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SOOO LOOOOUD!!!!!!!
I'M WRITING THIS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I HAVE TO SHOUT-TYPE OVER THE NOISE OF THIS THING SO YOU'LL HEAR ME!! I FEEL SUCKERED IN BY THE "QUIET-KOOL" LOGO ON IT. THIS AIR CONDITIONER IS LOUDER THAN A PRISON RIOT WHEN IT RUNS.
I THREW IT IN THE WINDOW WITH EASE BECAUSE IT IS SO LIGHT. THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED I CAN SEE LIGHT THROUGH THE BACK OF WHERE THE FAN IS. THE ENTIRE INSIDE DUCTWORK IS STYROFOAM, NOT EVEN THE CHEAPEST OF RIGID PLASTICS, STYROFOAM!!
WHEN I TURNED IT ON I THOUGHT IT WAS LOUD, BUT IT WAS ABOUT TO GET EVEN LOUDER. I CRANKED IT TO MAXIMUM AND THE COMPRESSOR KICKED ON WITH A BIG DRONING NOISE THAT IN NO WAY WAS "QUIET" LIKE THE LABEL SAYS.
THEN, A MOMENT LATER, THE PLASTIC FACE STARTED TO VIBRATE AS BAD AS ONE OF THOSE CRAPPY LITTLE HONDAS WITH 1,000,000 WATTS OF BASE SHAKING ALL THE PLASTIC TRIM ON THE CAR. I DUCT TAPED THE BOTTOM TIGHTLY DOWN AND AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT TO STOP THAT VIBRATION.
NOW THE FILTER IS VIBRATING LOUDLY BEHIND THE GRILLE. I CAN'T TAPE THAT IN PLACE, SO I SLID IT OUT AND TRIED TO DEFORM IT SO IT WOULD SLIDE IN NICE AND TIGHT. I BROKE IT INSTEAD. IT SEEMS TO VIBRATE THE LEAST IF IT SLIDE IT ONLY HALFWAY IN. WE'RE DOING GREAT NOW....
WE TRIED TO SLEEP WITH IT ON LAST NIGHT. TRIED. THE DRONE FROM THIS THING WAS PENETRATING MY SKULL AND GIVING ME A HEADACHE, BUT I WAS HOT, SO I PERSEVERED.
EVERYTIME THE COMPRESSOR KICKED ON IT WAS SO LOUD AND ABRUPT THAT I WOKE UP, EVERYTIME.
THE CONTROL GOES UP TO 7. SEVEN?? YES, SEVEN. AND THAT'S NOT VERY COLD EITHER. I'M NOT SURE WHICH PISSES ME OFF MORE, THE NOISE OR THE FACT I'M BEING KEPT FROM GETTING COOL ENOUGH. EXCUSE ME, "KOOL" ENOUGH.
I NOT ONLY WANT TO PULL THIS OUT OF THE WINDOW, I WANT TO TIE IT TO MY JEEP AND DRAG IT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PUNISH IT.
June 2019 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase