What Makes The Midea Duo Smart Inverter Portable AC So Special? Lets Find Out!

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[fell]

Really happy to see Midea continuing to innovate with new products. With their U shaped window units and this, it makes me excited to see what they'll come up with next.

[HistoryNerdWWII]

I bought one this spring. It is SERIOUSLY quiet, I can hardly tell that it is running. Works great.

[Emation]

I bought this two weeks ago and it cools very well. Much better than any other portable unit that I have experienced before. The only change they need to make is to add insulation to the exhaust hose.

[canadianrcpilot]

Mine came with plastic pins that snap into the window panel slides to secure them in place. No screws needed! Also the foam seals that are rolled up are meant to be installed in the window seams to securely block any air. I love mine it’s so efficient and easy to remove the unit from the window on nice days where I can open my window ! Also you don’t have to lug a standard air con unit that weighs a ton in and out of your window . Cheers

[sir_tut]

Just bought this unit and it is amazing. Only tip is don't use the sticky weather stripping. It is extremely difficult to get off your window sill/jamb/etc. (learned this the hard way) and doesn't provide that good of a seal. It also doesn't make good sense for the portability of the unit. Just use the thicker non-stick material and just wedge it in to create the seal.

[mannyfragoza]

its great that you used a power station to see how many watts the AC is drawing. This is the exact question i wanted to know since i would be powering this unit from my DIY solar system. It actually only draws maybe 100 watts more than my 6000 BTU window A/C.

[strchillaxin]

Thanks so much for sharing the wattage draw and showing us that it has a slow build up. This should work great with my older solar generator that can barely handle a 700W quick surge.

[jpenn]

Dual vent portable AC units should be more common. They are great for emergency situations.

[DrewReynolds]

Toshiba is exactly the same unit. Works great at my venue as a backup for medium sized rooms.

[BradCagle]

I've had this unit going on 2 years now. It's the best. I have their U shap window unit too, it's great, but I like the portable unit better.

[ssvlaunch]

Bought mine about a year ago. Works great. I also use the WiFi app to control it. It has a few functions that work better than the remote.

[slavonskibecar]

I just installed this machine and today it is 34 Celsius with 41 humidity. THis machine cooled large one bedroom apartment in no time. I couldnt believe how Midea perfected it on speed 1 you can barely hear it. How long this is going to last I dont know but at 41 degrees in half an hour my apartment is nice and cool. It performs as good as any window air conditioner quite impressed.
I always wanted dual hose AC but didnt want 2 hoses so Midea made it one split hose which is dual hose. So far this is the AC i always needed. Easy to install

[guyin]

you made very good points on this unit. most portable units do not have outside intake. if the window supports it, i would opt in for the midea window a/c inverter (u-shape one).

[BigJeezie]

I added this to my living room today to help my older central ac unit. I’m in a mobile home in Florida. It could not keep up even after almost three hours. It’s 368sq ft. I could only get one degree of cooling and the central had no help. Returned it. I guess if I was in a newer concrete block home it would’ve been different.

[ronijusmebnme]

I read Midea brought out Toshiba and of course they made the same unit $100 cheaper. I purchased mine at Home Depot and is in love with this thing. My home unit went out and I am in dispute with the warranty company. In the meantime I need to cool off my downstairs which is 1200 ft.² (entire home 2400 ft.² )and it’s doing the job. I’m going to get another one for upstairs. I have the one with AC and heat.❤❤❤❤

[brandon]

The box is open on the bottom, no need to lift the unit up and out of it. Just slide it up and over once you cut the straps. I was also kind of confused how you explained the benefit of the the duo hose. It has an intake and an outlet so it's not pulling conditioned air from the room to cool the condensing side of the unit.

[halc.]

I have the Danby version of this AC which I have had for a little over a month. Midea makes this AC for a multitude of brand names. I can tell you that it does cool my very high ceiling condo. I can also tell you that the nonsense about energy savings because it's an inverter with dual hoses is just that. When this baby is running in the cool mode with the fan on constant medium speed it draws a healthy 1200 watts which has put a nice sharp spike in my electric bill here in NH. It also thinks the room is much cooler than it really is so if you want to keep your space at 76-78 degrees on a 90 degree day you better start it before 11 am and set it at 68 or lower and use the constant fan function at medium fan speed(in cool mode). This is not a whole house 2000 sq. ft. ac but it does cool my 900 sq ft condo. I can't imagine what it would cost to run in the soupy southern U.S. And one more thing to be aware of....when you read the rather incomplete manual it makes you think that in cool mode it's not gonna produce much condensate(water) which is pure baloney. I use the constant drain tube into a Beckett condensate pump and out the window it goes. That pump will run at least 4-6 times during the day in cool mode. Previously I had been hauling a bucket from the second floor to empty downstairs. I do believe the dual hose in hose does work well and the exhaust side gets barely warm on a 90 degree day. Some single hose units I have seen on YouTube measure 110 degrees at the hose.

[MN-yzbp]

You gotta tag the title better cuz this is amazing. Add like air conditioner eco Flo supported or something and you’ll get more hits

[kw_boeing]

Great video Dave! Like you mentioned, the hose setup is superior to other units.

[brandontobias]

Because its inverter it will pull a lot of watts when its first started as the room is warm over time as it cools the compressor slows down and uses less energy so to test how long it would run for you have to do a full cycle from a hot room till its cool. then another test with a cool room as it should use less power then but nice that they are making better portable units and it looks sleek.