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Midea 12,000 BTU U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window Air Conditioner (Refurbished)
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Woot via Amazon has Midea 12,000 BTU U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window A/C Air Conditioner (Refurbished, MAW12V1QWT-c) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free.
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Woot via Amazon has Midea 12,000 BTU U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window A/C Air Conditioner (Refurbished, MAW12V1QWT-c) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member orb1060 for finding this deal.
Product Details:
- Product Dimensions: 19.17"D x 21.97"W x 13.46"H
- 12,000 BTU
- Achieves over 35% energy savings
- 9 times quieter than some traditional units
- Wi-Fi- enabled: it can be controlled from anywhere through the cloud using the MideaAir app on iOS or Android.
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Written by citan359 | Staff- This price for a refurbished unit is $209 lower (45% savings) than the new price.
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Update: This popular deal is still available.
Woot via Amazon has Midea 12,000 BTU U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window A/C Air Conditioner (Refurbished, MAW12V1QWT-c) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member orb1060 for finding this deal.
Product Details:
Woot via Amazon has Midea 12,000 BTU U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window A/C Air Conditioner (Refurbished, MAW12V1QWT-c) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member orb1060 for finding this deal.
Product Details:
- Product Dimensions: 19.17"D x 21.97"W x 13.46"H
- 12,000 BTU
- Achieves over 35% energy savings
- 9 times quieter than some traditional units
- Wi-Fi- enabled: it can be controlled from anywhere through the cloud using the MideaAir app on iOS or Android.
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- This price for a refurbished unit is $209 lower (45% savings) than the new price.
- See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- You can also earn cash back rewards on Amazon and Whole Foods purchases with the Amazon Prime Visa credit card. Read our review to see if it's the right card for you.
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UShaped ac units failed. This combined with woot - I give it a thumbs down. I hope fellow slickdealers listen.
That being said- the 10 year $99 AC units won't quit-
12000 BTU were 289 at Costco. Selected locations.
8000 BTU were 249 at both Home Depot & Amazon a week ago. Price may drop later again.
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I know my unit is not the best insulated that's why I got the 12k. It will work well for small rooms with proper insulation. If you guys read the reviews, many of them claimed it doesn't cool well compare to their older ACs. And this thing leaks through the window.
Yes it does. I just found out yesterday as I started to take down my units to clean and I splashed water all over the place... Basically the back bottom of the unit has a lip. The water accumulates up to the lip. Now I'm sure it evaporates over time but that's unacceptable to me. It caused slight rust/corrosion on one unit, mold in another. It's simply enough to clean out the mold but it's super disappointing.
Drilling a hole is pretty easy though. I did 3 per unit. My goal was to drill as far back towards the curve of the lip as possible as that would be the lowest point in a tilt but there are a lot of obstacles which made me push in the holes.
Still, after 1 year it's a fantastic window unit. Let's see how it holds up over the years.
12000 BTU were 289 at Costco. Selected locations.
8000 BTU were 249 at both Home Depot & Amazon a week ago. Price may drop later again.
Be aware that the bracket that the unit slides onto can take an hour of adjustments and foam cutting to install. The units are 63+" and need a mighty young and sizable gent to lug. Very quiet when running because the compressor and fan are outside of the window.
Overall pleased...until they have to come out for storage.
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Drilling a hole is pretty easy though. I did 3 per unit. My goal was to drill as far back towards the curve of the lip as possible as that would be the lowest point in a tilt but there are a lot of obstacles which made me push in the holes.
Still, after 1 year it's a fantastic window unit. Let's see how it holds up over the years.
It's a great idea in theory, not so great to have a unit full of mold. If someone lives in a very dry environment it may work.
I still clean it out every year though…
Interestingly, 2 are the 8k BTU and one is PERFECTLY silent, and the other one has the low whine many reviewers post.
So it seems like it's random. If course the silent unit is impressive, even on high, but the other one is still leagues ahead normal window units
hate the remote and the front panel electronics and wonder how long they will last
there is also no way to clean the blower fan inside unless you are willing to spend hours taking it apart
I'm confused, can you elaborate?
Why would the gunk build up only if you leave it up year round as opposed to say, 8 months? And what exactly is the build up meant to be comprised of? can you clean it out? I'm just having issues wrapping my head around this, and why putting the unit in storage part time would alleviate any issues (wouldn't any buildup remain while in storage?)
Living in East Texas, while we definitely do have a winter, there's going to be very little time of the year where an occasional burst of AC might not be handy to have around. As such I was assuming I would just leave it in the window year round rather than take it down for the maybe 2-3 months it wouldnt be needed at all. so i'm curious about this.
i get the feeling most people discussing these live in a climate where ac is much more of occasional need...
also the amazon customer reviews dont seem to touch on the how well these are refurbished which is my concern! They seem to perhaps be generic reviews for the new unit? Unclear, but nobody is mentioning the refurbished aspect in their reviews, or here. Still, for 250 for the 12k unit which usually goes for 450+ new (non costco which I dont have a membership or Costco near) i'm considering it even though summer is ending...i also worry if the refurbs might be units returned for reason like a bad rattle.
Why would the gunk build up only if you leave it up year round as opposed to say, 8 months? And what exactly is the build up meant to be comprised of? can you clean it out? I'm just having issues wrapping my head around this, and why putting the unit in storage part time would alleviate any issues (wouldn't any buildup remain while in storage?)
Living in East Texas, while we definitely do have a winter, there's going to be very little time of the year where an occasional burst of AC might not be handy to have around. As such I was assuming I would just leave it in the window year round rather than take it down for the maybe 2-3 months it wouldnt be needed at all. so i'm curious about this.
i get the feeling most people discussing these live in a climate where ac is much more of occasional need...
also the amazon customer reviews dont seem to touch on the how well these are refurbished which is my concern! They seem to perhaps be generic reviews for the new unit? Unclear, but nobody is mentioning the refurbished aspect in their reviews, or here. Still, for 250 for the 12k unit which usually goes for 450+ new (non costco which I dont have a membership or Costco near) i'm considering it even though summer is ending...i also worry if the refurbs might be units returned for reason like a bad rattle.
You can even have leaves get in there which end up breaking down and eventually blocking the water exit. How fast that junk builds up is going to depend on the environment. If you have high humidity, you're going to get mold a lot faster.
Another poster said this unit operates like the LG I have, it is designed to hold water to use as coolant for the compressor. When I operated my LG that way it sounded like a dishwasher when it started up. It also started smelling bad. If it holds water, guess what is going to grow in that water? Mold.
If you want to leave it in year round but only really have 3 months off of AC, that sort of makes sense. But, I still wouldn't just leave it there forever without cleaning it out. Here in IN we have about 5 months of AC so I pull it out in late fall. I've had this AC for 10 years. It always smells NEW when I start it back up.
The ability to clean out this Midea would be a big deal for me, maybe a deal breaker if it is really difficult to disassemble the housing. I think it's been mentioned before that it is harder to mount vs a standard window AC.
As for the refurb part, people can do whatever but I'd personally take a Big Pass on that.
I'm wondering if the more complex operation of these things leads to more breakdown. I'd want one heck of a warranty. Like I said, I've had this LG for 10 years. What good does efficiency of the Midea do me if the product doesn't last? This LG has plenty of Eco features (like the same water cooling I disabled due to mold). We like a lot of noise when we sleep like a fan running etc so silence isn't desired. Some people like silence - my wife even requires an extra fan to generate noise in a hotel room- lol.
Hope this helped.
Why would the gunk build up only if you leave it up year round as opposed to say, 8 months? And what exactly is the build up meant to be comprised of? can you clean it out? I'm just having issues wrapping my head around this, and why putting the unit in storage part time would alleviate any issues (wouldn't any buildup remain while in storage?)
Living in East Texas, while we definitely do have a winter, there's going to be very little time of the year where an occasional burst of AC might not be handy to have around. As such I was assuming I would just leave it in the window year round rather than take it down for the maybe 2-3 months it wouldnt be needed at all. so i'm curious about this.
i get the feeling most people discussing these live in a climate where ac is much more of occasional need...
also the amazon customer reviews dont seem to touch on the how well these are refurbished which is my concern! They seem to perhaps be generic reviews for the new unit? Unclear, but nobody is mentioning the refurbished aspect in their reviews, or here. Still, for 250 for the 12k unit which usually goes for 450+ new (non costco which I dont have a membership or Costco near) i'm considering it even though summer is ending...i also worry if the refurbs might be units returned for reason like a bad rattle.
So if you were able to get a ymmv one from Costco at $289, it would be new unit with 2 year warranty for $289 vs refurbished unit with 4 year warranty for $349.
edit: I forgot Costco had a great return policy, so that still is the better deal.
also, I bought a renewed midea u shared ac awhile ago. I was sent a regular midea AC in the U shaped packaging, it wasn't even clean, but I might take a chance on this unit.
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