I had a similar Frigidaire model years ago. I see reviewers of various brands say they only last a season, but mine went six. The bucket is large and heavy when full, but I don't have to empty it more than twice a day. The old unit's bucket was very hard to get out of the unit and this is 100% better. Also, the filter used to be relatively hard to access, while this is easy and intuitive. Ask me again in a few years about reliability, but I expect it will be good.