I use my garage as a hobby room, workshop, a place to think, and once in a while, just escape. Most of all I use it to do stuff for others, and this time of year, it’s impossible to work out there without sweating like crazy. It is an attached garage with a bonus room over and only one exterior wall, besides the wall with the overhead door in it. The door is insulated and the exterior wall is brick veneer, so I thought I might have decent results trying to condition it in some way. It is about 500 sq ft.There are no windows, and I was not cutting a giant rectangular hole in the brick wall, so a window unit was out of the question. A split system was an option, but I was looking at $2-3k and lots of work. I read all about freestanding AC units and settled on this one. I liked that this one had the dual hoses. That made sense, and I chose the heater to make the garage a 365-day space.It came UPS two days faster than the est. arrival date. The box was holding on for dear life when it arrived, but much to my surprise, the unit did not have a scratch. I let it sit upright overnight to let the coolant settle before plugging it in. I was lucky in that last year I had cut two 6” diameter holes from my garage into my crawl space to allow air to enter, and then be exhausted by a wall-mounted exhaust fan I had installed on the opposite wall. I was able to use those two holes for the AC inlet and outlet hose connections. With minor ingenuity, the AC hoses easily connected to the two 6” size damper vents I had installed there. I turned the unit on, set it to 72, and hoped for the best.Within about 6 hours, the garage was colder than the house. It has been working perfectly for almost 3 weeks. The garage is now just like any other room, and I’m hoping that by keeping it cooler, it radiates less heat into the rest of the house and offsets my AC costs inside. That remains to be seen, but it sure can’t hurt. Like any AC, it does bring the garage temp down, then cycles off when not needed. I’ve tried running the unit with the inlet hose just open to the garage, but the humidity climbed and it was not as comfortable as when both hoses were connected to an exterior space. The hoses included are super quality and the window installation kit is very well thought out, though I did not need it.The unit is slick. Very attractive. Intuitive backlit controls and remote. I do wish it had an app for my phone. It does have a 24-hr timer, but I’m having best results not letting the temp vary by much. The self-evaporation feature is working. I removed the rear condensate cap thinking it might drip onto the floor a little, but no drips. A little surface condensate collects around the cooling vent, but nothing major. I expect it will drip out the condensate outlet in heat mode this winter. It runs extremely quietly. It would not be an issue at all sleeping beside this thing.All in all, this unit has been worth every penny so far. It basically added a usable-all-year room to the house. Kudos to Whynter for making such a great unit and having an incredible delivery time. It came cross country to NC in a matter of a few days.Highly recommended! I’ll try to report back once I use heater mode or if there are any hiccups.