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Midea U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window Air Conditioner: 12000 BTU

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Home Depot has Midea U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window Air Conditioner on sale listed below. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • The U-shape design of Midea U Smart Inverter AC uses your window to block noise outside. The highly-efficient inverter system warrants ultra-low noise and vibration, 9x quieter than traditional units with operation as low as 32 dBA
  • Midea U Smart Inverter AC is Wi-Fi enabled and can be controlled from anywhere using the MSmartHome app on iOS or Android. You can also use voice commands throughout your house, office, or apartment using Alexa or Google Assistant devices
  • With the advanced DC Inverter technology, Midea U achieves over 35% energy savings compared to other traditional units.
  • The U-shaped design allows your window to open, bringing fresh air into your home and maintaining more of your view when the unit is installed. When the window is closed, the Anti-Theft Mechanism locks the window for added safety
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  • This product is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars based on over 16,150 Amazon customer reviews.
  • Please see original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Home Depot has Midea U-Shaped Inverter WiFi Window Air Conditioner on sale listed below. Shipping is free.

Available:Thanks to community member gabe23111 for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • The U-shape design of Midea U Smart Inverter AC uses your window to block noise outside. The highly-efficient inverter system warrants ultra-low noise and vibration, 9x quieter than traditional units with operation as low as 32 dBA
  • Midea U Smart Inverter AC is Wi-Fi enabled and can be controlled from anywhere using the MSmartHome app on iOS or Android. You can also use voice commands throughout your house, office, or apartment using Alexa or Google Assistant devices
  • With the advanced DC Inverter technology, Midea U achieves over 35% energy savings compared to other traditional units.
  • The U-shaped design allows your window to open, bringing fresh air into your home and maintaining more of your view when the unit is installed. When the window is closed, the Anti-Theft Mechanism locks the window for added safety
No longer available

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This product is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars based on over 16,150 Amazon customer reviews.
  • Please see original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • 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.

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I spray about 1/3 bottle of hydrogen peroxid($1 at most places) at the inside fins to clean any mold or bacteria issues. Frequency depends on how humid your environment is, but I do it once a month in Dallas, Texas during the months I use them. Dilute with water if you don't need it that strong.
I haven't had any mold issues with mine either. You just want to make sure and set the support bars so the unit is sloped just a degree or two downwards so that condensed water does in fact gravitate towards the outside, where it can drain. If you really want to, you can drill a hole or two in the bottom of the unit to assist with drainage, but I haven't had the need.

These units are so far superior to older AC technology.....it's an absolute game changer.

What I REALLY wish is that they would discount the units that have heat pump capability. I have two of them as well and would buy one more. It's amazing the amount of heat they can put out per watt, as compared to resistive space heaters.
I've got a 8000 BTU unit that I've been using for two summers and a 12000 BTU that I've had for one summer, and I think they're great. My central AC runs far, far less often, so my electricity bill had been noticeably lower despite the summers getting hotter.
It is predicted to be in the mid to upper 80's already next week down here in south Texas. I hope I don't have to install them already.
Mold? I didn't have any issues with that. On humid days, the AC can pull enough water out of the air that the water pools up in the outside portion of the AC. Some people would drill drain holes in the unit, but I just folded up a paper towel into a strip and tucked it between the fins and the case so it wicks the excess water out of the unit and into a bucket or onto a thirsty plant. Works great.

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Great deal!
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Before you guys buy one of those, you should go read the reviews(and watch the one linked video).

Most are about a mold issue stemming from their defective drain holes.
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I've got a 8000 BTU unit that I've been using for two summers and a 12000 BTU that I've had for one summer, and I think they're great. My central AC runs far, far less often, so my electricity bill had been noticeably lower despite the summers getting hotter.
It is predicted to be in the mid to upper 80's already next week down here in south Texas. I hope I don't have to install them already.
Mold? I didn't have any issues with that. On humid days, the AC can pull enough water out of the air that the water pools up in the outside portion of the AC. Some people would drill drain holes in the unit, but I just folded up a paper towel into a strip and tucked it between the fins and the case so it wicks the excess water out of the unit and into a bucket or onto a thirsty plant. Works great.
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Quote from shaitan67 :
Before you guys buy one of those, you should go read the reviews(and watch the one linked video).

Most are about a mold issue stemming from their defective drain holes.
I've got one of these, and it's simple to just drill a couple 1/4" holes in the bottom of the outside portion. I've actually had to do it with a number of window units over the years. The bigger issue is that these absolutely need to sit for a couple hours for the refridgerant to settle before trying to run them.
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I haven't had any mold issues with mine either. You just want to make sure and set the support bars so the unit is sloped just a degree or two downwards so that condensed water does in fact gravitate towards the outside, where it can drain. If you really want to, you can drill a hole or two in the bottom of the unit to assist with drainage, but I haven't had the need.

These units are so far superior to older AC technology.....it's an absolute game changer.

What I REALLY wish is that they would discount the units that have heat pump capability. I have two of them as well and would buy one more. It's amazing the amount of heat they can put out per watt, as compared to resistive space heaters.
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I spray about 1/3 bottle of hydrogen peroxid($1 at most places) at the inside fins to clean any mold or bacteria issues. Frequency depends on how humid your environment is, but I do it once a month in Dallas, Texas during the months I use them. Dilute with water if you don't need it that strong.
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Anyone remember what the prices were like for these last year @ costco & HD during the summer? Hope Costco carries them again this year.
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Quote from PaulL3556 :
I spray about 1/3 bottle of hydrogen peroxid($1 at most places) at the inside fins to clean any mold or bacteria issues. Frequency depends on how humid your environment is, but I do it once a month in Dallas, Texas during the months I use them. Dilute with water if you don't need it that strong.
Does bacteria affect the an AC's fan performance or is it just to prevent anything nasty from being blown into the home?
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Quote from porshuh :
I haven't had any mold issues with mine either. You just want to make sure and set the support bars so the unit is sloped just a degree or two downwards so that condensed water does in fact gravitate towards the outside, where it can drain. If you really want to, you can drill a hole or two in the bottom of the unit to assist with drainage, but I haven't had the need.

These units are so far superior to older AC technology.....it's an absolute game changer.

What I REALLY wish is that they would discount the units that have heat pump capability. I have two of them as well and would buy one more. It's amazing the amount of heat they can put out per watt, as compared to resistive space heaters.
I have been looking for one that has an heat pump option, what ones do you have? Thank you.
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Quote from porshuh :
I haven't had any mold issues with mine either. You just want to make sure and set the support bars so the unit is sloped just a degree or two downwards so that condensed water does in fact gravitate towards the outside, where it can drain. If you really want to, you can drill a hole or two in the bottom of the unit to assist with drainage, but I haven't had the need.

These units are so far superior to older AC technology.....it's an absolute game changer.

What I REALLY wish is that they would discount the units that have heat pump capability. I have two of them as well and would buy one more. It's amazing the amount of heat they can put out per watt, as compared to resistive space heaters.
What are the heat pump models priced at?
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I've had to clean mine once a year to eradicate mold. By clean I mean take off 20 screws, 5 wire connectors, disinfect/dishwash blower wheel, disinfect and brush indoor coil….not fun. The indoor coil does not properly drain to the outside no matter how much you tilt it.

The design is interesting and innovative but I would personally find alternatives unless the window seal/access feature is very important.
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Quote from LivelyManatee460 :
Anyone remember what the prices were like for these last year @ costco & HD during the summer? Hope Costco carries them again this year.
I just checked. Pretty certain I got a 12k BTU last May for $320 at Costco so this is a good deal. 12k is more than I need though so going to grab the 8k
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Quote from shaitan67 :
Before you guys buy one of those, you should go read the reviews(and watch the one linked video).

Most are about a mold issue stemming from their defective drain holes.
it's implied by manufactures and others that this is a design feature that it's basically splash cooling for the inverter compressor and buys a small of amount of efficiency. that said i'd drill a hole too lol

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Quote from blahbbs :
I've got a 8000 BTU unit that I've been using for two summers and a 12000 BTU that I've had for one summer, and I think they're great. My central AC runs far, far less often, so my electricity bill had been noticeably lower despite the summers getting hotter.
It is predicted to be in the mid to upper 80's already next week down here in south Texas. I hope I don't have to install them already.
Mold? I didn't have any issues with that. On humid days, the AC can pull enough water out of the air that the water pools up in the outside portion of the AC. Some people would drill drain holes in the unit, but I just folded up a paper towel into a strip and tucked it between the fins and the case so it wicks the excess water out of the unit and into a bucket or onto a thirsty plant. Works great.
OF COURSE the Central AC is going to run less! you introduced up to 20,000 BTU's of cooling capacity - most home Central AC's max out at 5Tons

if yours is
4tons it's 40%
5tons it's 33.3%


These have a CEER of 15 If your Central AC is new(er) then it's not much less efficient than these things.

Only benefit to this is that if you only use the few rooms where these are located then you can maintain the house at a higher temp.

Whole house comfort is MORE important (to me)than the potential $10 savings.

These are great for power failures and or Unit failures.
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