DREO Portable Air Conditioners, 8000 BTU ASHRAE (5000 BTU DOE) Smart AC Unit for Bedroom with Drainage-free Cooling, 45dB Quiet, APP/Voice/Remote, Portable AC for Room Indoors, AC318S

Best air conditioner I've ever owned. Had never heard of this brand, but the very uncommon high percentage of good reviews, and the fair price, led me to try this model out. Over the last 21 years, I've owned 7 air conditioners. Two were window units and 5 were portable units with exhaust hose. Until I got this Dreo unit just over 3 months ago of a HOT summer, the window units I had were traditionally always more effective at cooling a room than the portable units. Heck, 3 of the 5 portable units I owned didn't even produce cool air after less than a couple weeks of use. And prior to the Dreo, the other one I owned made it thru 3 summers, but didn't get all that cold, despite being a 10k BTU unit and the Dreo I got is only 8k BTU. But it gets COLD, and VERY fast. This 8k BTU Dreo portable unit puts out colder air than all 6 of the previous AC units I've owned. And those used more power too, 10k BTU each. The "swing" feature is also VERY effective at wafting the cold air all over the room, without need of a separate fan to move it all around. Very, very effective unit. The Android app is great; easier to use than the remote control, especially in the dark. I also like how you can turn off the unit's display completely, and the chime sound, to maje it easier to sleep. And the "sleep" setting is actually to make the compressor quieter and turn off and on again less frequently, making it easier to sleep thru.

excellent- goes together quickly - cools very quickly and can be easily linked to a smart phone. nice to have the remote control ( doesnt come with batteries). comes with 2 types of insulation strips for around the window opening. My window width is pretty small and i couldn't use the window panels as is since one panel would be covering up part of the exhaust duct hole. I measured the window opening and cut off 2" of the "A" plastic panel on the end with a small hacksaw and now it fits perfectly. Easy to cut. It slides with a wing nut with panel "B" so you can adjust it (and it comes with several extra panels that you can put together for the window opening if you need). It is Sturdy and on wheels that are already attached. The unit itself as shipped is heavy in the box- i am an older woman and i could just barely get it in the car and needed someone to take it up a flight of stairs. One thing i noticed is that the exhaust duct on the exterior has a grate cover but probably easy for a bug to get in it. i am investigating whether a piece of nylon mesh over the end would be a good idea. also even though its on a second story building it feels a bit unsafe security-wise; with the traditional a/c window unit i didnt worry about someone removing it to come through the window. I purchased some sash window locks from amazon that need no drilling- they go in the tracks and are tightened with a key. that should help.

This product is amazing!! I cant tell how happy im with it. If your room is exposed to sunlight and the heat, this product if for you. For me, the house main AC works fine but is not able to cool my room enough. This product is great and cools my room a lot!! I can sleep really good and the heat is not bothering me anymore. If you live in a hot area and you have the same issue with the weather. Buy it! Highly recommend. Noise level is not bad for me it doesn't bother me.

Ac quality is excellent. The cooling power ia also excellent. The sturdiness and fit of construction is excellent. The quietness of operationg is excellent. But is only fair with humid air extraction. I do recomend this very much.

Ok peeps, I hardly write reviews but I’m really impressed with this purchase! I live in So Cal - not really big needy on A/C, but yes summers are getting more humid than when I was a kid. Pair that with living in a 100 yr old building without central air (but pooled electric bill!) and I decided this was the year for shopping in this dept. I did a LOT a research, read a lot of reviews, parsed the pros & cons, and especially the prices. I wanted a unit that people rated the remote control & cooling as pros, I wanted to be able to control with an app when not home (to keep cat safely cool.) While there was a unit that was *slightly* better than this, the price on this unit made it a clear winner. When it arrived (thanks Amazon driver for bringing the box up the elevator to my door!!) all I had to do was lift the outer box off the styrofoam/particle board base, assemble the window slats and go! The remote sticks magnetically to the top of the unit, great because I use the app more often. It cools so quickly and covers a lot of sq ft!!! I love the fact that I can also use all the same functions on the front of the unit, if I’m running out the door, I can just tap it. 3 fan speeds + auto on the A/C, so there’s plenty of options. I may even try the dehumidifier if the traditional San Diego June gloom goes further into July! I don’t find it particularly loud, and I live in a corner studio. I’m used to it, it has become like a louder white noise. Can still watch tv and talk on the phone just fine. Super portable: I know it’ll roll into my closet just fine for storage. Bonus: about 2 months after I started using it, I realized I didn’t have the drainage hose to use with the dehumidifier function. I contacted DREO customer service - thru the app! Even the manual is available thru the app, so you can just recycle that paperwork! I asked if they could give me the dimension of the hose so I could buy a new one at my hardware store. Tina w their customer service had one at my door 3 business days later at no charge!! This is a really good product, I know it’ll last. I put it on a 3rd party payment plan and am so happy I splurged on this (it was a splurge in that I’m taking a few months to pay for it.) Trust my research, my frugal nature, and my recommendation here, you won’t be let down!

Listen. I have a bonus room that’s being used a bedroom. It has zero windows. I needed a unit that would keep it cool. I had to figure out how to hose out the heat but this thing is amazing! It’s not extremely loud but it’s not quiet in the way where you won’t hear it. I can run it for less a hour and the room is significantly cooler. Right now we have highs of 80 but haven’t got to the real summer heat yet. But I feel confident now that we won’t melt. I use fans and then when the room gets too warm I turn this on! It’s worth the $400 when I found out it would cost me about $3500 to get a window installed so I could use a window unit! A split ac would cost about $2500! So I went with this!

Buy this--Dont waste your money on any other air conditioners- this is better than any window air conditioner, portable air conditioner and even beats split acs or heat pumps if you are to think of how much much it costs to get a heat pump installed for the whole house. I have had this portable air conditioner since April this year. The evaportator functions works as advertised. It is easy to install, has wheels, cools the room and surrrounding rooms excellently. It is less noisy than a portable air conditioner. The noise level is good and doesnt bother when I am sleeping but most nights I end up turning it off before I go to bed as the room is already cool from running it for a few hours in the evening. The air conditioner is well-built, I love the quality. The remote has its own spot where it magnetically attaches to the air conditioner. I can control the air conditioner through my phone and through my voice on Alexa, what more can I ask for, I love it. I wasted hundreds on other window air conditioners and nonsense fans and air coolers, dont waste your money. Buy this and you will not regrest your purchase, I am one happy customer.

This thing is amazing. I went through a few of these before I got one that worked. It cools the room very well and the exhaust kit they made to fit the window is extremely well thought out and works perfectly. The app is great and you can use the timer to set a schedule. The only con was the dehumidifier didn’t seem as effective but the AC works so well I couldn’t be happier with this purchase. 5/5. The engineers who designed this did so from first principles and it shows. Bravo gents.