Reply #4: Oh yeah, they're all over the place anymore...

[originalpckelly]

Basically, it's like a fan that is kind of bulky, and you roll it around. All you have to do is hook this hose, it looks like a dryer vent hose, to the back of the unit. Most windows that don't crank open work automatically out of the box with the window insert. This way you don't have a bulky window unit.

Most of them automatically evaporate the water that the AC takes out of the air too, so you don't have to empty a bucket of water like the older models made you.

Mine was $300, which seems to be the lowest price they go. But you can get them a for at most $200 more to cool much larger areas than I am.

Even if you have crank open windows, there are ways you can make your own window inserts fairly easily to hook it up and blow the hot air out the window.