GE 5K BTU Mechanical Window Air Conditioner

Easy to install and surprisingly lighter than I thought, packaging was great and the controls r simple and easy to adjust. Works fine for my small room and blew straight cold air after about 30 minutes of running for the first time. Also the unit is WAY less awkwardly proportioned compared to others I've had which made it easier for me to carry. Def worth the money

Very cold output. Quiet.

Update: 1/2026: Unit still runs but it has a serious flaw...mechanical thermostat that is mounted in a part of the unit that is basically OUTSIDE. The probe does not work. I use this unit in my server room which can get up to 80 degrees at times. In the winter time, the unit never kicked on. This was because the thermostat was well below the temp it needed to kick on because of the outside temps. This means that my room stayed hot. I tried submerging the copper probe and bulb into literal boiling water to see if it kicked the compressor on and it never did. As far as it picking up internal temps....it is junk. As I sit here typing this, this very room is 75 degrees and I have the unit set to max temp...However, it is 35 degrees outside and the temp at the unit in the window is about 44. Analog thermostat is the major flaw if you are wanting to use this unit for year round cooling based off internal temps. First off, the room this is going into is 15'x15' (225sq ft) but the windows are these older 14" wide windows. The previous unit was also a GE 5,000 BTU and just fit enough. It lasted about 5yrs and on hot 100+ days could keep that room with a server in it around 70-72 on max cool. When it finally died out I tried the Amazon Basics a few days ago and it was a dud out of box... Decided to go with what worked last time only a different color. In the pic on setting 7, it got down to 55deg before compressor kicked off. Had I left it on max cool, it would have easily been down to around 52deg. This is what my previous GE got down to. Since it's brand new at time of pic and freshly turned on, I wanted to break it in slowly before maxing it. The only downside that GE seems to share is that the fan speed on low or high are not much different. The high fan speed is not that great. I will say this, the Amazon Basics one really pushed air out fast but could never get cooler than 68 out of the vent. This GE is also a tad noist with the compressor on and has a chirp to it with the freon cycling. Overall, it is sunny and 80 degrees out and with 2 of my servers going in this larger room, the temp inside with doors closed is an even 70 at max cool.

I was hesitant to purchase this air conditioner, I can honestly rate this unit a 10 out of 10!!! It works very well and it gets VERY COLD!!!! I Definitely recommend this unit. The price is affordable and you get your moneys worth. Great product, works well, very satisfied customer, Thank you

Our bedroom is 13x10 and gets so cold we have to turn it off in the middle of the night. This was a great price and well worth the money. We don’t run it in the day. Just when we are getting ready for bed and it gets cold fast.

Great little AC unit! It can cool my 100 sq ft room to below 70 degrees, on the low cool setting, even when the outside temp is 85 and the sun is hitting the windows. It keeps the room at a very consistent temperature. I was able to install it easily by myself. It's quiet enough for sleeping.

Not bad. When not running, it will allow warm air to seep in. Easy to assemble and install. A bit loud for the bedroom. Not bad for the price point. Ordering a significantly more expensive unit for better control and much quieter.

I had a buddy help me install it, as the window kit didn't fit very well into the window and we had to make some "adjustments", due to the instructions not being very helpful. This is a basic unit, no bells 'n whistles. It has dials, which I thought would help my mom understand versus digital, but the resistance is very tough to twist the dials, not for an elderly person. On the high fan settings, it's very loud and here's the rub of it all.... the unit is designed to sit flat for some unbelievably bad reason. That makes the fan blades rub against the casing, making the sound worse. You need to start the fan on high to create resistance for an ongoing low setting. You need to tip it at least a -10° angle to allow the condensation (water) to run out of the unit. It has a tray that keeps the water in, too. It almost seems like it's designed to fail, keeping water in to short out circuits. My buddy and I made it work, but you definitely need two people to install it to do so. Now, the good things... It went into a small bedroom and it cools it down from a very hot room to a cool room in a couple of hours with the door closed. My mom is a sound sleeper, so thankfully the sound doesn't keep her from sleeping. I saved a whopping $28 for picking the black color. I gave it four stars for the bad design, not allowing the condensation to leave the unit. If you don't want it to fail quickly, you're going to HAVE to tip it to allow the condensation to run out or maybe you can find a tray to fit it without a containing lip. That's just how it is, you can't change physics.