Midea10,000 BTU U Shaped Smart Inverter Window Air Conditioner, Cools up to 450 Sq. Ft.,Ultra Quiet with Open Window Flexibility, Works with Alexa/Google Assistant, 35% Energy Savings, Remote Control

The media could not be loaded. Let me start by saying I paid full price for both of these units. I am a single mom I need incredibly tight budget. I’d love to get a third for my daughters bedroom but just can’t afford it so here is my review for the two that I bought .OK, I would thought I do a review for the Midea U-shaped air conditioner....not to be confused with the regular window unit that they have.I bought last year at the two basic shove window units and I was not happy with them but I thought I’d take a chance based on the reviews on this U-shaped one. Omg it Kicks the other ones butt!!!OK first and foremost I know everybody wants to know is it quiet. I have it in my bedroom and I have a child who has sensory sensitivity to sound so the compressor going off and on on an air conditioner is wildly disturbing through the evening. This is whisper quiet you never hear the compressor going off or on if you do when it’s on high on a super hot day it’s incredibly faint it never bothers her. It’s almost like just having a fan on a medium hi when the air conditioner is on high. When you put it on low it’s almost like you have to keep going over to see if it’s even on but it blows really cold air. So I’ve been super Duper happy.My attached video will show you how quiet it is.Compared to my other brand that started with an H it has a whisper quiet promise with a baby on the package this one actually kicks its butt for quietness. I will update you on the energy savings when I get my first electric bill but the competitor product I think Hass to run longer and harder but it cools very well.I love the swinging blade at the top that allows the air to be circulated through the room so it will allow the air to be disbursed properly to get an even temperature flow. But if you’re in the late 40s crew like me and you might need to have some direct ice cold air blowing on you you can certainly directed to do that and stay there.The installation was easy with a little common sense. I have older larger windows that are with framed with really no window base to secure it too. I was able to figure out how to get a screw into the frame and hold it there the brackets are key to this. This is a heavier air conditioner than the other Madea models that I had which were like a paperweight.. I bought two of these the 10,000 and the 8000. The 10,000 is my first floor air conditioner in a super sunny townhouse and my 8000 is in my very large sunny master bedroom. After I installed both they were super easy to install. Putting the bracket in was fine screwing it down was super easy I’m trying to figure out if you can leave the bracket in through the winter when you take the air conditioner out so I don’t have to keep re-doing this into my wood every year but I’ll cross that bridge in the fallWe are in May and I’ve turn these on probably five times now my upstairs of my townhouse is soon as it hits early April I have so much insulation upstairs my upstairs is so hot it has already been 79 on a regular basis upstairs which is horrendous for sleeping. So I have use the upstairs air conditioner for quite a few evenings and he’s been out standing I actually forget it’s even on. The downstairs of turned off and on on a few days when it’s hot out and I’m trying to do housework inside and it does cool the house down.I am really enjoy the Wi-Fi capability more than I ever thought I would. I’m generally not liking Wi-Fi capable technology I just feel like it’s something that’s going to fail but it has been very nice when I shut them off during the day and then when I’m coming home in the evening from work I can turn them on or I can sit on the couch and be watching a movie and I can cool down my bedroom before I even get up there and then shut it off before I go to sleep because it still cool in the evenings it stays nice and cold.Yes you can shut the beeping off on the air conditioner and you can shut the lights off on the air conditioner so it is completely not noticeable.I love the unique sleek factor of it it looks nice as far as window air conditioners can possibly be you can also if you need to you’re able to open your window and do things out your window so for example if you are somebody who takes your blankets and you shake them out of the window before you put them back on the bed after you’ve change the sheets you’re still able to use your window to do that and you don’t have to worry about your air conditioner falling out.Media sent you with everything that you needed to be able to install this unit easily and swiftly the only thing that got me a little bit caught up were the no tip guards I’m not sure you need them but they are recommended to use the first when I installed I installed everything and didn’t follow the directions like I should have her misunderstood them and I didn’t pull that out so I had to undo a bunch of stuff to pull out the new tip card when I install the second one I need to do that in advance. But that was a lesson learned and not a negative on necessarily media it was more me not reading it very clearly.Overall I’m very happy so far with these units just so you know they are definitely heavier than other units recently that I’ve had. But they are not any heavier than traditional units you’ve had in the past. Light weight doesn’t always make better I do believe firmly that if you have a product that is a solid product is going to do a job there is some weight that is necessary for that unit. As I learn with my original Medeas that I had bought last year that were the traditional window units there like a paperweight they’re super Duper light disturbingly late and they were barely able to cool my house. These are completely different game and I love them!!One last little tidbit I have to wear glasses I can’t see anything up close so when I go to sleep I obviously don’t wear my glasses. Or contacts. The remote is easy to see as are the lettering’s from a distance on the air conditioning unit which is very helpful that I don’t have to turn the light on get the remote up close to my face it’s super easy to use and the fact I can do it on my phone even makes it easier.I have had no problems with connecting to the app and having the app worked efficiently and effectively with either one of the air conditioners.

This is a great window air conditioner, and I wouldn't hesitate to suggest buying it. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could because it has some minor flaws that could be easily fixed, but overall it does exactly what it says, provides a lot of cool air at a very reasonable noise level, and has a very decent remote control and smartphone app.First of all, it is not quite as easy to install as they say. The instructions aren't very good, and it is very tricky to align the slots on the unit with the slides on the mount. And it doesn't inspire confidence as you gently push the very heavy unit out the window. But once on, the mount works fine. It does stick out much further than necessary, which is somewhat unsightly and might be a problem if you have a fire escape outside the window.The unit works as described. You can barely hear the compressor, so the only noise is the fan, which, well, sounds like a fan. If you have it on full, it is pretty noisy. But you can run it down to 30% or so and it is almost silent, so if you want a smaller amount of air for sleeping, it is fantastic.The one *huge* annoyance (are you listening, Midea?) is that the slightest change to the settings results in a very loud acknowledgement BEEP. You can't make the slightest change without waking up anyone else in the room, or even nearby. Many people have complained about the BEEP, and it would be extremely easy to reduce the sound or put a control on the remote or smartphone app to reduce it or eliminate it. The company routinely updates the firmware (easy) and it would be very, very simple to add this function. If you think a very loud BEEP would be annoying, don't buy this unit until they fix this problem.The second odd issue is that even set on low, the fan speed varies up and down for no obvious reason. Perhaps it is reacting to the compressor coming on and off, but having set it to a low quiet setting, it is odd that it occasionally comes up significantly higher and then drops down again a few minutes later. And yes, this is with the ECO setting turned off. ECO is a useful setting for energy efficiency, it turns up the fan and reduces the compressor speed to save energy. But even with ECO off, the fan speed changes unpredictably.However, even with these annoyances, the unit is still the best window AC I've ever owned. If it were not for the very annoying BEEP, it would be just about perfect. Midea, please don't respond that you will consider it for a future release, just do it now and zap us the firmware. Couldn't take more than a day or two of programmer time.Thanks again for an innovative design!