COSTWAY Portable Air Conditioner, 10000 BTU AC

I’ve had this AC for over a year, and it still works perfectly fine. It works better for a smaller room, or if you’re sitting in front of it, don’t expect it to fill up your whole living room, but it cools down the area significantly, and i always love the night setting because it lowers the noise and dims the light!! i’m also grateful it comes with a remote control so that i can control it when im a bit farther away. This portable AC has saved us a couple of summers now.

This portable air conditioning unit is great for someone looking to cool a single small room. You will want to make sure the room door stay shut or seal off the room so that the cool air doesn’t escape. It’s easy to move around on the wheels, but not easy to move up and down stairs during install. The thing I like best about this air conditioner is that it’s not hard to use. Some that I have used in the past have had too many bells and whistles that I didn’t need and would never use. This one is simple to set up and to understand. The remote and buttons are all clear and basic. The thing that I like least about this unit is how hot the exhaust hose gets. The hose is made of a thin and flexible plastic that doesn’t do anything to insulate the hot air. It releases a ton of heat back into the home when pushing the warm air out. To combat this, I wrapped the hose with a portable AC insulation cover. I purchased the insulated cover on Amazon which it is affordable and very effective. Overall, I would recommend this unit to those that are looking to cool down a single bedroom or otherwise small room.

This item lasted me decently for 2 years. The air was cold. It drained/dethawed itself once. The only issue was that after two years of use, the power cord burned out. Unfortunately I can't just purchase a new power cord, and did not get an extra warranty, so in the market to replace the whole unit. For the next one I'll plug it into a power supply adapter instead of directly in the wall. Not sure if that will make a difference but I'd rather not chance messing up the electrical outlet if something like this happens again.

Got this for my basement office, which has no central ac. Generally it does not get too hot down there, but I wanted to try one of these anyway and this had good reviews and was at a good price point. It took some finagling to get the intake/vent window bracket adjusted correctly as my windows are a bit smaller, but I didn't want to cut the bracket. I managed to get it to fit by sliding the adjustable part of the bracket just on top of the tube that snaps in. I put the drain tube in a bucket, plugged it in and fired it up. Within a minute I was feeling icy cold ac! I used this for a couple of months this summer with very positive results. It seems to be put together well, it is solid and rolls easily on its wheels (although the drain and the vent tube pretty much limit where you can go. It seems fairly quiet.for what it is (then again, I like a certain amount of background noise so I probably wouldn't even notice it). I have to watch the bucket which is no big deal to me. All in all I have been pretty happy with it. I may try it in a bigger room this summer and report back.

If I could give this ac less than 1 star I would. It's deserving of zero stars. This thing worked for all of 2 weeks, 3 at best then it stopped cooling. 10,000 BTUs LIES! It can't even cool the room it's in. This is for a NYC apartment so you know I'm not working with much space. I'm not trying to cool a football stadium just a small living room. Let me put it to you this way, when 95-degree weather outside is cooler than inside my apartment then you know it's a problem. If I could dispute this charge with my credit card and send this junk back I would. Save your coins, and aggravation, and get a regular traditional AC window unit. I'm convinced this brand is a scam to collect and get people's money because ain't no way something practically brand new doesn't even work. I'm utterly disgusted. Stay away from this brand.

This little air conditioner has made Summer so much better for me! My bedroom is extremely hot because it's facing the sun all day, which generates a lot of heat! It has literally melted blinds in the window because it is so hot. I put aluminum foil on the windows to reflect the heat and that saved the blinds, but it was still so hot in my room. I suffered through many Summers, then finally, I decided to get an air conditioner, and I'm so happy I chose this one! I knew that I didn't want a window unit. Nothing against them, just preferred an indoor one. This little baby works perfectly! Not too noisy, easy to install, and the controls are readily accessible with the remote. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night to turn it off because I'm soooo 🥶 🧊! I love it and I'm happy that I finally made this much needed purchase for this Texas Summer Heat!

Updating my review to say that I sold this and went back to a traditional window unit (also 10,000 BTUs) and there’s no comparison. The window unit makes my living room, dining room, and second bedroom feel ice cold. Skip this product! I bought this portable AC for my living room/kitchen, which is one giant room. My benchmark for comparison is the 5,000 BTU window unit I have in my bedroom, which is just maybe a LITTLE bit smaller than my living room/kitchen. The window unit in my bedroom makes my room ice cold. I am taking into account the fact that my LR/kitchen does not have any doors to seal in the cool air like my bedroom does. This product comes with a giant hose that you connect to a window adapter that then kicks out the hot air generated by the machine. Even with this hose connected, the hot air present around the machine and the window adapter is pretty noticeable, and I think it takes away from the machine’s ability to cool the room properly. After purchasing this product, I will say that my LR and kitchen does feel noticeably better. But I was expecting to feel a little bit cooler considering the power of the machine. When running it at its lowest temperature of 61, I would say it gets the room to about 74ish degrees, which is a big improvement of 85+ but not totally up to my expectations. You only really feel the effect of the AC when you are standing somewhat within the immediate vicinity of it. In hindsight, I kind of wish I just went with a traditional window unit because they do not produce heat inside of the room and also come with more secure/effective adapters. I think this product is probably best for smaller rooms with doors, although 10,000 BTUs should be enough to cool a decent-sized room with issues.

I bought this for my elderly parents and tried it in person for a week. Its been almost a month and with 100 plus degree heat for 5 days in a row still going strong from what they tell me over the phone. The plug has 3 prongs, and their wall had only 2 holes for the outlet, so i had to but an adapter at the hardware store for a few dollars but it worked great. Easy to assemble and moves around easily. They have really old windows but it adjusted no problem, however you will probably need to save part of the box and tape it to the window to seal some space that inevitably happens with the unit shifting to really seal it off, but even without taping parts of the box to the window it worked really great. It does shut off on its own when it reaches the desired temperature (I thought it broke) but it kicks back on once it senses the temperature increase. It easily cools the guest bedroom I was in and when I wheeled it to the master bedroom it did great in there too. Probably not good for a large living room however.

I bought this to replace a 6000 BTU Danby model that had a failed compressor after two-three years. I am using it in a medium-sized one bedroom basement apartment, and it works great. I was able to get it set up with no problem, and it keeps the living room very cool when it is 30+ Celsius outside, and with proper fan placement I can also cool down the other rooms in the apartment including the kitchen. My only minor complaint is that the hose attachment is a little flimsy. I have attached Gorilla tape to secure the plastic attachments to the tube at either end to make it more secure and airtight. The sound is what can be expected when the fan is set to high but one becomes used to it. The best part is that this unit is self-evaporating, so unless you have extremely high humidity every single day you will need not to empty the water reservoir. Also be aware that Costway does not allow customers to purchase parts separately which was disappointing, as I wanted to purchase an extra hose and airfilters. Overall I am very happy with this purchase, it has really improved my comfort and well-being after my prior unit from Danby was failing.

So far a very nice machine. Compact, very quiet keeps our 20 X 14 living room comfortable when its + 32 C outside. Took 20 minutes to unpack, install the window kit and have running. If it lasts a few years I will consider the money well spent.

Going on our 4th summer with this unit. We probably only use it 3-4months of the year but during that time it’s been on almost 24hrs a day. It’s still going strong and has been a godsend on those hot mid summer days! It is quite loud but it doesn’t bother me. I like that you can set the temp you want it to get down to and then once reached, it goes on fan mode. It’s been great and reliable so far and worth the cost at about $100/yr at this point (bought in spring of 2022 for just over $300). Looking to buy a second for the baby room!

It is very portable, the only thing is that the area from where the air comes is very small so it takes longer to cool down a small room, overall a really good price/quality ratio. It makes some noise but nothing that would stop you from being able to sleep well, it also has a sleep mode which is more silent.

Bought this two years ago and only used it for the months of July & August. The hours of operation, we would use it for 2-3 hours a day, and since we weren't home that often on average 4 days a week. We stored it properly and made sure to follow the manual for cleaning and draining. So technically after 4 months of use, it no longer cools. It's just a heavy fan at this point In the beginning, it was great, blowing cold air, and keeping the area cold. On Average portable A/C units are supposed to last 5-10 years! Not 2.. and especially not after 4 months of use. Look for a better-rated A/C, and avoid this one.