I like the Honeywell Portable Air conditioner brand.
After 7 years, It was time for a new one, as it was not cooling as well and started making odd noises this past month.
I chose this new Honeywell 13,500 BTU Slim %26 Smart WiFi Portable AC with Fan, Dehumidifier, Alexa/Google Home Voice because I wanted to stay with the Honeywell brand, but wanted a PAC that could respond to Alexa voice commands through my older Echo Dot devices.
The PAC Unit arrived by FedEx fairly quickly, in great condition, with no damage to the box or the unit. It was shipped directly from the manufacture/dealer JMA North America LLC. (They own Honeywell.)
The room cooling capacity for this PAC was close to my old PAC, but the physical size of this one is smaller. This smaller one fits in my bedroom much better, so that was a nice surprise.
I've been running this new PAC for the past 2 weeks during our HOT North Idaho weather, (95 to 102 degrees for the past 2 weeks), and it has been working great!
I was not expecting this smaller sized PAC Unit to cool as well as my older unit, but this one is actually doing better! So far, I am super happy with how well this PAC is working!
After a bit of a struggle, and looking up some details online, Ii was able to get this PAC unit to work fairly well with my 8 different household, Amazon 3'd Generation Alexa Echo Dots! And my 3 different Echo Flexes too!
I paired it with the Echo Dot in my bedroom, but commands will work with all of 3'd Gen Echo Dots and echo flexes in my house.
It can be fussy with how you name the PAC though, so pick something short and simple!
For the most part, I am super happy with the cooling power of this PAC, and that it works decent with Alexa.
BUT... There is a small but important problem, at least with the Unit I received!
To remove and clean the top and bottom dust filters has turned out to be difficult for me. Not easy like my old unit was!
The 2 filters are supposed to be able to slide out when you pull them. They do slide out on some sort of internal roller, but not very well.
Cleaning the filters are pretty easy. You can gently hand wash them or even vacuum them, but just have my husband use his air compressor to blow the dust off them.
The main issue I a having is with getting the dust filters back in place in the PAC unit! They do not slide back in very well at all!
It is a big pain and I end up having to disconnect the exhaust hose each time just to be able to get the bottom filter back in. That is a major drawback for me!
- So for the actual functioning of this PAC unit I would give 5 stars.
- For the ability to turn the unit on and off with Alexa and change the thermostat setting or the mode, I'd give 5 stars.
- BUT, for the difficulty with removing and then reinstalling the 2 dust filters, I' only give 3 stars!
- Averaged out, I give this Honeywell PaC unit 4 Stars!
- Hope this review was helpful!
