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I appreciate that this unit functions as a 4-in-1, as it significantly conserves space in my apartment compared to having multiple devices. I primarily purchased it for humidity control and air conditioning for the warmer months. I have been utilizing it frequently and would certainly recommend this type of unit to others, given its versatility in providing both heating and cooling options for a home. One minor suggestion I have is for the handles to be designed a bit deeper for easier lifting. However, this is not a major concern for me, as I do not intend to move it often. It is relatively heavy, but it has excellent wheels that allow for smooth mobility, even on carpet. If I ever needed to lift it, I would find the handles somewhat challenging to grip. The instruction sheet is very well made with great detail. I will most likely end up buying another one if the need comes up.

Works great as a heater, but since it's not summer yet, I'm not sure about how it works as an air conditioner.First, the heater, because that's what I learned about. Those little space heaters you pull out every winter, they're called radiant heaters, meaning they just sit there and get hot, and pretty much the closer you are to the heat source the more efficient it seems to be. Radiant heat doesn't radiate any further than the energy put into it; it dissipates quickly, and really just isn't very efficient. Another thing they don't do very well is remove moisture from the air, they just heat up the air, which then gives that heat away to the moisture, and the next thing you know, the moisture comes back all cold and begging for heat again. Before I go on this long journey of what's wrong with it this device and where it may not be the right fit for you, I do want to say that it was an enormous improvement over space heaters, which tend to keep you chained to a location near the radiant heater. If it is a good fit; I highly recommend it, but you're going to have to do a few things to help it out.I don't want to get all nerdy about it, but here's my unresearched breakdown. Moisture in the air does a great job of making you feel uncomfortable. If you want to be warm in a cold environment, get the moisture out of the air, if you want to feel absolutely miserable in a hot environment, go ahead and mist up a closed environment and stay there in the humid sweltering heat.Key to my point; this thing does a rediculously good job of getting moisture out of the air. I does such a good job of it here in humid Savannah, GA that there seems to be almost no practical way of using it without setting up constant drainage. To put it into context, it extracted enough water from the air to fill up the onboard reservoir in about an hour and a half, then I did it again, and again, and again. After that, I hoisted it up and let it drain into a 5 gallon tub, but even that was going to mean that I'd have to drain the thing about once a week.Now for the drainage problem; it's kind of a hassle. The drain is all the way at the bottom, near the floor. Meaning you either lift up the 70 some odd lb machine to effectively drain water, or you drain it into a low profile pan, like a cookie sheet or something. Also the drain cap doesn't have an open-close valve, so when you unscrew the drain cap, it drains; no time for hooking up a hose or anything like that to do a nice and neat job.They also could have done better on the on-board water storage capacity, because it's only a pint (liter is claimed) or so worth of water, but when it all shakes out, if this thing does its job well enough, there's just no point in having an on-board storage system for water.Thus for those of you with a wood subfloor; they offer the more sensible option - constant drainage. Now this is going to be pretty easy if you have a wood subfloor with a crawl space that has no ground cover , or a mobile home with not a care in the world. But if you who have a sealed crawlspace or the appropriate ground cover to prevent ground moisture from rotting away your subfloor may not be fond of the idea of dumping water into the crawlspace, onto the ground cover where it can rot your subfloor over the course of a decade or two.So, here's what you'll have to do; Drill a hole through the floor and out the side of your house, maybe into some sort of a planting bed where your plants can take advantage of the delicious air-conditioning water. Otherwise, you're looking at lifting it up, above the floor sufficiently enough to let drainage happen, then and letting the water drain into a tub that your cat drinks out of. If you've got concrete subfloors, like most people do, then you're in luck, you can also feed your cat some of this delicous air-conditioning water. This unit does not include cats or plants, y ou're on your own there.The best option, and I wish they would have though of this themselves, would be to install a small pump that pumps the water out of the reservoior when it's full so the unit could stay on the ground and you could install a line that goes directly to the birdbath that feeds your cat delicous birds on a weekly basis.And yes, it comes with a remote control, it's a bit loud, but not any louder than a window unit, and dare I say, if it fits your living condition, it's well worth the cost.One last thing; I think there should be a screen to keep the bugs out of the air-conditioning exhaust or blow-hole, but I'll add it to the list of things I have to do.As far as using it as an air conditioner - I'm fairly certain all of this will apply in just the exact same way - I'll let you know when it gets hot.

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