TOSOT 8,000 BTU(ASHRAE) 5,000 BTU (DOE) Portable Air Conditioner Quiet, Remote Control, Built-in Dehumidifier, Fan, Easy Window Installation Kit - Cool Rooms Up to 300 Square Feet

It's a very good unit, works as advertised. As with any portable A/C it is noisy, not much to do about that - I understand people complain about noise from portable A/Cs, but you do have a loud compressor in a small machine close to you, so unless you start to get very expensive, noise is unavoidable. For the price, it's an amazing unit. If I'm not mistaken, TOSOT is a subsidiary of Gree, which I had previous experience with, so this was one of the reasons I chose this unit.I only wish the lowest fan setting was even lower, but I assume you need a minimum airflow through the evaporator, so it is what it is.There are two water drains on the unit - a top one, which comes directly from the evaporator (i.e. the cold side, which generates moisture), and a bottom one, which comes from the water reservoir. If you use the top spout it'll output water as it condenses (while the unit is working), as water passes the top drain before going to the reservoir below. I just keep a small container behind the unit with the top drain hose in it and it works perfectly - just check and empty it once in a while to avoid overflowing. The same can't be done with the bottom spout, as it's very close to the ground, so you either have to take the unit somewhere to empty it at a floor-level drain (bathroom or outside, perhaps), or accept that you'll always have some water left in the reservoir and may have to drain more often. The bottom spout route is safer if you are afraid of overflowing the container, since the unit stops working when the internal reservoir is full, which obviously doesn't happen for the top spout. Either way, the amount of moisture (and how often you need to drain it) will depend on how humid your room is and other factors.The X-Fan feature is something I'm not sure works or not...it's hard to tell, as it still generates water with the feature turned on, and I don't mind anyways. You can only turn this feature on with the remote, by the way.Only issue I had so far, which is not really a problem, is that I couldn't get the compressor to turn on in Cool mode when I turned the unit on for the first time, even at the lowest temperature setting - it was like the thermostat needed calibration or something. However, after running it for a few minutes in Dry mode (which forces the compressor to run regardless of the temperature setting), the Cool mode started working normally and the thermostat was matching room temperature in a couple of hours, so I guess it just needed some breaking in. Customer support was very quick to reply and helpful all the way, which was good.To be honest, if you want something better than this for a small room and need it to be portable you may have to buy a dual-hose system, which is larger and much more expensive, albeit a lot more efficient. If you don't know how a single-hose portable A/C works, it basically uses part of the air from the room it's in to cool the condenser (hot radiator) and exhaust that warm air outside. In other words, some of the cold air from your room will be thrown outside, while warm outside air will be pulled in the room via other inlets (like under the door) to compensate - so it's a very inefficient system by design.This one cools just fine but is not too powerful, so if you want to cool a larger room or if it's very hot where you live, you need to invest more money in a larger unit, there's no way around that. I strongly suggest a dual-hose system if you'll be using a portable A/C all the time to cool a larger room, as the additional investment pays for itself in terms of power savings and overall cooling capacity. This may seem obvious, but it's also important to note that if you're going to leave it stationary and have no plans to move it around, a window A/C is always the best alternative to any portable A/C unit, be it dual-hose or not, if there's an installation point (a suitable window) - lower noise, better reliability, higher cooling capacity vs. power usage, and smaller size. So keep that in mind - paying to install a window A/C is normally better than having a noisy and inefficient portable A/C just for the "portable" feature that you may not need, as the investment will pay off over time (power savings and comfort). You can pick up a window unit with the same cooling capacity (and just over half the power consumption) as this portable one for around $280~300.I bought this portable A/C to condition my home office, which has two computers plus other electronic equipment, so a lot of heat generation (like having a 500~1000W space heater on) and, thus, a temperature imbalance compared to the rest of the house. I'd need to freeze the whole house with the central A/C to get the office more comfortable. What I do is just leave the warm air hose exhausting to the living room, to be dealt with by the central A/C, instead of blowing some of the conditioned house air outside, which would likely be even more inefficient than a partially-open door. Works very well to bring the office temperature a few degrees down to match the rest of the house.

I absolutely love this thing!!! I would like to detail some of the concerns I had before purchasing, in order to outline why I have enjoyed this product so much.Let me start by saying, I have been considering buying a portable AC unit for several years now and finally pulled the trigger on this one recently on prime day.I have been living in apartments for the last 5 years, and 4/5 of those apartments had wall AC units in the living room. 5/5 of these apartments had casement (sliding) windows. Which meant the bedroom was always incredibly hot during summertime, I have multiple fans that I have been setting up to try and point the cold air from the ac around a corner into the bedroom, or leave the window open with a fan to blow in cooler night air (which lets in bugs and traffic noise) and can be very annoying since I have an indoor cat who is always trying to get outside.The main concerns I had for using a portable unit were noise and cost. Lots of reviews and people I knew personally complained about the noise portable units typically create, since the compressor can't be isolated outside. These units are typically much more expensive than a small window unit, and since my bedroom is fairly small (around 100 SQ ft) anything above 10000 BTU would be overkill. However, I hesitated to get standard window unit because I would have had to fabricate some kind of large barrier to fill the open space in the window since it slides horizontally and is very tall. I was also unsure about mounting it safely, and selecting a unit that's quiet enough as to not disturb my neighbors since our wall AC's are on the opposite side of the building from the bedrooms, not to mention I am right next to the leasing office so one of the managers could walk by any time and ask me to take it down, leaving me with an AC I have no use for. There are casement window AC units available on Amazon as well, but I read many unfavorable reviews about all the ones available here, not to mention they are EXTREMELY expensive compared both standard window units and portable units.I say all of that to emphasize that this is the PERFECT solution if your window situation (or rental situation) is anything like mine!! This unit is extremely quiet, even compared to some of my friends portable units. It is actually much quieter than the large wall unit that was installed in my living room, and blows way more cold air at that!! Even at the max setting you can play music on your phone, have a normal conversation with the person next to you, hear someone approaching the door, etc. The remote is easy to use and I love that if I wake up all foggy and need to change the setting, I don't have to reach over my sleeping partner to point it directly at the unit.The volume of cold air that it blows is amazing as well! It cools down the room very quickly, and keeps the room so cold that I've switched from a very light quilt back to a regular comforter, just because I find a big blanket much more comfortable to sleep with and keeps the room so cool that I can sleep at the perfect temp, just how I like it.Installation was very easy! This thing was heavy, and I had to slide the box across the carpet to get it into my room, but you don't have to lift it into place like a window unit, the wheels are already installed on the bottom, and the quick guide packet that comes with it has helpful pictures that made it all come together in about an hour.I personally opted NOT to cut the expansion panel for the window, because I do move around a lot and have plans to move this fall, and I don't want to make any permanent changes to the hardware that comes with it in case my next place has a different window size. Instead, I have just taped two pieces together for now with clear packing tape and it works just fine for me! I was a little worried about gaps, or my cat being able to mess with it and get outside, but with the foam strips that came with the unit, neither one of these potential concerns have come true.I will try to make updates to this review- I have only been using it for a few days, but I wish I had bought something like this years ago.For this unit specifically, I was also a little bit leery about buying from this brand because I have no previous experience with them. However, I can tell you that everything was packaged very well, nothing was missing, damaged or bent in any way, the unit itself appears to be very high quality. All of the plastics are solid, the buttons on the unit and remote work well, and the power cord is very thickly coated and seems very durable.Don't spend any more summers miserable and sweaty!! Buy this AC, you will not regret it!!