Amazon Basics Window Mounted 5000 BTU Air Conditioner

Product does better than I expected. It actually keeps my entire house somewhat cool. Keeps main rooms chilled. Uses very little electricity. My bill only went up about $10 and it had been turned off once since we installed it. It’s quiet. Was easy to install. Fights humidity well

Came damaged AND two damn days late, very disappointed. Furious almost. Not quite, but certainly annoyed. Also I cut myself on the little radiator metal things and it hurt like hell but that’s on me. Anyway, it made a screeching noise for the first 10 minutes of running, but now it’s fine and obviously makes some noise. Noise is bearable, but why the hell was it damaged like that. Damaged AND late as hell. I was hoping they’d like give it to me for free or something but they didn’t, which just reminded me that the world is cruel. I almost cried after this realization. Anyway, maybe if they gave the delivery drivers water, they’d be nicer with my package. That’s all. Works great. Very cold. Still annoyed.

The ac compressor itself makes a slight grinding noise. Sounds like plastic rubbing agaisnt eachother. Otherwisenworks great for the small room i have it for

Edit 1 day later;
The ac compressor seems to only make that noise for a minute and seems to work itself away. Honestly its good. Just remember its only 5k btu. Works great for my half room (pitched ceiling) upstairs. Good blowing. Light weight less than moderate noise. Its not silent by any means. I have it on low blow.
Very light too easy to handle. The acordiqn flaps arent sealed at all though.

I’m cooling an entire apartment (maybe 800 sq ft) from the living room. I think if you read between the lines on the 3-star to 4-star reviews (even some of the 2-stars) you’ll understand what you are buying. For the price point this is a 5-star unit. My only real mistake is that you have to be delicate with the outside heat sink. They will cut your fingers and bend over easily. Wear gloves and don’t touch the soft parts. Still 5-star. My unit is all analogue controls and they work just fine. The first 24-hours was at full blast and the past 2 days it’s been 30°C+ outdoors and 20-24°C indoors. Can’t complain at all – noise levels are exactly what you’d expect for the price point.

Small COLD, reliable and easy to use. 70% HUMIDITY installed on my RV to save the roof top AC. low electriciry usage
I can leave it on 24/7 and it functions like a big unit. Cheap to replace if it fails but its a UNIT…hell ya brother.

I have a small bedroom that I use as a workshop, with various tools that generate heat. (For example, a 3D printer.) While the extra heat is handy in the winter, it’s brutal in the summer. I felt it was high time I worked in comfort, and so I looked for the lowest priced air conditioner I could find on Amazon, which turned out to be this unit.
There is no remote with the model I ordered, and instead has only two manual controls: one dial for the temperature, and another dial that chooses between 5 modes. The 5 modes are: fan only low, fan only high, A/C & fan low, A/C & fan high, and OFF. These settings are fine, as I only will ever have it near max cooling with high fan speed when the room gets too hot. I had no need of a remote.
The blower vent can be directed left or right, but not up and down. The adjustable skirt fits in place nicely and slides easily to adjust. Although it comes with screws and bracket, I didn’t need to secure them, they stayed in place well enough. Though I did need to close up gaps where bugs might manage to get in. For this, I used some thin slivers of scrap foam I had laying around.
Mounting was very easy – it sits perfectly on my sill and the window sash holds it in place. Basically, I attached the top rail and skirts, opened my window just high enough for the back of the A/C to pass through the opening, and then slid it into place until the top rail butted up against the sash. I then closed the sash as far as it could go and checked to make sure it was sloping backwards about 4 degrees for condensation to run out. They included some sealing foam for the gap in the window sash, but I used my own foam for both the sash and around the skirting to seal up all crevices.
Overall, I’m quite pleased with the unit so far. The room is about 150 sq ft and it cools the room nicely even on a 90-degree day. It actually cools out into the hallway and stairwell, probably another 75 sq ft. It rarely gets hotter than 90 where I live, or I may have ordered something a little more powerful – I think it may struggle if it were much hotter than that. It’s not whisper quiet, but its not noisy either. It’s about the volume I expect from an air-conditioner this size. I actually have window fans that run louder. The 3-year warranty was only an extra $20, so I added that to my purchase.
If you need cheap, small and simple, I would absolutely recommend this unit.