Frigidaire FAA065P7A 6,000 BTU MSII Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Frigidaire FAA065P7A 6,000 BTU MSII Air Conditioner with Electronic Controls
Customer Review: Very Nice
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, this air conditioner was delivered about 5 days earlier than the delivery estimate which was awesome. Getting it ready to put in my window was easy and I was able to do it by myself. The only hard part was screwing on the top railing because the top of the air conditioner bowes down a bit and there is padding added to the top rail, probably for insulation, which made it impossible to get the tiny screws to attach to the top of the air conditioner through the padding. In order to get all four screws in I had to peel off the padding. Once I did that, I had no problems and it seems to have no affect on the insulation in my window. The only other thing to watch out for is when you are putting it in your window, be carefull of the back of the air conditioner. The back cover is made out of a metal mesh type stuff and I grabbed onto this and ended up getting multiple little paper cuts on 6 of my fingers. It didn't hurt, but I got blood all over before I figured out where it was coming from. 6 bandaids later and being more careful where I grabbed, the unit was in the window.
My window is smaller than the recommended window size at 20 and 3/4 inches. I left off one of the side panels and it fits in my window just fine. So far I have only used the fan and the energy efficient cooling settings the latter of which cycles the air conditioner off and on. With the energy efficient settings my room gets to be a comfortable cool temp with an outside temp around 97F. I imagine that if I put on the non-energy efficient cool setting it would get even colder. Maybe even too cold. My bedroom is quite large; very close to the max square footage for this air conditioner. It cools both my bedroom and master bath. I also leave my door open a crack for the cats to come and go, and the air conditioner still works fine. This is my first air conditioner, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but for me it is great. I work nights, so it is a big deal keeping my room comfortable during the day so I can get a full 7-8hrs of sleep. I don't know yet how much it will affect my electric bills. Hopefully not too much, but even so, it is worth getting a good days sleep for me. I would definitely recommend this air conditioner.
Customer Review: Very nice
Summary: 4 Stars
I am very satisfied with this product. It would have received 5 stars if it didn't cost me over $200. I had seen it on other sites, but after reading all the reviews here, when I went back they were all gone. Oh well.
It's very quiet, very efficient, and very nicely made. My only issue is with UPS, as the driver dropped the box at my door and the top bracket got bent. The way it was packed, the bracket was underneath the air conditioner, and the weight/force from being dropped caused the dent. It makes it a bit difficult to insert the side panel, but it's livable. It took me a couple weeks to get someone to help me install it; it's a two-person job if you're a short woman :) I didn't realize it was damaged until I went to install it. Thank goodness it was packaged very well, or who knows what would have transpired. Lesson learned - open and inspect packages right away.
As far as the vendor, I ordered it on Saturday and received it on Monday! Very impressive. I would definitely purchase from them again, and I highly recommend this unit. It has come in handy during the unbearable heat here in the Northeast.
Customer Review: Very noisy, airflow direction is awful
Summary: 1 Stars
I got two of these: one is 6,00 BTU, another is 8,00 BTU.
Both models have the same design flows.
1. Very noisy - even when the compressor is off. It is just airflow design which is very bad. Even on the lowest fan setting - which is not low at all. Huge sound of gushing air.
2. Air flow direction control is extremely poor. As some other reviewers mentioned, no matter how you turn the little plastic things, the unit blows the air in one direction.
Makes me think that Frigidaire engineering is faulty.
Customer Review: Very pleased. Easy to install, not too loud, just enough cooling!
Summary: 5 Stars
No complaints here. Installed in about 30 mins or so, and had the room cool shortly thereafter. I installed it in a downstairs room that we use for exercise, so we keep the thermostat set fairly high when not in use and then crank it down when it's time to work out. It pulls down the temperature in the room to a tolerable level by the time I'm done stretching and warming up, and has it nice and cool by the time I get a good sweat worked up.
It's not very loud. Don't know if home construction has anything to do with it, but our house is about 10 years old and the window is a metal framed generic builder's special type window. It's on a ground floor too, so it's only a couple feet off the slab, which may help too.
The remote works just as expected. All in all we're very pleased with this unit. It makes working out much more bearable!
Customer Review: Very unhappy customer
Summary: 1 Stars
Would give it less than one star if I could - for product as well as for Amazon service and UPS delivery.
Purchased this item for my in-laws that live out in the country/outside of a small town with few options for appliance delivery. Paid for one-day delivery; UPS dumped item at the gate (after 6 pm!) rather than driving item 100 yards up the drive to the front door (as noted on delivery tracker). We were thus unable to install the expected day. Two weeks later were able to return to attempt install. Partially cool air obtained. Had to leave MIL to deal with trouble-shooting by phone with Frigidaire. Product got moved to an upstairs window with more clearance - no cool air produced. Now passed 30 day return window. Amazon completely unhelpful. Recommend NOT purchasing appliances here, especially not this a/c.