I don't know about portable, but FWIW the Wirecutter window AC reviews don't match my experience at all. They say that Friedrich is louder than LG, which I know

I don't know about portable, but FWIW the Wirecutter window AC reviews don't match my experience at all. They say that Friedrich is louder than LG, which I know to be false because I have one of each running in adjacent rooms.