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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

My college dorm has one of these. Literally heaven.

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

Then don't forget your tauntaun sleeping bag.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sure wish they were quiet enough to sleep through.

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

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