When I bought this, I asked two questions. Q1about the level of noise while using it, the rep told me it wasn't that bad but below the average. I don't know how noisy the other brands are but keep in mind if you will use it in the bedroom or any small /medium room. Q2 How often should I empty the water Answer not very often. During this summer in Brisbane, I collected 5 litres of water in 8 hours. In case, of water outage I will use my portable air conditioner for sure. Besides that, it does the job.

We were stuck on a very hot day without our blessed cold machine due to it dying of old age. Unfortunately every place in town had been raided of its supply of air conditioning, so when we finally came across some stock at the Good guys, we were stoked.The salesman gave us a good discount, as the model we enquired after was out of stock. We realised this big boy was HEAVY and we ended up ripping the box to get it out. We set it up and let it run in our main bedroom. After a little while, it had created an icebox out of our bedroom. It's great, and not that noisy and perfect for a good sized room.

I sleep with an industrial fan on majority of the year because I quite like the white noise but this air con is so loud it actually properly wakes me and my partner up throughout the night as it randomly stops and starts up again (which is not a feature you can change btw). It works amazingly well to keep the bedroom super cool to sleep in but geez you genuinely need to be prepared for how loud it is.. probably wouldn’t recommend to anyone else to buy it’s that’s excessive tbh.