Stay frosty

They also made a crapton of noise. The hotels often didn’t change the filter, so you’d instantly get a stuffy nose when you walked in. They were always right under the curtain, so it would recirculate the air caught in the curtain and cycle off and on too much because the air temp fluctuated too much.

I spend a lot of time in hotels. It was always a mixed bag with these. If you got a good one it was almost an exception rather than the rule.

and may god help you if the unit is right next to the bed
Yep. I see one and I know I'm not going to wake up on Hoth because if I leave it on, I'm not going to sleep in the first place.
The curtain thing was a major pain in the ass; same with the noise. I've mostly been lucky with decent ones I guess, but I've spent a ton of time in shitty hotels.
- I live in hotels more than half the time, here's the pro tip- take a hanger with clips from the closet and use it to clip the curtains above and behind the vents. Or just open the curtains, nobody cares what you're doing in there.
The first thing I do every time I step into a hotel room is check the filter. If it's dirty, then I bring it to the front desk to show them. I always get a free upgrade... to another room with an equally dirty filter. Which at that point I remove it and toss it in the stairwell to let it be maintenance's problem. I can't be bothered to put in more effort than that if the staff can't be bothered to replace their filters.

Had one of these at a hotel in Utah. It was hot as balls outside, but damn did this thing keep it frosty inside. And yeah, its loud, but at least it drowned out my dads snoring.

at least it drowned out my dads snoring.
I love background noise. Drown out the road sound, people eating, snoring, get rid of it all. Bless the hums of modern industry
- Road sounds are the worst. It completely surrounds you and there's no escaping it. And there's always those assholes with loud engines cranking their hogs.

I am in the Netherlands and lately AC's are getting more common. As someone with an appartement top floor flat roof, living room faced south the split AC installed this year is a blessing. Summers get hot nowadays.

Same in the pacific northwest. Had a heat pump put in this year thanks to an interest free loan from the city. Used to not hit triple digits here.
- Dang, I need to get one installed. Just dont know who around Portland to trust. Had one estimate and it was like 20 grand for a 4 head install.
- Does it pump heat variably in both directions?
Hooray for climate change.
And the fun part is that all those new ACs will accelerate it!

The only issue is the older ones tend to be very loud especially when they turn on in the middle of the night.

especially when they turn on in the middle of the night.
That's a rookie move. Leave the fan on at full blast all night, and then you won't hear the difference when the AC kicks in, plus it's a free white-noise machine
- Exactly what I do, I need a fan and white noise when I sleep. Plus it muffles my chainsaw snoring.
- This.
- better idea, just force it to run the AC all night so the compresser never changes in volume.
- Yes, as I replied to Jikiya... Tinnitus.
- 10000000000000% this

There's something about walking into a motel room with this AC blowing at full power after being at the beach all day that just can't be beat.

My college dorm has one of these. Literally heaven.

When the housing market crashes I'm gonna get a house with one of these

Don’t hold your breath.
The house would have to have like 5-10 of them. One for every room in the house.
- Tbf my dream house is only like 3 rooms plus a bathroom
You're going to have to install that yourself.

I wish this were still the case. The last time I saw one of these was a year or so ago and I was excited to freeze. Unfortunately, the room AC was through a different, more modern, device. They just left the classic to toy with my emotions.

They just left it because it was cheaper. Toying with your emotions is just a free bonus.

Then don't forget your tauntaun sleeping bag.

I thought they smelled bad on the outside
That does not look warm.

Ok, this is a personal thing for me. It might be just UK/Europe (I don't know) that rejects this use of the apostrophe in this case. Throughout my North American (US, specifically) education into collegiate level English courses I was taught to use an apostrophe to pluralize initialisms and acronyms specifically. If it is not an initialism or acronym, carry on with just adding an "s."

If there is an actual problem within this US variation of English that I have been taught, please let me know, because it's become frustrating to see things such as: "you don't need that apostrophe," and "this is a sin against the apostrophe" etc. etc.

I'm not trying to be critical or harsh here, just get a better understanding.

The way I knew it in the UK is:
AC - singular air conditioner
AC's - air conditioner's [something]
ACs - multiple air conditioners
- Thanks. That helps quite a bit. The internet's fury has made me question whether I am correct in this regard countless times, but I still have textbooks that say that the usage in this meme is correct. I've been curious for a long time.
- It's the same in the US, people just aren't very aware of/careful about grammar here.
People like simple rules, that's all. So for most people it's conjunction or possessive. The hanging apostrophe starts some fun conversations too.
It's incorrect in American English as well, but people commonly use it this way anyway.
American checking in, this was also how I was taught to pluralize throughout my education.
The usage in the post title seemed correct to me fwiw
- There is no apostrophe in the title....

Same! Sometimes, I get let down because I see a thermostat on the wall but these bad asses can be controlled by those too. 55 degrees! Stay frosty my friends.

Was in a 'modern' hotel recently. Hardwood floors, fresh paint, and warm embedded light fixtures.

Went to look for a thermostat. Nope. One of these AC/heater units. It was all analog, twisty knobs, faded labels, easily from the 1970s. Two options: regular, and high.

It was fine, but pretty obvious the remo budget had run out.

Sure wish they were quiet enough to sleep through.

The noise makes me forget having Tinnitus.
- the reason I sleep with 2 fans
Ok you are batshit crazy because fan noise is like the best way to get to sleep ever
- After rain sounds.

I spent the last year on the road in a touring band and let me tell you, these things are not what they used to be. They've hobbled them with thermostat limits of as high as 70 F. I need that shit to go to at least 68.

Some hotel I stayed at constructed some weird wooden cage/facade around the unit for some god forsaken reason.

People probably sat on it (and broke it)
- Perhaps. Couldn't be great for airflow though.

Like sleeping with a lawn mower in the room. But I'd take that over being sticky and hot.

Honestly, I can't sleep without any white noise.
Without it, it's just quiet. Too quiet...
- I have tinnitus and having no white noise basically will make things louder than without any noise. This has given me the ability to fall asleep in virtually any conditions. I don’t know whether that’s a good thing or not.

These usually have a horribly dirty filter inside, because the hotel never cleans it.

nah buddy we got central air conditioning its very good