Midea Duo 12,000 BTU (10,000 BTU SACC) High Efficiency Inverter, Ultra Quiet Portable Air Conditioner, Cools up to 450 Sq. Ft., Compatible with Alexa/Google Assistant, Includes Remote

I've had this unit for only 3 weeks now and so far so good. I will try and write another one after a few months. What's good about it is the vents that blow out the cold air are a wide output and plus it has a swivel that blows the air up and down so it makes the air go in all directions and if you don't like that you can just set it on One Direction. All the other units that I looked at only had it blowing up from the top of the AC unit which to me defeats the whole purpose of getting to lower levels of the room where you will be sitting or lying down. The compressor is very quiet and so is the fan. It has a sleep mode that a lot of units do not have and it saves on electricity. The new design of a dual hose unit that is two hoses in one is genius! It comes with an adapter that snaps right in and you can keep the hose straight and not have to twist it. Now everybody complains about the window assembly kit and what a pain in the butt it is but that is like that on any portable AC unit you buy. The plastic screw posts don't push in all the way but just enough for you to push in for it to stop the panels from sliding and I recommend you put those plastic babies on both sides of the sliding panel. You will also need to use tape like clear packing tape or duct tape to the back side of the panel to keep it from loosening or sliding down. I have a Long window height and there was extra extended panels that made it go all the way to the top so that was great. You will notice a tiny bit of some air gaps around the adapter clamps and the hose but it's negligible. When I did research there were only two models out there that were dual hose in hose units, the Midea and the Dreo. They both look very similar except for one important factor is that the Dreo blows cold air from the top and doesn't have a big vent that swivels like the Midea, and I liked it because it was black and modern looking I used to have a white one and it eventually turned an ugly yellow color. The one thing I can say that can use Improvement are that the LED panel is hard to read on the unit itself at night time. It should have had much more backlight and the letters are hard to read and I fear as the unit gets older that the display is going to be harder to see the white letters. Also the remote control back light so you can see the display on the remote control longer is always turning off after just a few seconds and doesn't give you enough time to see the letters or numbers. But I do keep it near my bed on the table so that the AC unit can get the proper temperature of the room from the remote control. I almost always use the Midea app to control the AC unit from my living room so I don't have to get up. This unit has great blowing distance and I can feel the air blowing from all the way across the room and it also cools off my kitchen as well as my living room. I usually keep it on 77 and it quietly goes low when it reaches that temperature and then turns off and then automatically turns on when it needs to and it doesn't make a loud sound when it turns on it's a very nice gradual sound. I haven't gotten my electric bill yet but I am expecting it to be lower than it was with a single hose unit that I had. When you get the unit shipped make sure to have paid for the $10 charge for them to deliver it into your home as it is 72 lb. To open the box cut off the straps and then open the top and take out the attachments and then lift the Box straight up and it will separate the bottom part and you can lift the whole box above and out of the unit. It caught me by surprise because I was wondering how in the world am I going to lift a 72 lb unit all the way up from a tall box. The units specs are excellent it has 12,000 BTU and SACC of 10,000 which is more energy efficient. I also bought the 4-year Asurion protection plan which gives me great piece of mind. I hope this helps you all that are considering this great portable AC unit. And please reply if you have any questions or comments about my review:-)

This review is for the Midea Duo. I bought this because I needed a portable AC for one of the bedrooms in my condo because the central air is inadequate. I especially wanted a smart AC so that I could use it with my Alexa ecosystem. Unfortunately, despite the good looks, quiet operation and good build quality, this thing has some major shortcomings that make it unusable and a complete waste of money. For starters, I received it with one of the tabs used to hold the hose in place on the window slider broken. Therefore, I needed a replacement part but Amazon doesn’t carry parts, so they had to send me a while new unit so that I could return the unit with the broken part. This delayed its use. Amazon was good about it so I don’t have any complaints there. The first major issue I have is with the window slider itself, a part that must be used in order to use the AC. For starters, you’d expect a $600 AC to come with high quality accessories but this part is cheaply made, flimsy and thin with absolutely no insulation properties at all. Furthermore, once assembled the sides are not flat, so you are left with gaps between the flat surfaces of the window and the sliders. They give you foam tape to adhere to the edges but this is inadequate. You’re left with a window insert that not only gets hot, but also lets bugs in and sound/ outside noise. The other issue with the slider is that for some stupid reason, they placed the hole for the exhaust hose very close to one edge. Its so close that when you use the sliding window adapter, it hits the sill and cannot snap into place. You have to build it out on that sure to get it to work. Why wouldn’t they just have centered it!? Furthermore, the hose is huge, probably twice the width of standard units and it’s unwieldy, so as gentle as I was being with this thing, one of the tabs broke (again!) and now it won’t connect properly … I had to glue it on with ABS cement so it doesn’t pull out. Unfortunately, due to the uncommon shape of the hose, you cannot upgrade to something else and you are left trying to modify it. Fine, I took two 1x2” wooden rails and created a box to support the sliders and added styrofoam to insulate it. Unfortunately, the second major problem is that this unit does nothing for the humidity while in AC mode because it reuses the condensation to make it more efficient… but, even though I have this thing keeping the room at 68 degrees, it jacked the humidity up to 84%! So the air is really dense and because of this it’s uncomfortable and useless! Unfortunately because of all the time it took to get this thing situated, Ive missed the return window by several days and now I’m out $600! I highly recommend staying away from this product. I really wanted to love it but instead I loathe it! Pros: good build quality of the AC unit itself, wifi and smart app enabled, quiet, blows a good amount of air. Cons: huge unwieldy exhaust hose, cheaply made and poorly designed hose adapter, cheaply made and poorly designed window sliders.

This air conditioner kept my large master bedroom cool the past year with no issues whatsoever. I loved how it has a variable speed compressor, which allows it to run quiet and efficient once a room gets to temperature, but on those days when you want to cool the place down quickly, you can let it rip and cool the room down quickly. I live in California, so humidity isn't an issue here and I've never had to deal with any leakage issues. The portability aspect wasn't important to me since it stayed in place the entire time, but it does have caster wheels if you wanted to roll it around from room to room. That said, the thing is HEAVY and the exhaust kit would need to be reinstalled in each window and that is the only downside of this unit. It feels like very cheap plastic and I could see it breaking easily. I used aluminum foil tape to hold the outlet duct into the window exhaust piece and then tape the plastic piece into the window frame itself. This kept it all attached together and I never had any issues with it breaking. Don't plug on moving this up and downstairs regularly or you're going to hurt yourself or the unit. I particularly liked the scheduling smart features and the bedtime mode. I like falling asleep in a chilly room but I don't want to wake up in a cold room. This allows for you to have precise control over the temperature while you're sleeping. My only other gripe with the unit is the unit makes a rather loud high pitched noise when turning on the compressor and thumps rather loudly. I got used to it, but I could imagine a sensitive sleeper would be woken up.

I've owned this portable AC 2 months shy of a year, and it's a great product. I live in a homeowners association that doesn't allow window units, and am renting a house with a coolant-leaking, rusted-out AC that the landlord won't replace. I wanted to be able to sleep comfortably at night, and my bedroom has often been too cold with this unit! I also live in Florida which has consistently high humidity, and with other portable AC's I've owned in the past I needed a hose and a beverage cooler I had to drag to my bathroom to empty dozens of pounds of condensate water every morning, but this unit is handling the humidity with no problem. To rapid fire some things about the unit: - It can vibrate, rattle, and make an electrical whine when the compressor kicks on, but it's relatively quiet once it is running. It's about 3 feet away from the foot of my bed and while noise bothers me, and I have no issue with the noise of the unit. - The fan has a vertical swivel mode, where it can continuously move the vents to transition between blowing air at the ceiling or directly forward. I don't tend to use the feature, but the vents did make a rattling noise when moving sometimes. - It does have a minor water-trickling noise at times. I believe it's moving water around for efficiency reasons as well as to evaporate it. I live in a very high humidity area overlooking a lake, but with a central AC also helping it dehumidify, so your mileage may vary. - The thermostat is the reason I have taken off a star. I typically set it to 68 at night, and I have a warm dog that sleeps between my legs so I really want it to be consistent. The unit could think the air next to it is 66 degrees or lower, but the thermostat on the remote laying on my nightstand 8 feet away from the unit could read 71. Now, an amazing feature is that you can tell the unit to go off of the remote's thermostat, which alleviates this issue. The problem then is if I change the temperature I want from Apple Homekit or the app, it's not going off the remote anymore. It would be great if you could force it to use the remote temperature as the more accurate reading at all times, but oh well. - The dual-hose is great and never gets hot, but in the circumstance you actually prefer the outside air to the air inside the room, there's no "passthrough" mode. For example, you're fighting against a central AC heating the house too much in the winter, but the air outside is nice and cool, the unit can't suck up the nice outside air and blow it inside; it only conditions or recirculates air from the room it's in. It's not the biggest deal to maybe crack the window a little and leave the unit in fan mode as it still has some dehumidifying, but it's a missed opportunity. - The window it's exhausting from gets direct evening sun, and the black plastic of the exhaust has already become brittle to the heat or UV. It has these plastic clips holding the hose to the window bracket and I tried to unhook it to do some cleaning, and both clips just snapped right off. It's annoying but not a huge deal — these brackets are ugly anyway and I can just support it another way and close the drapes again. If you want a truly "portable" unit that you move between rooms, I would maybe cover the ends exposed to the sun. Overall I'm extremely happy how evolved this portable AC is compared to the ones I've tried in the past. So low maintenance, and with the remote next to me it knows exactly how comfortable I am. I've not had a single issue outside of the above.

I sleep hot regardless of the season. My options were to buy a huge fan and place it on me at all times during the night with a sheet as a blanket or just suffer through it. It took my bed being soaked with my sweat several summers in a row for me to give up and look into an air conditioner. I didn't want anything super amazing as the room I sleep in is fairly small. I did want a dual hose design since I've heard they're better at removing water from the system but it wasn't a deal breaker if I didn't get that. After much looking I came upon this unit. It has a remote, it works with Alexa, I can control the unit with my smartphone, it has the dual hose system but most importantly it's energy efficient. You see I used to have a hotel grade air conditioner and it ran most of the time due to the room it was in having no air flow. That unit was a champ as it kept that large room chilly all the time. Though it used a lot of power. It added over a hundred dollars to our power bill every month and I just couldn't deal with that again. Now this unit is much better but it only runs when I sleep and I clean the filter on the regular to keep it from using too much power. It hasn't broke my bank yet so that's always a plus. Oh, and did I mention this unit is a beast at cooling? I know I said the room is small but I'd never expect this unit to cool my bedroom in less than a couple of minutes like this unit does. Most of the time I forget to turn it on via my phone and it doesn't really matter. I enter my room, hit the on button and get into bed and within minutes I'm nice and chilly for a good nights sleep. I have very little to complain about with this air conditioner. It checks off a lot of boxes I had for what I wanted and then some. The only thing I can say is that it's a bit noisy. I don't see that as a bad thing cause most units are loud. Actually I don't know if I could sleep without the noise now. But if you have to have silence in order to drift off to dreamland then maybe find something else. The amount of features this unit has at a fairly decent price accompanied with it being energy efficient should be a top contender for most. Highly recommend. Whoops, almost forgot. My unit was missing the adapter that hooks to the plastic hose so to have water drawn away from the unit and into a better place. I contacted Midea for a replacement part and was told they don't carry certain parts and my only option was to send the entire unit back for a replacement. This was well after I had installed the unit. I, like the adult I am, called them stupid and argued their flawed logic. Sending a heavy piece of tech back because they forgot to add a small and almost weightless piece of plastic was asinine. Why put me and the poor delivery people through something so frustrating over something so simple. That conversation went on for too long and got me nowhere. In the end I didn't need the part but I highly suggest anyone buying this to check every part to make sure it's all there cause from what I can tell they don't carry parts that a normal company would.

We have a room that is impractical for a window air unit and we don't have central air so we have been cooling it with portable A/C for years. About every 4 years we have to buy a new one because they lose efficiency, and this year we bought the Midea based on consumer reports ratings and reviews. One slightly inconvenient thing is that it has to be directly in front of the window it vents to because the hose does not really bend laterally. But we managed this and installation wasn't too hard. I liked the idea of the variable speed compressor and the dual hose design and so far I'm really impressed by how quiet it is compared to previous units. It cools very well and the thermostat seems quite effective. It doesn't heat the area around the window as much as old units did. Overall a noticeable design improvement. Buyers of portable A/C units should note that portable AC units are less efficient and louder than window units overall. They are really meant for places you can't put a window unit. If it breaks in a month I'll update the review lol.

Well, for quietness, definitely one star. This ac has inverter combined with fan system, when you change the fan speed you are actually change the compressor with the inverter. This function is fine. I got a Gasbye inverter portable ac, that one has a seperately inverter function which work independently from the fan system. So for media one, the combined system greatly decrease the noise from the compressor, compared to those single hose ac without inverter, this one can even reach the noise of a fan since you can switch the fan speed to extremely low with the compressor. In this case, it will be fantastic. However, the inverter really make high pitched frequency noise, that's the main issue prevent you from sleeping. Every inverter ac has inverter noise like this, but this one makes it to be much more obvious since the compressor noise is much lower. In most cases, with the compressor noise I can asleep but not with inverter noise since it's high pitched frequency noise, keep tortune my ear and brain. By the way, stupid hose design, stupid panel. Media should learn from other ac company, just give more stable panel with real screws and split the hoses to 2 not this big fat one. When install in vertical windows, if your window is a bit deep in the window frame, the frame will block this big fat hose since it only give a conversion head but not install the hose in vertical way directly. In this case, you need to stick a vertical gap between the panel and the window frame, that's stupid. So in general, cooling system for this 12000 dual hose inverter is fine, noise of inverter is way too bad, product is too expensive, not worth. Maybe really no portable ac is able to put in a small bedroom for sleeping at night, if your window is horizontal and get no Anti-theft pole outside, try to get that media U shape window ac, a window ac will be much stronger and the U shape will really make it to be quiet, also much cheaper.

Upon arrival to my home, the box was a bit beat up. After opening it up and taking everything out, I realized just how big it was but it fits in my small room just fine. It came with a totally busted wheel so that really sucks. It also came with a broken piece that clamps the hose to the window panel. It stays in fine I guess. Otherwise, it works great. Within 3 minutes or so, I was already able to feel a decrease of temperature in my room. It really works well cooling things down. I ran it for like 15 minutes and I already turned it off because my room was at a comfortable temperature. It's incredibly quiet. On high it's still quieter than my box fan on the lowest speed. That's real neat. Installation wasn't too hard. Instructions were not the clearest but I think I got it all in right okay. I made a big goof up of using the adhesive foam because I was not planning on having this as a more permanent installation. I want to be able to take it all out my window when it rains or it's winter. The adhesive foam totally messed up my window. The remote does not work at all. Put the batteries in but it does nothing to control the unit. I didn't find anything in the papers provided of how to, you know, make the remote work. You can see in the photo the remote does not match the unit. It's like 5 feet from my desk. It's not the end of the world to get up and turn it on and off. When fitting it in the window vertically, the adapter used for that is not great. It's lose, it wiggles, there's gaps between it, the panel and the hose. It's just more cheap plastic that broke pretty quick. I've been using duct tape and super glue trying to keep it all connected. It's not ideal. Despite these flaws that came with this product, it works. It cools down my room really well. However I think they could have done a significantly better job designing a few things to make them work and fit better. Stronger materials goes a long way too.

Très bien et silencieux

This is my second one of these! My first one is in the bedroom and I loved it so much I bought another for the computer room to replace an older, louder and weaker unit. The unit is SO much quieter than the other one so myself and my partner don't find ourselves yelling at eachother anymore. It also is extremely effective, getting cooler quicker and I don't find it struggling in higher temps like the last one. The one thing I have to say it that the app is a bit hit or miss. Sometimes the device shows up as available and I'm able to turn it on/off from there and other times it's gray'd out. Not a deal breaker at all, but it is a slight detraction since I like to check in to make sure it hasn't turned off since my dogs are at home.

This portable AC truly saved my summer. My old unit (borrowed from my MIL) constantly shut off whenever the bucket filled up, which meant waking up at night to empty it. This newer model is such an upgrade—it’s self-evaporating, so I don’t have to deal with the bucket at all. And controllable from an app! Beyond cooling, it also has 3 functions including heating, which makes it useful year-round. It’s quieter than other brands I’ve tried, and the included panels made it very simple to install and adapt to my window without hassle. Yes, it’s a bit pricey, but considering the convenience, lower noise, and the fact that I can use it in both summer and winter, I see it as a solid investment. Verdict: Efficient, practical, and easy to live with—highly recommended if you want a reliable all-in-one unit.

Experience with Old A/Cs: Previously, I ran three portable single-hose air conditioners. This setup created significant negative pressure, which led to a hot zone in a hallway near the main washroom. The main drawback of single-hose units is that they expel cooled air from the room, drawing in replacement air from elsewhere—often through gaps or, in my case, the washroom vent. **Midea Dual-Hose Upgrade:** Switching to two dual-hose units completely eliminated this issue. Its now actually cool or normal temp in the hallway since air pressure is being maintained. The best part is the inverter technology: once the air conditioner reaches the set temperature, it gets quieter and consumes less power. The only thing that could be better is the window kit with some small gaps. However there is plenty of insulating material provided to make up for that. Even my old single hose units cannot compare to it and they had perfect windows kits.

I bought this for a studio so the area is much smaller than what it's designed for but I have no seperate rooms to seal up. Bought it with the intention of keeping it for a few years when I'll hopefully move to a bigger place. Unit has definitely been getting louder as time passes and I honestly feel like the filter isn't going to be enough to keep it maintained long term. Will definitely need to be opened up and cleaned out after a year or two. Works super well though and relatively easy to set up. Be careful with the ventilation hose/pipe. Easy to split the corners of it when extending to the window but I'm planning on insulating it anyway so not a deal breaker for me. App won't work with it on 5ghz wifi so make sure you have dual band or 2.5ghz if that's a dealbreaker for you. Personally I'll be buying a new router as my Shaw one doesn't work with most smart devices. Definitely recommend the AC unit.