Customer Reviews

SPT WA-9040DE Dual-Hose 9,000-BTU Portable Air Conditioner

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Pros: Unit works well to cool down the air and the noise is tolerable.

Update - I was impressed with customer service: minimal wait on the phone, courteous service and prompt replacement of the broken parts (read "Cons" below).

Cons: unit is made entirely of plastic so it breaks easily. To illustrate this point: while assembling, a plastic clip that holds the hoses to the window vent unit broke off. After 4 uses, my wife noticed that a clip that held one of the hoses to the unit itself had also broken off. Bottom line: it is flimsy.

A second drawback is that the window vent section does not adjust to the size of the window. (A piece that we thought would be used to adjust to window size is actually a piece used for a patio door.)

A third drawback is that the hoses and window vent section are rather unwieldy to handle. Frequently, while trying to place the vents on the window while coupled to the hoses, the hoses come off easily off the unit so it is difficult to adjust everything correctly. And yes, the hoses have to be coupled because it is seemingly impossible to try to put them on after placing the vent section on the window.

this ac works ok its just the window attachment is crap. it is imposible to get it to stay in the window with the weight ofthe hoses and it just falls out of the window. they should of designed it better

I have had this unit for 4 years now. It does a nice job of cooling off our huge bedroom, 16 by 30. I will agree with everyone about the hoses. But with any portable unit, the hoses are cumbersome. I have had problems with the hoses fall out of the window support but a few screws take care of that. Since this is my 4th year of using this unit, it really deserves 5 stars but I gave it 4 because they really need to design a better window support. I am happy with this unit.

The unit does a good job cooling our 12x17 bedroom and the price was reasonable. Condensation is exhausted with the hot air to the outside. It's pretty quiet and is a good unit overall.

This is a very poor built air conditioner. When I unboxed the item, it was leaking oil. So I went ahead and setup this portable air conditioner in my office to see if it would work. This is a very heavy and isn't easy to move from room to room. It doesn't cool very well even on the lowest temperature. The coolest temp. I could get after running it for 24 hours was 70 degrees. This was during the evening hours after the sun went down and not during the day. So I returned it and got something different.