% humidity, main floor room) the 12,000 btu unit is appropriate for a 250 square foot room, not 550 sq ft room, as the product description indicates. With the unit on at the highest fan speed and set to 65 degrees, the temperature has been dropping at a rate of .5 degrees every 15 minutes, so it actually may be better for an even smaller room. It’s just not very powerful. I have a 10 year old window unit in my attic that blows this B&D away. That one is actually 12,000 btu, and cools off my crazy hot attic tv room quickly.However, this B&D is easier to deal with than a window unit, you just gotta understand that it’s not very strong.Lastly, the remote is slow to respond and will not let you set the fan to the auto speed. No idea why.

I bought this to cool my home office. Was very easy to set up and keeps the room nice and cool. Haven't had it very long so I can't speak to its durability/longevity.

It was great

My biggest complaint? The remote doesn't have backlight. Neither does the one for my space heater WHICH you can buy one of these units with heating options. I just haven't taught my fingers on this one yet similar to getting a new tv remote.I have Casement Windows. I didn't WANT casement windows because I knew this problem was going to occur BUT I lost that fight. Ah well. So I got the unit in and didn't have time to configure my window screen for the exhaust tube but it was 98 degrees outside. I stuck the hose out into my hallway landing, turned the ceiling fan on there to move the air down opposite of where I have it in the winter to bring the warm air up, and slept cool all night. It worked so well I contemplated NOT doing the window install. That cost me a little over a hundred dollars in plexiglass and parts though I could do it cheaper. But Free is cheapest. It also had me walking around the unit in the door while asleep SO, I fixed the window.With my window screen adapted, when I use the unit I crank open my window, turn on the air and leave my door cracked. I have a cat that comes in and out but the opening in the door doesn't let much air out, lets the inflow needed for the air that DOES go out through the unit in and gets my bedroom cool in 10-20 minutes tops from too hot. It's as noisy as a window unit but I grew up with that so I go right to sleep.The air in my house is already dried by the HVAC so I have not use Dry mode. There are three modes of control for the Cooling. Temp/Sleep and Timer. Set the Temperature that you want and the unit will cycle on and off to reach and stay at that Temperature. The Sleep setting will raise the temperature 2 degrees in an hour and 4 degrees after 4 hours. (When you fall asleep and are still, you tend to get cold and it tries to account for that.) And Timer, you can have it turn the unit off in 1 hour units up to 24. I've used all three. Last night I left it on. Woke up cold and adjusted temps myself twice. The sleep setting might be about right for me. YMMV I set the timer mode too early the first night and thumbed the unit on again midway through the night THEN woke up cold and turned it off. You'll find your correct setting as well.And NOW people can sleep downstairs without freezing to death so that I can sleep upstairs in comfort, not just tolerable relativity. Should make the electric bills go down to as I don't seem to need the unit on for more then 3 or 4 hours.---- (the following isn't really review but added to help with Casement Windows Install.)---Having watched a few YouTube videos the attached photo shows my installation. My real problem with this is I have casement windows. This itself isn't the problem of the unit, it just complicates the install. My windows have screens that clamp to the inside of the window. Simply remove the frame, remove the screen material, buy a piece of plexiglass and trim pieces at your big box store to fit your screen area. You'll have to cut it to size, cut the hole for the exhaust tube and then I used clamps (simple pieces of metal and short, #8 screws to screw them to the frame. Then put the frame back into the window and it's done. I didn't get my trim pieces cut just right and the holes it left in the corner advertised for all those no-seums bugs to crawl right through. I sealed it with white duct tape. When the seasons over I'll fix that. I have seen videos on installing the cutouts they send you on regular windows, they look about like anytime you use a window unit WITHOUT having to have that wonderful time where you slide the unit halfway out and then have someone push the window down to keep it from falling out your whatever story window. It does take a little floor space and is several hundred dollars cheaper then the two hose units that don't take inside air, suck the heat out of it and blow it out the window. That means you are sucking air from somewhere else in your house and bringing that into your room. I let you research those differences, MONEY turned out to be the limiting factor here.

The unit works fine and is easy to setup. No water leaks or any other issues that people brought up. I gave the unit 4 stars because in two different places on the website it stated that the included window kit fits windows 20.5" to 59". Below is the description copied from the website description:It includes: panels that fit horizontal or vertical window openings from 20.5" to 59", 5-inch diameter Threaded Exhaust Hose, drain hose, foam seal, and hose inlet with outletThe owners manual says something different: WINDOW SLIDER KIT INSTALLATIONYour window slider kit has been designed to fit most standard “Vertical” and“Horizontal” window applications; however, it may be necessary for you toimprovise/modify some aspect of the installation procedures for certain types ofwindows. Minimum and maximum window openings:MAXIMUM: 48.4” (123 cm) MINIMUM: 26.5” (67.5 cm) I even asked the question on the website and got the answer that the maximum is 59". In the end I had to install the window kit on one of the small windows, not the 56" window I wanted to. Annoying but not a deal breaker.

Based on my testing today (90-95 degree day, 42% humidity, main floor room) the 12,000 btu unit is appropriate for a 250 square foot room, not 550 sq ft room, as the product description indicates. With the unit on at the highest fan speed and set to 65 degrees, the temperature has been dropping at a rate of .5 degrees every 15 minutes, so it actually may be better for an even smaller room. It’s just not very powerful. I have a 10 year old window unit in my attic that blows this B&D away. That one is actually 12,000 btu, and cools off my crazy hot attic tv room quickly.However, this B&D is easier to deal with than a window unit, you just gotta understand that it’s not very strong.Lastly, the remote is slow to respond and will not let you set the fan to the auto speed. No idea why.