Hubby bought ours based on Consumer reports I think. Ours is an Alen brand. I use it when it is very humid and hot only in the bedroom.

You know I had a stressful week, with a very ill old old cat and vet and bills and worry about putting her to sleep, etc etc...and my feet just flamed up. They have been pretty quiet before.
It just reminded me of how bad stress can be for PN.

Also I had one serving of some ribs hubby made with the sauce he likes...It is made for chicken and called Lea & Perrins marinade for Chicken. THAT really went to my feet...man o' man!

Got to really watch the spicy foods combined with summer IMO.
I typically don't season my food much anymore because I react that way. MSG too!
Ours looks like this:
http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CC8Q8wIwAg#

It has a hose that goes to a bucket, and it sometimes recycles the water it removes and at other times it just dumps it into the bucket.
When it is really hot (over 85 all day) the bucket needs to be emptied regularly. But at lower temps it is not so often.
I keep it at 72. I think it was a bit noisey, but then I am sensitive to noise...when the compressor kicks in that is the worst. But you get used to it. We've had ours for 4 yrs now and it has worked well. It did blow a fuse once. They had good telephone and email tech advice too. But we haven't needed it once we got the hang of the bucket and electrical hook up etc.

My PN doesn't bother me too much in summer any more, but only at night. Warmer temps seem better all around for me lately. (just not over 85 please!)

I don't know off hand the BTUs... hubby isn't home. But for our small room I don't think it is the higher one. It has a hose like a dryer vent hose, that we put out the window.