GE Appliances 5000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner Unit White

Constant draining needed

This AC continues to leak. It’s extremely noisy and most of all it doesn’t cool properly. I purchased three portable AC units this summer. The GE was put in the smaller of the three rooms and does not keep it half as cool as the two Midea 6000 BTU I picked up from BJs.

JUNK! JUNK! JUNK! Stopped working after less than a month! Water tank light stays on no matter how empty the unit is and will shut itself off despite having ZERO water in the tank

This unit was working fine in a very small bedroom for a few days, and then it started to leak. This coincided with an FC warning on the unit. I don't know why it started to leak when the reservoir was full instead of just shutting off. The unit is on a flat surface, and the plugs were installed securely. Perhaps a fault water level sensor? I have other portable ACs of similar size in rooms of similar size, running for longer (per day and number of days), and they have not leaked, nor have their reservoirs been full at any time. I ended up connecting the continuous drain plug to a hose emptying in a gallon jug. Let's hope this solves the problem until I can get some clarification of whether or not this is a malfunction, or just how it is. If its the latter, then I will get rid of it and get another of the other brand's small AC unit that I have. On another note regarding the water tank and drains... GE's documentation is TERRIBLE!!! The drains, which apparently play a very important part of this unit's operation, hardly get a mention in the user manual, or any other documentation. It's little more than "There are 2 drain plugs". As best I can tell, the bottom one is used for draining the tank when it's full. And the upper one is for dehumidifying. So we're left with questions like... is one a constant drain? Are they both gravity drains? Is one pumped? Will they both work in all modes? Or when I switch from cool to dry, do I have to remove and reroute the hose? Because that's what it seems to be saying. Which is just unacceptable in this day and age. When a unit has functions that you can switch via remote control from across the room, you shouldn't also have to get up, walk across the room, and move a hose. Unacceptable. So, base don my experience with this unit, compared to 4 other similar ones I bought at the same time from a company that specializes in cold air, I can not recommend anyone get this unit, unless at the very least, GE includes some supplemental information about the drains, how they work, when they are used, and what they are capable of doing. If this unit has so small of a water tank that it overflows under normal operations after a few days with not a lot of humidity, then the drains need to have a lot more attention in the manuals, so people's homes don't get damaged.

I was pleasantly surprised at how well this GE Portable Air Conditioner was able to cool a room. The price was affordable too! I would recommend this to anyone who finds themself without AC on a hot day. It was on the heavy side for one person to carry, so ladies keep this in mind if you pick one up by yourself.

It was leaking from the moment we got it… and we got it in the middle of a heat wave and was supposed to going in my preemie nursery… very disappointed

You should only buy a Two Hose type of this machine. A one hose exhaust type like this one will cool just the area in front of the unit. The negative air pressure creates by pushing hot air out of the one exhaust pipe cools a very small area a lot while pulling hot air in from the attic down through the light fixtures and walls. It heats everywhere else to replace the hot air the air conditioner pushes outside. If you are prepared to buy additional HVAC materials to modify the machine intake you might line the results. People have uploaded videos to show custom intake cover/pipe inlet that vents fresh air from some source other than the room. That makes the inlet and outlet alike and "supposedly" eliminated the negative pressure problems for some lucky users. It's better to get delivered a Two Hose unit, since stores aren't putting enough on the shelf. Thomas Edison would be disgusted at this waste of electricity that bears the logo of his legacy right on the front. These things are discarded often here in the southeast.

Ordered a new unit received a very obviously used unit with fingerprints, scratches and scratches. Could tell by the box things were not going well before unboxing.

Soooo frustrated! My mother is 81 yrs old and her AC went out, so I was desperately trying to find something that day. I ordered a portable AC unit from a target location that online, showed one in stock. I got there, after 45 minutes, they couldn't find it. they sent me to a second location which showed 2 in stock. They couldn't find a unit. I told them, I don't want to have it delivered. I don't want to deal with them anymore. What kind of system shows in stock, has me driving from location to location and still not receive the item. Are they being stolen by employees? What's going on here? Same thing yesterday showed 1 microwave I wanted in stock. They couldn't find it & wanted to send me to another store. NO WAY!! I won't shop there anymore! I would have put a rating of zero stars but that wasn't an option!!

First night we woke to FL code. So drained it in the morning. Next night, FL code was less than 1 hour using it. So we attached the drain tube to it, put it in a very large mixing bowl and woke to tons of water on the floor. So now we have it in a 5 gal bucket and have to empty it every day. My son has a different brand portable AC in his room and we’ve not had to drain it at all this summer! Very disappointed!!

This item was given to us in a previously opened box that had insects and tape all over it. Upon opening it, parts were broken and cracked. I cannot even install this as it’s a disgrace…

Air conditioner will turn off when tank is full. I have to empty the tank 3 times a day.

The air was great but it would turn off when water storage was full and in the middle of the night 3x wasn't worth it

It errors out a lot due to water (FL error), and you need a literal bucket next to it for the water to come out.

Works ok. Had to put it on top of a bin with it draining into a different bin due to excessive water build up and it shutting off after 30 minutes. Blows cold, cools a room, but definitely could collect water in a more efficient way. Possibly a broken coils or something to pull the water up to steam but it wasn’t steaming and definitely not properly draining correctly.

Leaks water everywhere and hose provided does not fit the unit, it’s way too small. If you don’t use the drain you will be emptying out the unit every 5 minutes. Do not purchase

It did not cool the room at all. I live in a small apt on the second story so its understandably hotter but it could not cool my bedroom. The only area it would cool was directly in front of it. Its also pretty loud even on quiet mode. Installation was easy but im returning due to poor performance and noise. For almost $300 I was expecting at least some cooling.

This is an absolute piece of doo. Who makes an air conditioner that you have to drain every few hours. Returning

It is a very loud AC. Virtually no difference with quiet mode. Also, you have to drain the water often. I will be returning.

it's very loud