We have a bonus room above the garage that is ducted with the rest of the house for central A/C and heat, but it is not zoned separately and our central air just was not cooling that room, especially during our HOT Texas summers. The room is about 450 square feet, but has less volume than a typical 450 square foot room because of slanted side walls. This unit is more than adequate to cool the entire room and the enclosed stairway, which is probably another 50 square feet total. We have used it regularly for over a month and have had no trouble at all. The only issue we had was the plastic plate to insert the vent into the window has no insulation, so a lot of heat was coming in there. We added some insulation and it seems to have stopped the heat, thereby allowing the unit to work even better.
This was a great purchase, and our first electric bill after getting this unit was much lower than expected; we suspect that is because the central unit wasn't having to work harder to cool that room.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? The color and appearance is the same in person as on the site.
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. The quality seems good.