LG 6,000 BTU Window Air Conditioner, 115V, Cools 250 Sq.Ft. for Bedroom, Den, Living Room, Quiet Operation, with Remote, 2 Cooling & Fan Speeds, 2-Way Air Deflection, Auto…

8 reviews for LG 6,000 BTU Window Air Conditioner, 115V, Cools 250 Sq.Ft. for Bedroom, Den, Living Room, Quiet Operation, with Remote, 2 Cooling & Fan Speeds, 2-Way Air Deflection, Auto…

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   RAWphotos – July 30, 2024

   Just installed this air conditioner. So far, it’s working great. I had to get this model because it required the least window height clearance of any quality conditioner that I can find. My older home has storm windows with high base frames, which are a couple of inches higher than the interior window sill. As a result, I had to raise the height of the interior window sill (3 boards nailed together) nearly 3 inches so that the air conditioner could fit over the storm window base frame. This doesn’t leave much clearance room with a double-hung window, and this unit fit…just barely.

   A few notes:
   1. The adhesive strip which applied to the bottom edge of the window is very sticky and very fragile. If you get any bit of it stuck on a fingertip, that part will break off from the main strip.
   2. The manual has not been updated to match all features of the unit; e.g., it says that the remote control requires one battery. It requires two. But the main installation instructions of the manual still apply.
   3. Make sure that the screws for the side panels are applied so that they’re invisible from the inside.
   4. The unit no longer comes with a drain . Apparently, newer air conditioner models have dropped this “feature.” I’m not worried about this because I live in the relatively non-humid west coast. But if you live in a high-humidity area, you should be sure that the unit tips backward a bit towards the outside so that any excess condensation can drip out the back.
   5. The remote control is basic. It would be nicer if it would provide a visual indication of temperature setting, fan setting, etc.
   6. My window is about 40 inches wide, which exceeds the 35″ expansion of the side panels. I covered the open spaces on each end with a piece of 1″ thick Owens-Corning foamular (rigid foam insulation). In fact I filled the entire space between the window frame edge and the air conditioning unit (which completely covers the side panels). Cut the foamular a tiny bit bigger, and you can “force” the foam piece into the space with a little pressure; the foam will thus stay firmly in place and effectively block all the open spaces. If you don’t want to buy an entire 4’x8′ sheet of the foam, Home Depot sells a 2’x2′ square for about $6. If you still have tiny open cracks around the foam, a little piece of masking tape will cover any gaps.
   7. With the unit in place, my open lower window almost touches the top of the window frame. This means that there is insufficient room to install the included L-bracket as an added protection to prevent the window from being opened further from the outside (e.g., by an intruder). I simply drilled a hole completely through the front window frame and halfway through the back window frame, and then I pushed a big nail into the hole to prevent movement of the window.
   8. Some reviews complained that the unit is too noisy. I, however, feel that it’s as quiet as a window unit can possibly be. The compressor makes MUCH less noise than my 14,000 BTU Whynter portable air conditioner, which Good Housekeeping ranked in 2018 as quieter than other units on the market.
   9. Outside sounds are now more noticeable when the conditioner is not running. This is unavoidable given since I can no longer close the inside window and the outer storm window. If the sounds of crickets bothers you at night, you’re probably out of luck.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Vi Lady – August 2, 2024

   Is easy to install, the noise level is great

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – August 8, 2024

   I was surprised at the quality of the LG LW6017R 6,000 BTU unit. I used it to take the edge off a hot summer and it performed perfectly. I bought it because of its low rated power consumption – I could barely see a difference in my electric bill. I was very pleased.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Dija – August 17, 2024

   works as advertised and in my case actually cooled more square footage than advertised. so I am extremely satisfied.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Paul Hundal – August 27, 2024

   So far so good. Works great. Looks great (relative to others). Installed easily. Cools nicely. Just in time for summer. I am impressed with Amazon’s speed and convenience of delivery. I don’t normally think of buying something like this through Amazon but when I went to Home Hardware and Home Depot, neither had the variety of air conditioners in stock that I needed. Amazon on the other hand had the widest variety allowing me to buy exactly what I wanted so I bought through them and had it in two days.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Dallas – September 2, 2024

   Me and my friend had a few laughs at the instruction manual. Aside from all the typos there’s some pretty funny warnings written on the first couple of pages in broken English.

   Installation wasn’t too tedious, however when I powered the unit on the compressor only remained active for maybe 30 seconds before going off again. The temperature was set to 60° and it was 78° outside, however the compressor continued to cycle on for no longer than 20-30 seconds and then back off again for 5-10 minutes over and over again.

   I’ll test it out over the next three days since it’s supposed to be in the 90s, however if this behavior continues I’m going to be sending it back and getting another unit elsewhere.

   Update: The compressor is working just fine in the heat. Cools the room very quickly to a comfortable temperature and then shuts off when it’s cold in the room. Although it’s near 100° out, it’s much much cooler in my room. The only thing that worries me is that the unit occasionally crackles and grinds for a split second like there’s something stuck inside it, though I’ve looked inside it several times and see nothing. (The top of the unit is very open and you can easily see inside.) There was even one occasion where the fan ground against something for a second but again, there was nothing inside the chassis for it to come in contact with. It’s a little odd but hopefully it’s not a sign that it’s broken or dying already. I’ve only had it for two days!

   This is the second and final edit unless something new comes up. The following is a more in depth review after having owned this for around two weeks.

   After using it for around two weeks now I’ve gotten a good feel for how this unit functions. Unfortunately I’ve encountered a few things about it that will prevent me from giving it anything over a three star rating.

   The performance is decent. It cools my room quickly to around 60°F and then the compressor goes off for a while. If you’re like me and you’re comfortable in colder temperatures or like to fall asleep on a 70°F day or night with it being around 50°F in your room then this air conditioner is not for you. If the temperature outside isn’t at least 75°-80° or enough to quickly warm the room back up then when the unit has cooled the room to around 60°-ish and the compressor goes off it won’t come back on for a long while. Once it does it will run for maybe ten seconds before cycling back off. I have a different window-unit air conditioner in another room that, despite its minimum temperature also being 60°F, will cycle the compressor on and off even when it’s 40°-50°F outside to keep the room cold enough that you must sleep with a blanket on. With this unit if the room temperature is not at least around 70° despite also being set to 60° the compressor will not come on and the fan will just blow. From a functionality standpoint I suppose it’s working correctly but if you prefer your room super duper cold then you won’t achieve that with this unit.

   The dehumidifying function via the dry setting on the control panel is a joke, not an extra feature or a convenience. The manual claims that when set to ‘dry’ mode the compressor will run on a preset fan speed to remove moisture from the air without adding any cold air to the room, and will turn off when the set temperature is reached. (That’s literally what it says.) it then goes on to say things about how the moisture level in the air will affect what temperature you feel, mentions the heat index in a way that doesn’t make sense to anyone that knows anything about meteorology, and then doesn’t even mention anything about the humidity level itself in relation to how the unit’s dehumidifier works. That first part is how a dehumidifier SHOULD work, however just reading the entire thing in the manual made no sense to me at all. It’s worded in such a way that it’s supposed to trick people that don’t know any better. When dehumidifying the compressor should cycle off when a certain humidity level (%) is reached, not when a certain temperature is reached, and fan speed should not matter. Since the manual was full of typos I figured they’d just typod that bit until I had the pleasure of testing out the ‘dry’ function on a rainy 70°F day while everything was damp from all the water in the air. Just as I expected you were able to adjust temperature on the control panel and not humidity level, and it was exactly the same thing as setting the unit to ‘energy saver’ with the fan speed on low. Cold air was most definitely added to the room as I knew it would be given there was no way the air could be heated back up after passing through the evaporator coil (that’s what an actual dehumidifier would do) and after only a few seconds of running the compressor cycled off and the unit went to sleep0 the same way it does when it’s on energy saving mode and it’s cooled the room to around 60°. Every couple of minutes the fan would kick on on low to check the room temperature and then shut back off after a few seconds because the room had been cooled and not dehumidified.

   The build quality is very cheap. The screws for assembly are unreasonably pointy and will poke you rather painfully through their plastic packaging if you don’t literally handle them like they’re newborn kittens. Any squeezing at all when lifting the bag of screws and brackets and you can guarantee yourself a few pokes to the fingers and palms. The metal exterior of the air conditioner is noticeably soft and the internal components appear to be very cheap as well. Because the unit is so open you’re easily able to see down inside of both the front and the back. The entire wall behind the front facing fan and evaporator coil appears to be made of styrofoam. It’s bumpy and sparkly and you don’t even need to touch it (which I didn’t) to know that it’s foam. The fan motor in the back of the unit also appears to be zip tied to the compressor for some reason. I may upload pictures of all this in the near future but right now it’s almost 2 in the morning. Regardless of however cheaply built the unit appears to be it works, at least for now.

   The curtains do not provide a good seal at all, and during the colder winter nights you can actually feel the cool air rushing in around the top and sides of them if you hold your hand anywhere near them. This is because the curtains themselves, for whatever reason, are able to be slid in and out of their frames by sliding them down and out before screwing them into the side of the unit. As a result they’re smaller than the frames and leave a little gap in the top and sides underneath the lip of the curtain frames that you won’t be able to see unless you look up from below. Hot air, cold air, and definitely bugs if you turn on your light during the night are able to easily slip through those gaps and enter your room. I sealed the gaps by covering the curtains entirely with duct tape but it’s up to you how you want to handle it. The problem is not with my particular window, it’s with the design of the curtains. The area between the curtain frames and my window are sealed up tight as can be, the problem is in the area between the curtain frames and the curtains.

   Lastly, we have the remote control. The remote is only useful for the power button and nothing more. Due to the angle of the control panel and the fact that it’s on the top of the unit, you have no idea what you’re doing when you’re laying in bed and want to change how the unit is behaving aside from outright turning it off. If you want a different temperature, delay-off time, or mode then you have to get up and do it manually because it’s impossible to know what you’re doing unless for some reason your bed is high enough off the ground to see the top of the air conditioner.

   I’m pretty certain that’s all I have to say about this particular unit for now. If something else comes to mind or happens that’s worth mentioning I’ll definitely do so, but as of right now I think I’ve covered everything. Because it does keep the room cool when it’s scorching hot outside it deserves at least a three star rating, but that’s all I’m giving it.

   Final update (for real this time):
   After using this for several years I’ve learned a bit more about it. If the temperature outside is near or below 60 the compressor behaves differently, likely to protect itself from damage, and your room may not cool as much as you’d like. The temperature outside determines how cold your room gets as much as the temperature in your room does. The hotter it is outside the colder your room will be, and if it’s in the 90s or mid 80s outside the compressor will run almost continously and you’ll need a sweater or jacket if you want to keep it running. I like that sort of cold so it works well for me. It will keep your room around 60 degrees regardless, but if the temperature outside is well below that don’t expect the compressor to fire too often. That makes sense though. It can easily be damaged from running in low temperatures.

   In the winter the insulation sucks. I might as well have left the window wide open. You’ll want to take it out of your window in the winter. Other than that I don’t have any complaints. It’s been going strong for several years now and I’m happy with it.

7. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Vi Lady – September 12, 2024

   We were required to have ours professionally installed in side sliding window which required a piece of wood being cut to fit gap at top of unit. It looks really neat with that insert. And the installer followed the direction as written.
   Unfortunately, we could only get a lower BTU model due to window size 6000. ( We would have preferred 8000 but none available.)
   Our suite has living room about 13x 15, but it has opening to larger den. Our suite external hallway gets very hot and we are on the warm side of our large residential building.
   The unit reduced high humidity quickly, but room temperature has not been able to reduce below 26/27 from outside 35 to 30. This at least makes it bearable…a big improvement and comfortable although I would have preferred cooler and we add a fan in the entrance of the den which helps the remainder of the suite.

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   JC – October 15, 2024

   I use it in a small room, barely hear it running. Cools the room quickly. Easy to install and operate.