Kenmore 76081 Air Conditioner

Cold as the arctic BUT...LOUD AS A JET ENGINE!!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 16, 2007 | 9 out of 11 found this Kenmore 76081 review helpful

Pros: Really chills the room down; timer feature useful, too.

Cons: Unbelievably, ridiculously L - O - U - D!

I recommend this air conditioner to deaf people who live in warm climates. It will cool your room beautifully. But if you are not deaf, the ear-splitting, droning, thrumming sound of this poorly-designed machine's motor may make you that way. ...You certainly won't be able to sleep with this monster on, even if you wear earplugs. It's low-pitched, decibel-heavy humming will vibrate the walls and floor of your bedroom! And don't count on Sears to help you once you've gotten it installed, either! I asked them what I had to do to exchange it for a quieter model, and they sent a service person out to inspect it first (took him three weeks to get here). He listened to it for 10 minutes (before it hits the jet-engine cycle), ridiculed my complaints and told me that the machine was normal. I own a Kenmore freezer, a Kenmore fridge, a Kenmore range and a Kenmore vacuum cleaner. But I'll be da--ed if you'll ever see me shopping in that store again! They could be giving appliances away, and I'd still refuse to cross that threshold. I have hundreds invested in this model, its delivery and installation, but next summer I'm donating it to a school for the deaf and buying a machine that will let me sleep at night. Read more Less