ZAFRO 8,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioners Cools up to 350 Sq.ft, Portable AC Built-in Cool, Dehumidifier, Fan Modes, Room Air Conditioner with Remote Control/Installation Kits, White

I have two of these units. One purchase in April 2024 and one in May 2024. One is in my daughter's room and the other is in my office on our 2nd floor. They arrive in excellent packing. The one box had been through it a bit in transit, but the packing made that a non-issue. Getting the units out of the box is very easy as you can snip the strapping and simply pull the box up and off of the unit. Getting the units into position was as simple as rolling them into place as the wheels on the bottom of the unit roll and spin with ease. I have both units placed near each room's window. The windows are not typical as they do not open terribly wide. That was no issue as the window adapter is able to slide to fit. As my windows are not 'typical' I did have to fit, mark, and they use my saw to trim so the opening for the hose was fully open. I could have left it and installed but I wanted to be sure there was full airflow so I trimmed it. Once the window kit was in I just had to tighten the wingnut and all good. I discovered for my windows, attaching the hose needed to happen before the window kit was in place so you should maybe check if the same is for you before completing the window kit install. The hose connection did take a little wiggling and finessing, but it is not hard, just have to be patient. Once I had them setup and all of the packing and tape removed, I fired up the units and they began to cool the space immediately. Both spaces using the units are over 300 square feet and it does not struggle one bit keeping them cool. My daughter likes an ice box so hers is set to 67 while I am between 70-73 for my settings. It cools the rooms right down and when they hit the setting temperature will turn on and off to maintain. I have a thermometer in my office and it is right on with that for temperature. The only thing that is a drawback (I knew this going into purchase) is the drain. I have a bucket with the drain hose empting into those as I cannot drain out of the window due to the height of my window from the floor and the hose placement. That as I said I knew would be the case before I purchased, so I jut have to make sure that when I am done my work day I turn off the unit and dump the water replacing the bucket emptied. My daughter has had one 'oops' moment and a rug had to be replaced, but she is on top of it now. All in all if I needed a 3rd air conditioner that was portable and did not take up allot of space, I would purchase this air conditioner in a heartbeat.

So we’ve had this for over a year now. I live in the southeastern United States, and we bought this to use with our generator in case the power goes out during tropical storms. Little did we know, we would be using it all the time. We have a two-story house, and our son lives upstairs over the garage. So it gets hot and is less insulated than the rest of the house. He asked if he could borrow the AC because he is a computer gamer and has a computer and two monitors in a smaller room, where he keeps the door closed. It was a hotbox in there. Instead of him messing with the thermostat and cooling the rest of the house unnecessarily (that gets expensive), we let him use this unit in his room to keep the temperature around 72°.We love the fact that this has a remote, a thermostat where it shuts off if it reaches the desired temperature and turns on again when it’s time to cool, and we love the low noise hum when it is on. It’s so easy to set up, and very easy to transport (portable).My parents air conditioner at their house went out in July, so I brought this unit over to them to use for about three days. They set it up in their room and basically lived out of their room until the HVAC company could fix their home unit. They loved it. Their primary bedroom is around 350 ft.² and it kept it ice cold. They also decided to plug it in downstairs in the family room and kitchen area, and believe it or not, this 8000 BTU unit kept the entire 1200 ft.² cool! I wouldn’t recommend cooling that much square footage, but in a pinch, this thing was cranking out cold air.So now that my son is back off to college, the wife stole the unit from his room and put it into our primary bedroom. We can keep the rest of the house around 76°, and she loves keeping our room around 69°. She sleeps so much better now. Happy wife, happy life!

It's reliable and didn't cost a lot. It's great at cooling, but it's a noisy bugger. I had to buy another water hose to run the line outside. I'd buy it again.

DO NOT BUY: Unless you only need AC for 4 months and then never again. In that case, buy away!AC worked well... for FOUR months. When using the AC function now, there is an insanely loud high pitched noise the entire time until you switch to a different function or turn it off completely. We have kept up with cleaning, draining, etc the entire time we've had it. There is no reason on our end that it should fail like this. Very disappointed and haven't been able to get in touch with anybody.If you only want to use the AC for a few months and never again, it's great! A little heat when you are on the back end of the unit, but that's to be expected. Very cold air on the lowest setting, I believe is 61 degrees F. Kept up well against Missouri summer temps - but note I only used this in a 12x12 bedroom. I recommend adding a fan in the room to circulate the cooler air, otherwise it's mostly only cool straight in front of the unit.. leaving the rest of the room on the warm side.We are in Missouri. Hot and humid. When running AC function we had to drain the unit every other day, sometimes even a couple times a day. Can be a little annoying as the drain is on the bottom, but you can solve this by putting it on something (all the time, not just when draining) and draining the water into a bowl. For example, we had ours on an upside down 5gal bucket and drained the water into a bowl to dump out when needed. Work smarter, not harder.In conclusion: Great to use in 12x12 room for AC for about 4 months. Don't plan on using the AC at all after that. Don't plan on talking to the company about the issue. Only good for fan setting after those measly 4 months.

Great quality item and blows cold air. Really cold!! Noise is not bad but living in Texas definitely a must have. Does make the electricity bill go up a bit but definitely worth it.