I recently purchased and installed this air conditioning unit. The installation was fairly straightforward and easy. The the instruction manual was well written and easy-to-follow also. The unit is very quiet during operation, and does a very nice job at cooling the area that it's in. Cleaning the filter is a snap! The filter removes by pulling it from a slot so you don't even have to take the front off to get at it (very nice). I am very satisfied with this unit, and would highly recommended it.