Customer Reviews

Window Unit Support Kit (Heavy Duty) Air Conditioner Bracket

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Installed two of these - the heavy duty and the light duty. Highly recommend you get the heavy duty, REGARDLESS of what size your A/C is. The heavy duty one is longer and provides more options for the install - the little one is shorter and isn't as flexible. Anyway, this is a great product, easy to set up, and gives you peace of mind that your A/C won't go crashing out the window. No brainer.

This device is NOT universal.

I live in a pre-war apartment building in Manhattan. The facade is brick with drip edges around the windows - very common. This product basically does not work with this kind of wall. I bought the small one, based on the the size of our a/c unit, but the bracket was way too short and did not extend out far enough for the support arm to reach the outside wall. So I bought the larger one, which was designed for A/Cs much bigger than ours, and has a longer bracket but still it did not fit the wall. The only way I managed to get it to work was by using the longer bracket but with the support arm from the smaller one. It still is not that great but it is better than nothing. And for a grand total of over $80.. 1/3 of the cost of the a/c itself!

My advice is try to check if it works on your building. It is not easy to tell until you get it home and try to install it.

this thing is designed for a window that has a window ledge...mine doesn't, so this became very useless for me right when I opened it up and TRIED to use it...very nice paper weight though...if you get this, make sure you have like 4 inches of ledge or this will also become very useless to you too...the one that came with the A/C unit I bought works better then this does....that one is really universal...wait to buy something like this unless you KNOW you need it....other then that I couldn't use it...it would have work perfictly if I did in fact have a ledge like it was designed for :)

This product is great. I worried about having something to safely support our 10,000 btu ac and this does just fine since we live on the second floor. It is sturdy and easy to put up. The only complaint was having to spend the extra money after shelling out a couple hundred on the ac to begin with.

I got this to hold my A/C in a slider-type window like we all here in California have. It worked! Happy I made the purchase.

I ordered this because Amazon advertised that customers who ordered the Frigidaire also ordered the bracket and insulation; Neither are needed for the 6000 BTU Model FRA065AT7. In fact, because the AC unit does not have a flat bottom, the bracket causes the AC unit to tilt in the wrong direction (toward the window) so that the unit cannot drain the condensate correctly. There is just no way for this bracket to be used with this AC. I am returning the bracket; The AC is small enough that it can easily be supported by a 20" piece of 1x2 across the sill between window & storm window frame.

Purchased this along with a Frigidaire FRA086AT7 (8,000 BTU) air conditioner on the basis of Amazon's recommendation (under the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section, where it's still listed at the time of this writing). The kit took forever to ship from Ace Hardware Outlet - I had the air conditioner (which came directly from Amazon) a full week before the installation kit arrived, even though they were purchased in the same order.

I carefully read through the instructions for the installation kit and set it up in the window, which required drilling a few holes in the window frame. Then I went to put the air conditioner in and discovered that the bottom wasn't flat - it's got a bunch of plastic molding (presumably to route the condensation out the window) so it wouldn't sit on the platform as designed. All that waiting for nothing - I ended up just shoving the air conditioner right into the window like I could have done a week earlier.

If the bottom of your air conditioner is perfectly flat, and you don't mind drilling holes in your window frame (or waiting an extra week to get your air conditioner installed), this kit would be a good choice. But if you're buying one of the highly-rated Frigidaire air conditioners from Amazon, save yourself the trouble and skip it.

Amazon should fix the recommendation immediately so it doesn't trick future customers.

The air conditioner window unit support brace was easy to install on my pre-assembled shop building and provided a strong support for the A/C unit. It was designed for buildings with a full-size window sill, but my window sill could be adapted to fit the brace. I used a hammer and sharp chisel to cut away a part of the aluminum channel for the window screen (which I am not using anymore) to make room for the plastic support to fit flat on the sill. I also had to add a 2x4 brace under the window sill for the attaching screws to screw into. I made sure that the window brace was slanted down to provide water drainage from the A/C unit.

This is a great idea, but in function it just doesn't work.
It's not a universal item.
We have a drip edge outside our window on a brick house.
The drip edge extends too far out for this to brace against.
The drip edge (1 brick thick) is too thick for this to brace against the wall underneath.

I thought this would look neat and professional, but I ended up doing what I've always done: Built a simple bracket from a 2x4.

A lot cheaper and in the end faster & easier to set up.

I gave this three stars because I can't really rate the product due to being unable to install since the building design doesn't match what this AC support needs.

This product might be kind of a mystery as to how it will install with your building, so check the manufacturer's website to clear up some questions. Make sure to measure how thick your wall where the AC is installed from window to how ever far out the ledge ends. This support only works for 4-11 inches from window to end of ledge according to manufacturer's website. Can't comments on the too thin install but I ran into ledge that goes too far out. Can't install since support arm with rubber foot can't contact wall. Would work placing a block between ledge and the support AC unit rests on. That would at least take weight off my window frame but really 2 blocks would do the same thing.

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