I had never heard of Haier Air Conditioners, and was desperate because of the heat. I paid 199.00 with 19 dollars shipping, opened the box and installed it in the window very easily. Outside temp was 92 with 90% humidity inside temp was 84 in my 23x 15 foot living room with 3 windows and 2 open doors. I put it in "Cool" mode set at 72 degrees.In 2 hours inside temp was 72 degrees with a flood of water pouring out the back of the AC to the outside.By the time "Dangerous Catch" came on in 4 hours, I had turned it down using the remote control to energy saver mode and it cycled on and off all night long keeping the inside temp between 74 and 71 degrees. I had read the horror stories about this unit and thought I might have made a mistake ordering it, but that was not the case. This AC works well, it's not very noisy, It has a pretty big room to cool with windows and open doors across the room from the unit and nothing is in it's favor but it was up to the task and did what it was supposed to do !!! It was shipped 1/2 the way across the country and I got it in 6 days. I may buy another 1 just like it after watching this 1 close for a week or two. The remote control is handy too because the unit is located behind a big computer desk making it hard to really touch the front controls.
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Usually I don't post product reviews however I rely heavily on other peoples' opinion of a
product when i'm looking to make a purchase.
Yesterday I purchased this product from Walmart for several reasons.
Mainly because I have two 5000 BTU Haier air conditions purchased two
years ago that run year around and don't run up my electric bill nor trip
the breaker in my 120 year old house, also the packaging was impressive the box tells you everything, so i chose the 8000 btu because
the eer rating was 10.4 it covers up to 350 sf which is great and the price was less than $200. I also like that the vents rotate.
My bedroom was 95 degrees no kidding when we installed the a/c within
an hour it was down to 84 so I felt obligated to post to let others know
this a/c is a great buy for the price and will last thru many hot summers.
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The fan is out of balance, causing the window to shake. The discharge grill is supposed to be adjustable, but it is so tight the flimsy lever is likely to break off if you try. The thermostat seems to sense the output air instead of the inlet air. The unit cycles on/off, on/off with the room still at 77* while the thermostat is set to 70*. It does a poor job of broadcasting the air into the room, so it is cool right in front of the unit but hot across the room.
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My window is on the left side of the wall. I knew before buying that Haier units tend to broadcast air better to the right (most other brands to the left). (Helps to read Consumer Reports). The unit cools faster and better than any unit I've used before. It is a touch louder, though. The thermostat seems to read the temp of air after it is pulled back into the intake so if the fan cycles off it will be off a few degrees. As soon as the fan restarts the temp reading will immediately readjust. It does a fine job of cooling a difficult room. If you need a quiet unit or one that cools more towards the left, pick another brand. It was under 100 bucks on clearance at a local big box store, so I'm very happy.
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I'm not sure if all the units are the same but mine came without the metal piece that screws on top enabling the plastic piece to slide in and out. This prevents proper support to the window when closed down and the plastic is fragile and has already cracked. Also there's no drain hole. I had to remove the two screws at the back at the bottom in order to drain the water. Its almost impossible to drain holes without damaging some internal parts. Other than that the unit works well.
