Midea - Duo 10,000 BTU DOE Portable Air Conditioner with Smart Inverter (MAP12S1TBL)

Grab a dual hose one like the 3.3Kw Midea Duo Smart Inverter portable. If your region doesn’t have dual hose units, you can always try and convert it by laying a ducted box over the condenser coils.

Good afternoon. I have a request for you folks. I live in a place that doesn't allow me to have ductless or window AC units, but my situation is such that I need separate AC for my office as the central air is based around my kitchen thermostat, which cannot be changed. What I was told is that *I am specifically not allowed to modify the exterior of my unit.*  As such, what I ended up with was a portable AC unit. I can't remember the model off the top of my head, but I believe it's in the same product line as the Friedrich ZCP08SA. It gets the job done, sure. But it's much, much, much too loud. Even at the lowest fan speed. And my microphone is all-too-happy to pick up the noise of the AC, drowning out my voice. So, what I need is alternate options. A different AC unit. Something with little to no required maintenance (such as emptying a water tank) would be preferred, but I'm fine with installing a separate pump to drain the water out the window. (Relatively) quiet operation is a MUST. This is **priority number one.** Zero (or effectively zero) maintenance is **priority number two**. I don't want to have to drain it. Everything else is secondary. The room is about 128 square feet and will be running a powerful PC. Happy to answer any questions that I can. Thanks in advance **Edit:** Minor change for clarification. **Edit 2:** The model I have now is a Friedrich ZCP10SA.

Not at all. I still have the Friedrich in my bedroom. It works well as a white noise machine. Maybe *too* well. I managed to get it hooked up to an electric pump that drains out my window, so at least I don't have to drain it anymore. But, of course, it's still loud. For my office, I ended up with a Midea MAP12S1TBL. It's much quieter, but like any portable AC, it's still louder than, say, a window unit. I haven't had to drain it since I got it; apparently it uses some kind of evaporation technology or yada yada. Aside from the white noise you'd expect from an AC, it occasionally makes a sound that I can only describe as "a pump without enough water to *completely* fill the tube," which isn't terrible, but still worth noting. And when I turn on a guitar amp, there's (occasionally) a strange whine/whistle that I've traced back to the AC being on. I haven't noticed it affecting my computer's microphone. If you *must* get a portable AC, you could do worse than the Midea. I'm satisfied with mine.

Thank you. I've already ordered on amazon the Midea Duo since this is the best deal i has, price is **312.88** which is hard to beat

You're wrong. They exhaust air from your home and air comes in through the window seals and door seals and any other leaky spots. Mini splits and window air units do not exchange any air with the outside. They only pipe the coolant to the outdoor radiator. There are multiple videos and articles online explaining this. I can find one for you if you need.

So, portable AC units are pretty much useless UNLESS they are dual hose. Single hose units don't suck air from the outside but they exhaust air from your house, meaning that the air has to be replaced somehow. Usually this means air will enter your house through door seals and window seals to replace the air thats been exhausted. For all intents and purposes this means it's sucking in the outside air. This drastically lowers the efficiency of the unit because its always working against itself. A dual hose unit will not bring in outside air because it pulls in outside air and blows it back out when it's done with it. This minimizes any gas exchange between the inside and outside of your house. I reccomend to friends and family to only buy portable units if you can get a dual hose setup. I have a dual hose setup myself. They are more expensive but I got one on sale at home hardware for around 600 dollars. Traditional window units are still much better than any portable AC unit, but dual hose will get the job done. I got this one on sale: https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/midea-duo-real-cool-portable-air-conditioner-ac-dual-hose-10-000-btu-0438821p.html

I really like Midea duo inverter unit. You can read up on inverter AC u its but they’re much more efficient. https://www.midea.com/us/store/cooling-and-heating/portable-air-conditioners/midea-duo-smart-inverter-portable-air-conditioner.MAP12S1TBL.mobile I have that model and think it’s great.

Bad news for me is my Midea U-shaped in-window AC is on the recall list. I bought it a year ago at Costco on sale for around $300. I assume even if I might get a full refund, I probably won’t be able to get a new one with the same 12k BTU for $300, which makes me so angry. Anyway, we just bought the exact same portable model as you, but for $499 at Costco in the Seattle area. You got such a good deal. Anyway, I love this AC unit, it’s amazing! It’s currently 73 degrees inside the room where we put it, but it’s 84 degrees outside the house. It could be even colder in here (the machine is capable of that), but we don’t want to feel too cold, LOL. Every summer until now, I have suffered so much (the heat makes my health issue temporarily much worse, until the air cools down). I really hope this one won’t be recalled in the future. 

I’ve purchased a couple of Midea 10k smart inverter units and have had no issues so far. Time will tell how long they last though.

I got a Midea 10kBTU it's literally the best my apartment is 1,050sq it makes my whole place cold I love it so much

Az inverteresek már nem olyan rosszak, illetve egész hatékonyak, a Mideáé jelenleg azthiszem a leghalkabb, nekünk az 52nm-es Panelt lehűtötte 5-6 fokkal, az már bőven kényelmes, az ablakokba viszont vagy érdemes mókolnod valami szigetelést EPS-ből, vagy ha olyan a nyílászáró, a műanyagba vágatni egy kimeneti nyílást, és akkor király. Van egyébként már Mobil Split klíma is, viszont ott is meg kell oldani a vezetékek kivitelét.

Y'a toujours eu ce truc où bizarrement les gens en France sont contre la clim jusqu'à ce qu'ils rentrent chez toi en plein été, là les avis changent TRES vite. Au début c'était mes grands parents. "Oh non ça consomme, oh non c'est cher". Il y a 5 ans, j'ai mis 700€ dans une clim portable de 12,000BTU pour climatiser ma chambre quand je vivais chez eux, en prévision de mon futur appart. Bizarrement, tout d'un coup mes vieux qui avaient cette peur de la clim faisaient des allers retours toutes les 25 minutes dans ma chambre pour profiter du frais car les 40°C du 93 sous 75% d'humidité + pollution horrible sont insupportables. La clim consommait genre 2-3€ par jour d'électricité, je leur remboursais car avec 90€ net de salaire par jour, ça me fait un jour de salaire pour 30 jours passés au frais. Le calcul est très simple. 3 semaines après je les entendais en parler, ils ont pété 4,500€ cash pour mettre du monobloc réversible dans 3 pièces de la maison. Verdict : Ils ont lourdement regrettés de pas avoir mis le prix bien plus tôt. Ensuite, c'est ma mère. Elle arrive nerveuse du travail, toute rouge de chaleur et de transpiration, avec du mal à respirer après avoir pris les transports par 38°C pour récupérer un document chez mes vieux. Elle nous voit dans nos chambres respectives, 27°C sans une trace d'humidité. "Putain c'est... Merde on respire, ça te dérange si je m'allonge sur le lit ? Je suis crevée". 48h plus tard, petit Whatsapp de sa part en direct du point relais, elle s'est faite livrer une unité 8,000BTU pour dormir sereine le soir. Là, c'est ma proprio. Dans un 45m² 2 pièces, je propose à ma proprio de faire installer deux monoblocs, total de 2,000€ de ma propre poche, et je lui propose même de lui revendre à 55% du prix d'achat dès que je quitterais l'appart, donc en gros pour 1,100€ elle aurait un truc qui lui ferait gagner énormément de valeur locative. "Ah non, pas de vraie clim", sans élaboration. 2 semaines plus tard, la semaine dernière, elle passe prendre l'apéro pile au moment où il fait 36°C dehors + 60% d'humidité, j'ai mon climatiseur portable en marche. "Ah c'est vrai que c'est agréable hein...", au bout de 45 minutes, on en a re-discuté, j'ai montré la facture EDF pour le résultat et je lui ai expliqué que ça serait encore + efficace sur une vraie clim. La semaine prochaine, j'installe les deux monoblocs qui vont m'être livré d'ici peu. J'ai parlé du 93 donc je vais citer notre poète local qui en 2013 ressortait une citation qui n'a pas perdue de sa saveur : "Les hommes mentent mais pas les chiffres". Les hommes mentent, mais pas le monobloc qui fait descendre les chiffres de 38 à 27 pour 2€ par jour.