Review AC Unit Frigidaire FFRE0633Q1

i bought this at walmart, the price is about the same, but i felt if i had to return it, i could do so easily.

anyway, as i was installing the mounts for the extensions i saw something rattling around inside, it was a blob of putty. looked like something they would use to mount something with or to test something. being afraid it would get caught in the fan i had to remove it. it took a long time to get the cover just apart enough (never did get it off), to remove this thing. the putty was like glazing compound about the size of a billiard ball. that's why i dinged it a star - if they missed a huge ball like that, what else did they miss? this stuff was hardly functional, it was far to soft and well, moving on its own.

it was a bit confusing getting the hardware mounted right.

construction wise, this is where it fails me, dividing inside to outside is a thin piece of styrofoam. anything can pierce it. no metal, plastic, just foam so thin you can see daylight through it.
 

it's a good size, it fit in the window better than the other one.

huge con - when you turn it on, it defaults to economy, and what this does is - it turns the unit on and off totally when the room is about the right temp. problem is, the room is about 5 deg warmer than what it says its set to. and it doesn't stir the air. set it to cool and it's fine. it remembers the other settings like the temp set.

i wish it had a night mode to turn off the bright display, it does light the room.

it cools a small room pretty fast, and the directional things actually do work pretty well. noise wise it's pretty quiet, but its just another noise in the room and will irritate just like anything else. it tends to splash more. the hardware allows the AC to tilt for you, so you don't have to adjust this when installing.

oh and something important to note: the plug end is huge, it's about the size of a small computer mouse, it has reset buttons. but i installed this over a computer table and had to drill a 2-1/2" hole to get the plug to pass through. and because its so huge, its having a hard time fitting on the outlet due to the location.

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