LG 12,000 BTU 550 Sq ft Window Air Conditioner, LW1224RD

It looks very well made. The air is very cold and it blows on %233 hard. It takes care of a large studio apartment easily. He is too loud when the compressor comes on. It's quiet otherwise. I hope it lasts longer than the last one bought in 2021. One was bought before that but I don't remember when. This is the 3rd one. I wanted to be able to just slide them in the old opening. Makes installation quick and easy. It should be 100$ less but that's just because of the times. Everything is more expensive since Covid and 45.

Received a heavily damaged unit from Walmart from a place called returnpro that handles DOA returns. Apparently a fork lift struck the rear corner sometime and smashed the case into the power board on this one. I tried to return it to my local Walmart but the management team leader said he thought it might have been too badly damaged to ship back. I removed the case cover to check for damage myself and noticed that this new lw8024rd model uses single feed capillary metering for the evaporator. That might explain some of the complaints about refrigerant noise for this model. I have used these LG 8000 btu units for years and the Lw8016ER and LW8017ersm use a dual feed that is a little faster to cool at startup, quieter and more efficient. Still might not be a bad value as the compressor and refrigerant loop easily last 30,000 hours in these. Beware of purchasing from Walmart though, you may be shipped a DOA unit from someplace other than an LG distribution center and Walmart customer service can be very poor.