Product review (3 stars): Preliminary review -- more to come
I initially ordered this item during the height of the 95+ degree heatwave that racked my area for a few weeks.  But, alas, by the time it arrived, the heatwave had broekn and temperatures were in the much cooler mid 70s.  Not an optimum temp to really test the capabilities of a 12,000 BTU air conditioner.

So this review is very much preliminary with more to come when I can take it for a real test drive in temps that would give it a true work out.

Early testing would merit 4+ stars.  It unpacked simply (yes, it is HUGE and you need two people to move it).  But once you snipped the packing bands, the top of the box simply slides off.  It has all the attachments you need with easy to follow instructions.  In the end, when it is set up, it looks kinda of what your dryer looks like with an expandable, accordion hose exhausting the hot moist air out of your window though a neat little window attachment.  I am not the most handy-man hand person in the world and I was able to get this set up in no time flat.

I don't have central air in my house.  I have radiant heat and use window air conditioners.  I have always been curious about portable air conditioners because in theory they seem like they'd be a very attractive alternative to installing window units in every room.  But one of the things I have always heard about portable air conditioners is the need to constantly drain the water that is the result as the operation of conditioning the hot, humid air out of the room.  It is the one thing that had always made me shy away from them.  This one purports to eliminate that with the hose/exhaust system.

Since I did not test in really hot humid conditions over a long period of time, I cannot truly attest that this is 100% the case with this unit.  That is the 'more to come' part of the review.  However I did leave the unit running for several hours in a space that measured about 400 square feet.  It did cool the space noticeably and I did not have to empty the unit at all.  In fact my husband stood outside the window where the unit was exhausting and said he could feel noticeably warm air emitting from it (again, like a dryer).

It slides easy and I was able to tuck it in a corner near the window.  It is big and a little ...eye catching...to say the least, so function kind of trumps form.  It is also a little louder than I expected  but after a bit it becomes white noise.  However I did not have it in a family room where I'd be watching tv or anything.

So for now, I am cautiously optimistic that this will do everything I want it to do.  I will come back when I can assess it better to give more information and possibly up or down grade as appropriate.