As another top reviewer mentioned, it is important to read the instructions before you use this unit, as some of the functions are not intuitive.
I've only been using this unit for a couple of days, so if I find anything wonky about it later I'll update this review.
I used to have the Koldfront PAC1401W Ultracool 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner which I bought back in 2013. I didn't like it because I needed something to cool my studio apartment and that unit was far too large/powerful, and it was also very noisy. Because it was so large and powerful, it would turn on for one cool cycle and over-cool the room so I was freezing, then it would shut off for one cycle and it would get uncomfortably hot. So it was a constant cycle of being too cold or too hot. That was entirely my fault for choosing a unit that was too large for the space.
This unit is ideal for a single room or a studio apartment. You would not want to use this to cool an entire house, a large garage or any other space larger than a bedroom. It puts out about the same amount of noise as a box fan, yet it is very powerful for its size. I can feel the air blowing when I am standing in the bathroom all the way off the opposite side of the room.
The unit was easy to install. All I had to do was stack up the vent slats and put in the little plastic knobbies to hold them at the height of my sliding window, then shut the window and fix it in place with the security lock at the back. After that I plugged the exhaust hose into the unit and the hole in the window slat, plugged the unit in and off it went. It cooled down my room to a comfortable temperature in about 15 minutes and then shut off. By default the unit turns the fan on and off with the cooling cycle, but you can configure it to always run the fan on either low or high.
One thing I appreciate about this unit, and a primary reason I chose it over other units of the same BTU rating: If you unplug it, it retains your settings and uses them when the unit is plugged back in. This means I can control it with any of the available cheap smart plugs also on Amazon. I have the Emporia smart plugs which not only allow me to control the unit with my Google Home device and my phone, but they also monitor how much electricity the unit uses.
I can use Google Home to do things like:
* "Hey Google, turn off the AC at 2am."
* (When I'm getting ready to leave the office) "Hey google, turn on the AC" (so it's cool in my room when I get home).
* If I forget to turn off the AC before I leave home I can turn it off remotely so it's not running the whole time I'm gone and running up the electric bill.
* I can set a schedule so the unit turns off when I leave for work and switches on half an hour before I get home.
* I can set an outside temperature target so that if the temperature outside gets to a certain level it switches on the AC so the heat inside my room doesn't cause my food and medication to spoil.
The unit is pretty good at maintaining the temperature in the room without being annoying. The cool cycles seem to be at the sweet spot between being off too long and switching on and off too frequently. I did notice that sometimes when the unit switches on for a cooling cycle it goes GA-THUMP and shakes the whole room, for some reason. It's not loud, it's just... like somebody stomping the floor really hard. For that reason I would not recommend placing this unit above the floor like on a desk or table: It DEFINATELY will shake itself off and fall onto the floor.
The unit is about the size of a half fridge and slightly narrower. You can get an idea of the size from my picture which has a plastic spoon in front of it for scale.
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| cooling power | 10000 btus | 14000 btus | 10000 btus | 5000 btus | 6500 btus | 8000 btus |
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My FAVORITE Portable AC!
So starting off, this Summer has been BRUTAL with EVERY single day in July/August over 100f and May/June being high 90 and low 100’s. The AC systems in our homes were struggling and racking up the bill with us spending often $9-11 a day to cool with both helping each other. We also have poor insulation which is something we’ve had to try and tackle ourselves.In the end we got fed up of running the homes existing AC system because it was simply too expensive and opted to get a Window/Portable AC. The windows on our home are very flimsy and not at all suited for window units sadly and frankly we weren’t too keen on having to drill into things, worry about them falling out and having the hassle of having to bring them in every other season. So we opted to go for a portable.Now there’s two different kinds of portable AC units. Single Hose and Dual Hose. Single hose units suck in air from the room which creates negative pressure in the room and pulling in hot air from either gaps/cracks in the doors/windows and blows all the hot air out the single hose. The single vent hose gets very hot - so between the negative pressure pulling in heat and the hot hose these single hose units have to try and fight those two things to keep the room cool which can REALLY lower their efficiency. Hence why you’ll see units advertise 14,000 BTU’s then in brackets have a lower BTU usually half of the first BTU rating. The second BTU number is the SAAC rating which basically takes into account the heat pulled into the room from the negative pressure and the hose and tells you how efficient it is. So units that advertise 14,000BTU typically use the power of a 14,000 BTU unit but are only really equivalent to a 7000 BTU unit with those other things taken into account.Dual-hose units (like this one) pull air in from the outside eliminating much of the negative pressure issue (where heat is sucked in from cracks/windows/doors) hence why the secondary SAAC BTU rating is much higher. And in my experience the vent hose is actually much cooler.This dual-hose design on the Midea/Toshiba is quite unique. They have decided to combine both hoses into one big wide unwieldy thing which sucks if you want to angle your portable AC to face it in a certain direction, but the benefit of it is that it goes vertically up from the back of the machine and bends up then down meaning you can shove it closer to and up-against the wall/window which you cant do on other units. Kudos to them. So it has its pros/cons. Pro: Being able to shove it against the wall / Con: not being able to angle it.Now we first decided to buy the Toshiba version of this AC from Home Depot for our living room. It’s the exact same machine as this but in white. Midea and Toshiba are the same company. We set it up as soon as we received it and had it set up in minutes! I recommend cutting the foam seal tape down the middle so you have two strips and instead of sticking it on the window-sill, stick it around the window vent plate for the AC. That way you can remove the plate and shut the window in a jiffy if you decide to move the unit!We set it up with the app straight away and I love all the features and control I have over the unit from the app. It’s awesome. Just to be clear the Toshiba app is what I use to control both my Midea and Toshiba unit (yes I bought a Midea after the Toshiba since I loved the unit so much!) The app allows you to remotely turn on the unit, set the temperature, the swing function, turn on/off the LED display, make schedules and more! I can’t go back to a different brand after having this (yes I tried to cheap out with my second portable - I’ll explain soon).Anyhow we have a large openspace ground floor which merges into the upstairs hallway w/ high ceilings and despite this portable AC being rated for 550sqft it does an pretty good job of cooling the downstairs living area. Our master bedroom is downstairs and granted, that doesn’t get much cooling since its well out of the way but that’s fine. Since getting this portable AC we’ve been able to turn off our MAIN downstairs AC system from MORNING (when we get up and out the bedroom) till BED TIME when we go to bed. And this little guy keeps the downstairs living area VERY comfortable the entire day on its own during these 100-110f days in Texas. This has saved us a fortune in electricity.Also this portable AC, not only does it have remote smartphone control, google home/alexa smarthome functionality BUT it also uses something called a smart variable inverter technology. So unlike other bog standard portable ACs which loudly turn on and run at full power/volume then shut off abrubptly when they meet the desired temp - then ramp up again when the temp creeps up. The Midea and Toshiba are able to gently ramp up and down the power depending on the situation. Other portable AC’s turn on and draw a full 1300W whereas the Midea/Toshiba can run and drop to as low as 50w when the fan is running, maintain temps at a low 300-500w or work a little harder and stay at 900w or if its really working hard ramp up to 1300w. This works brilliantly to save on the noise and power usage. It’s not running at all or nothing all the time. It’s smart, it can adjust the power and power draw to suit the conditions. This like I said helps conserve energy and keeps noise at a minimum. THAT BEING SAID, it would be nice if Midea/Toshiba added the ability in the app to allow us to force it to run at full power if we so wished rather than let it decide when to conserve power etc.Overall, for our downstairs, this unit (at least the Toshiba we got) was WELL WORTH the investment.NOW - Onto PART 2. Cooling the upstairs (specifically my home office) which I work in every day.Despite the Toshiba version of this Midea doing an amazing job of cooling the downstairs. The upstairs and my office was like a damn oven. I came to the conclusion that if i wanted to get ANY work done in my office upstairs I had the choice of running the main upstairs AC which effectively couldn’t keep up and would run FULL blast the entire day costing us a fortune OR invest in another portable AC.I decided to purchase another portable AC and instead of buying another Toshiba/Midea dual-hose unit I decided to cheap out and try the Black and Decker 14,000BTU(7000BTU SAAC) since it was well reviewed on Amazon despite it being a single hose unit with no smart features. Well…. BIG MISTAKE. As I said earlier in the review, the single hose was like a damn oven defeating the purpose of cooling the room if it has a hot burning heater of a hose behind it. I can’t talk about the negative pressure/leaking in hot air since I can’t measure that. But despite it being in a 100sqft office room and the unit was rated for 450sqft, it would run CONSTANTLY and STRUGGLE to keep the room at a comfortable temp. I asked myself “What’s the point of this thing” it cost me $500 after taxes and it was doing nothing. It also rumbled on and off and consumed max power at all times at some times going as high as 1800W almost tripping my breaker! Worst of all was I missed the app and smart controls I enjoyed on my downstairs Toshiba/Midea.So… after a few days I bit the bullet and said screw this, filed a return on the Black and Decker and pulled the trigger on the Midea 14,000 (12,000btu saac) which essentially was just a couple of hundred dollars more with better efficiency and many more smart features/remote control.I REALLY missed being able to turn the AC on in advance downstairs via the app and set schedules.Well the Midea arrived, I liked the black as opposed to the white of the Toshiba but it’s essentially identical. The Midea app wasn’t compatible with my Z Fold 3 for some reason so I had a go at setting it up with the Toshiba app and to my surprise - the Midea AC works just fine with the Toshiba app as the Toshiba AC does! They are all essentially the same app with minor differences.Well, weeks later I am THOROUGHLY impressed with the Midea as much as I am with my Toshiba downstairs. They are both on the same app so I can control both seperately using the one app which is nice.I’ve not had any issue with the fan inside ripping itself apart or shaking the machine. It’s running perfectly. Just make sure its sitting on a good flat level surface :)The Midea can cool my office down to the low 60’s if needed making it like a darn fridge. It’s awesome, I’ve had fun pushing it to its limits. It feels like magic on a 105f day, walking into my home office and it’s actually chilly cold lol.I now have no need to use EITHER the main downstairs or upstairs AC systems LOL.Anyhow, to round off my review I just want to share how ecstatic I am about this unit and have NO QUALMS about recommending it to others. Now as for the issues I have read, they could potentially be from dodgy delivery issues (from being bumped/knocked around or dropped during transport.) So I guess it really comes down to whether you get lucky and your unit moves through the delivery/courier system delicately or not. I saw some pictures where peoples boxes were all bashed in, dented and the rotating fan part was bashed into the unit. I suppose that could be why many of the people with issues have had such a bad experience - their unit was damaged in transport. But it seems I was lucky enough to receive my two units in good shape.Now the Toshiba variant of this (in white) is actually selling for $649 on Home Depots website right now but they go in and out of stock on a regular basis and can be hard to buy (I guess they are popular) but if you can, why not save 50bucks. Plus I’d probably trust Home Depots delivery people more than Amazons for big fragile items like this. But if you get the Midea (providing the delivery/transport goes well) you’ll be just as happy.My wife is now tempted to get one for her office upstairs and hell I wouldn’t mind getting one for our master bedroom downstairs too if budget permits one day. But I am VERY happy with my two units I have right now and I hope Toshiba/Midea keep supporting this unit because it is an absolute gem!Pros:- VERY ENERGY EFFICIENT- Great for space (can tuck it closer to the wall/window) because of the hose design- Much better SAAC BTU rating- Decent noise- LOTS of Smart Home functionality (APP and Google Home/Alexa support)Cons:- Can’t angle it left/right very much because of the dual-hose in one design- Not as quiet as they advertise (but what can you expect when the condenser is inside the room with you)JUST BUY IT ALREADY (and good luck with the delivery/shipping) :D
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021
I've only been using this unit for a couple of days, so if I find anything wonky about it later I'll update this review.
I used to have the Koldfront PAC1401W Ultracool 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner which I bought back in 2013. I didn't like it because I needed something to cool my studio apartment and that unit was far too large/powerful, and it was also very noisy. Because it was so large and powerful, it would turn on for one cool cycle and over-cool the room so I was freezing, then it would shut off for one cycle and it would get uncomfortably hot. So it was a constant cycle of being too cold or too hot. That was entirely my fault for choosing a unit that was too large for the space.
This unit is ideal for a single room or a studio apartment. You would not want to use this to cool an entire house, a large garage or any other space larger than a bedroom. It puts out about the same amount of noise as a box fan, yet it is very powerful for its size. I can feel the air blowing when I am standing in the bathroom all the way off the opposite side of the room.
The unit was easy to install. All I had to do was stack up the vent slats and put in the little plastic knobbies to hold them at the height of my sliding window, then shut the window and fix it in place with the security lock at the back. After that I plugged the exhaust hose into the unit and the hole in the window slat, plugged the unit in and off it went. It cooled down my room to a comfortable temperature in about 15 minutes and then shut off. By default the unit turns the fan on and off with the cooling cycle, but you can configure it to always run the fan on either low or high.
One thing I appreciate about this unit, and a primary reason I chose it over other units of the same BTU rating: If you unplug it, it retains your settings and uses them when the unit is plugged back in. This means I can control it with any of the available cheap smart plugs also on Amazon. I have the Emporia smart plugs which not only allow me to control the unit with my Google Home device and my phone, but they also monitor how much electricity the unit uses.
I can use Google Home to do things like:
* "Hey Google, turn off the AC at 2am."
* (When I'm getting ready to leave the office) "Hey google, turn on the AC" (so it's cool in my room when I get home).
* If I forget to turn off the AC before I leave home I can turn it off remotely so it's not running the whole time I'm gone and running up the electric bill.
* I can set a schedule so the unit turns off when I leave for work and switches on half an hour before I get home.
* I can set an outside temperature target so that if the temperature outside gets to a certain level it switches on the AC so the heat inside my room doesn't cause my food and medication to spoil.
The unit is pretty good at maintaining the temperature in the room without being annoying. The cool cycles seem to be at the sweet spot between being off too long and switching on and off too frequently. I did notice that sometimes when the unit switches on for a cooling cycle it goes GA-THUMP and shakes the whole room, for some reason. It's not loud, it's just... like somebody stomping the floor really hard. For that reason I would not recommend placing this unit above the floor like on a desk or table: It DEFINATELY will shake itself off and fall onto the floor.
The unit is about the size of a half fridge and slightly narrower. You can get an idea of the size from my picture which has a plastic spoon in front of it for scale.
Color: WhiteSize: 8,000 BTUVerified Purchase
Really good as long as you understand it's for a single room and you read the instructions
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021
As another top reviewer mentioned, it is important to read the instructions before you use this unit, as some of the functions are not intuitive.Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021
I've only been using this unit for a couple of days, so if I find anything wonky about it later I'll update this review.
I used to have the Koldfront PAC1401W Ultracool 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner which I bought back in 2013. I didn't like it because I needed something to cool my studio apartment and that unit was far too large/powerful, and it was also very noisy. Because it was so large and powerful, it would turn on for one cool cycle and over-cool the room so I was freezing, then it would shut off for one cycle and it would get uncomfortably hot. So it was a constant cycle of being too cold or too hot. That was entirely my fault for choosing a unit that was too large for the space.
This unit is ideal for a single room or a studio apartment. You would not want to use this to cool an entire house, a large garage or any other space larger than a bedroom. It puts out about the same amount of noise as a box fan, yet it is very powerful for its size. I can feel the air blowing when I am standing in the bathroom all the way off the opposite side of the room.
The unit was easy to install. All I had to do was stack up the vent slats and put in the little plastic knobbies to hold them at the height of my sliding window, then shut the window and fix it in place with the security lock at the back. After that I plugged the exhaust hose into the unit and the hole in the window slat, plugged the unit in and off it went. It cooled down my room to a comfortable temperature in about 15 minutes and then shut off. By default the unit turns the fan on and off with the cooling cycle, but you can configure it to always run the fan on either low or high.
One thing I appreciate about this unit, and a primary reason I chose it over other units of the same BTU rating: If you unplug it, it retains your settings and uses them when the unit is plugged back in. This means I can control it with any of the available cheap smart plugs also on Amazon. I have the Emporia smart plugs which not only allow me to control the unit with my Google Home device and my phone, but they also monitor how much electricity the unit uses.
I can use Google Home to do things like:
* "Hey Google, turn off the AC at 2am."
* (When I'm getting ready to leave the office) "Hey google, turn on the AC" (so it's cool in my room when I get home).
* If I forget to turn off the AC before I leave home I can turn it off remotely so it's not running the whole time I'm gone and running up the electric bill.
* I can set a schedule so the unit turns off when I leave for work and switches on half an hour before I get home.
* I can set an outside temperature target so that if the temperature outside gets to a certain level it switches on the AC so the heat inside my room doesn't cause my food and medication to spoil.
The unit is pretty good at maintaining the temperature in the room without being annoying. The cool cycles seem to be at the sweet spot between being off too long and switching on and off too frequently. I did notice that sometimes when the unit switches on for a cooling cycle it goes GA-THUMP and shakes the whole room, for some reason. It's not loud, it's just... like somebody stomping the floor really hard. For that reason I would not recommend placing this unit above the floor like on a desk or table: It DEFINATELY will shake itself off and fall onto the floor.
The unit is about the size of a half fridge and slightly narrower. You can get an idea of the size from my picture which has a plastic spoon in front of it for scale.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2022
The Midea Duo is a wonderful machine -- in a small bedroom (roughly 11x11) setting this to the lowest setting (60 degrees Fahrenheit) will actually take a space this small down into the mid / upper 50s. This is while the machine copes easily with southeastern heat and humidity outside.
I watched a Youtube reviewer test the noise level, and yes, that very low decibel rating is accurate with one caveat. The minimum noise level advertised only happens on low fan when the unit is in air circulation mode, no AC active -- the compressor running will easily exceed that level even on the lowest settings.
Don't get me wrong -- I work at a desk approximately four feet away from the unit and I have absolutely no issues doing my job. There is a quirk of the unit where when the AC first activates, it briefly will spin everything up to maximum even with the settings configured to low / medium. This will last about thirty seconds before the inverter tech kicks in and the compressor drops into background noise. This is my only pet peeve overall.
I am unsure as to why there isn't a "quiet mode" setting where it will run the compressor at a low setting more often for longer periods to maintain temperature versus needing to run full power for a bit. I would absolutely love this as a feature. Sending the compressor all the way to maximum and maximum fans briefly before stepping back and operating quietly is annoying, but I will note that I do not consider this loud enough to interrupt my day. Sitting further away will mitigate the issue completely.
The noise is never enough to wake me from sleep and isn't "terrible". On normal low AC settings outside of the initial "start up" where it runs full tilt, I would say it is about as loud as box fan set to medium-low. The full start up level of noise for the compressor is approximately as loud as a window AC running on full. You will definitely notice the different stages as it cycles up and down.
This thing will freeze you out of a room and quickly drop the temperature. I have never seen anything like it. Even dealing with Florida heat and humidity it was able to take a heat soaked room that was in the upper 80s down to the low 70s in a span of two hours.
I had some concerns about needing to drain this vs a comparable Whynter unit with their exhaust technology. Those concerns were unfounded -- even with Florida humidity I have never needed to drain the unit. I have checked multiple times but I have never had more than a few drops of water in the tank. The AC exhausts the water vapor efficiently out through the window and does not seem to accumulate much at all.
I have not needed to use the dehumidifying option, so that option may require more draining. For normal AC use you will probably not need to drain it often at all. If you live in a drier climate than Florida, you will probably never need to give draining it a second thought at all.
Installation was not difficult for one person and all needed adapters / panels are provided. Midea supplies extra panels and adapters in case you need extensions. I do recommend reviewing the instructions and using the dampening foam panels to keep outside noise and heat away. You can install it without the instructions (it's that simple) but your life will be much easier if you read the manual. :) Make sure to install the hose flow separator at the end of the vent or your performance will not be as great.
Once the foam is installed and the window secured with the included foam liners, outside noise is no worse than what it was before with the window closed. Midea has done very well in thinking of customer comfort.
Durability -- it cools just as well as it did on day one. It has, however, developed a very annoying rattle/vibration when the compressor spins up and goes to full power. This sounds like something vibrating loose in the unit and this happened a few weeks into ownership.
If I press my hand to the side of the unit this is goes away, so perhaps some piece of sound insulation has let go internally? I do not know if it is a defect since it is cooling perfectly, but I had to take away from the noise level stars because this is annoying and something I notice daily. Before it started doing this vibration-rattle the unit was much quieter.
Purely fan mode is wonderfully quiet, so I know this has to be coming from the compressor somehow.
Make sure to clean and check the filters, as the mesh is very fine and this unit needs the airflow to operate at best performance. I have not needed to use the heat function since we're still in the upper 80s and 90s, but will update as I use it.
The remote control is good for when you don't want to get out of bed to change settings, but I find the app to be easier to use. The remote can do most of the things the buttons on the unit will do minus a few options that require the unit buttons to be held down. The app will let you fine tune most settings on the unit and select fan speeds beyond low, medium, or high. I would like to see full control from the app with all settings that can be adjusted on the unit itself.
Our power bill did not increase by much using the AC. Part of this is probably helped by the Midea taking some of the strain off of the old (and inefficient) wall units here. I normally leave it set to low fan circulation and around 72 degrees on the AC. It uses much less power than a comparable window unit and I would absolutely not have anything other than an inverter driven AC at this point. The technology is that good.
Would I buy another Midea again? Absolutely. There are improvements they can make to the overall build quality (addressing the various vibrations / rattles that have appeared) and settings (a quiet AC mode would be greatly appreciated), but overall this is very comparable with the best that Whynter has to offer and the thoughtfulness of the app is wonderful.
It is not cheap, but the price gives you a tremendous performance and feature combination. I have no doubt that this would cool a large living room or combined space with ease. Thank you to Midea for saving me from Florida Summer!
Edit and followup: I attached two decibel measurements. The average for medium fan is 54 and the average for the unit running in AC mode is 61 with spikes up to 68.
I finally ran the heat and it works great, though it will collect a lot of humidity as condensation in the trays. The unit is very easy to drain, but you can also switch to dry mode to have the unit evaporate and exhaust the water.
Edit #2: Still working great after a year and a half with no issues
Color: BlackSize: 14,000 BTU with HeatVerified Purchase
Thoughts on the Midea Duo 14,000 BTU after two months of ownership
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2022
I waited a couple of months to see how the experience held up before submitting a review. Before purchase I had wondered about the drainage situation, performance, and overall noise level. I can address these points fully now.Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2022
The Midea Duo is a wonderful machine -- in a small bedroom (roughly 11x11) setting this to the lowest setting (60 degrees Fahrenheit) will actually take a space this small down into the mid / upper 50s. This is while the machine copes easily with southeastern heat and humidity outside.
I watched a Youtube reviewer test the noise level, and yes, that very low decibel rating is accurate with one caveat. The minimum noise level advertised only happens on low fan when the unit is in air circulation mode, no AC active -- the compressor running will easily exceed that level even on the lowest settings.
Don't get me wrong -- I work at a desk approximately four feet away from the unit and I have absolutely no issues doing my job. There is a quirk of the unit where when the AC first activates, it briefly will spin everything up to maximum even with the settings configured to low / medium. This will last about thirty seconds before the inverter tech kicks in and the compressor drops into background noise. This is my only pet peeve overall.
I am unsure as to why there isn't a "quiet mode" setting where it will run the compressor at a low setting more often for longer periods to maintain temperature versus needing to run full power for a bit. I would absolutely love this as a feature. Sending the compressor all the way to maximum and maximum fans briefly before stepping back and operating quietly is annoying, but I will note that I do not consider this loud enough to interrupt my day. Sitting further away will mitigate the issue completely.
The noise is never enough to wake me from sleep and isn't "terrible". On normal low AC settings outside of the initial "start up" where it runs full tilt, I would say it is about as loud as box fan set to medium-low. The full start up level of noise for the compressor is approximately as loud as a window AC running on full. You will definitely notice the different stages as it cycles up and down.
This thing will freeze you out of a room and quickly drop the temperature. I have never seen anything like it. Even dealing with Florida heat and humidity it was able to take a heat soaked room that was in the upper 80s down to the low 70s in a span of two hours.
I had some concerns about needing to drain this vs a comparable Whynter unit with their exhaust technology. Those concerns were unfounded -- even with Florida humidity I have never needed to drain the unit. I have checked multiple times but I have never had more than a few drops of water in the tank. The AC exhausts the water vapor efficiently out through the window and does not seem to accumulate much at all.
I have not needed to use the dehumidifying option, so that option may require more draining. For normal AC use you will probably not need to drain it often at all. If you live in a drier climate than Florida, you will probably never need to give draining it a second thought at all.
Installation was not difficult for one person and all needed adapters / panels are provided. Midea supplies extra panels and adapters in case you need extensions. I do recommend reviewing the instructions and using the dampening foam panels to keep outside noise and heat away. You can install it without the instructions (it's that simple) but your life will be much easier if you read the manual. :) Make sure to install the hose flow separator at the end of the vent or your performance will not be as great.
Once the foam is installed and the window secured with the included foam liners, outside noise is no worse than what it was before with the window closed. Midea has done very well in thinking of customer comfort.
Durability -- it cools just as well as it did on day one. It has, however, developed a very annoying rattle/vibration when the compressor spins up and goes to full power. This sounds like something vibrating loose in the unit and this happened a few weeks into ownership.
If I press my hand to the side of the unit this is goes away, so perhaps some piece of sound insulation has let go internally? I do not know if it is a defect since it is cooling perfectly, but I had to take away from the noise level stars because this is annoying and something I notice daily. Before it started doing this vibration-rattle the unit was much quieter.
Purely fan mode is wonderfully quiet, so I know this has to be coming from the compressor somehow.
Make sure to clean and check the filters, as the mesh is very fine and this unit needs the airflow to operate at best performance. I have not needed to use the heat function since we're still in the upper 80s and 90s, but will update as I use it.
The remote control is good for when you don't want to get out of bed to change settings, but I find the app to be easier to use. The remote can do most of the things the buttons on the unit will do minus a few options that require the unit buttons to be held down. The app will let you fine tune most settings on the unit and select fan speeds beyond low, medium, or high. I would like to see full control from the app with all settings that can be adjusted on the unit itself.
Our power bill did not increase by much using the AC. Part of this is probably helped by the Midea taking some of the strain off of the old (and inefficient) wall units here. I normally leave it set to low fan circulation and around 72 degrees on the AC. It uses much less power than a comparable window unit and I would absolutely not have anything other than an inverter driven AC at this point. The technology is that good.
Would I buy another Midea again? Absolutely. There are improvements they can make to the overall build quality (addressing the various vibrations / rattles that have appeared) and settings (a quiet AC mode would be greatly appreciated), but overall this is very comparable with the best that Whynter has to offer and the thoughtfulness of the app is wonderful.
It is not cheap, but the price gives you a tremendous performance and feature combination. I have no doubt that this would cool a large living room or combined space with ease. Thank you to Midea for saving me from Florida Summer!
Edit and followup: I attached two decibel measurements. The average for medium fan is 54 and the average for the unit running in AC mode is 61 with spikes up to 68.
I finally ran the heat and it works great, though it will collect a lot of humidity as condensation in the trays. The unit is very easy to drain, but you can also switch to dry mode to have the unit evaporate and exhaust the water.
Edit #2: Still working great after a year and a half with no issues
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