Purchased: August 2022 - still works GREAT! kzfaq.infoUgkxxsUnXhGsSJLim_XnMHyQK0u3XVaW-CGn I live in a studio and during the summer it gets scorching hot - really old building with no ac units. I can’t express how EASY it was to install.This unit has been a life savior during the summer and some days during other seasons where it can still be a bit warm at night. In this small place is my friend, a husky, poodle mix and myself. We need AC - lolI don’t use the dehumidifier option - I’m not sure if it will leak in my house, since I did not install the small draining hose that came with it. May look into it late but I don’t worry about much humidity in the apartment.I don’t understand why the negative reviews since all things mentioned, I personally did not find issues with. Definitely worth it!

I installed my 12k BTU Media u-shaped unit in about 2.25 years ago. Love it! It is one of the best decisions I've ever made for my home. Amazing! It even feels like it cools better than the rating it even says. In fact, it cooled my living room so much that condensation formed inside my once poorly isolated 1970 living room walls. Causing the cheap 1970 wall paneling to eventually buckle in the middle from the constant saturation & drying. Not to mention (you guessed it) the black mold that formed inside the walls. BTW, it took my dad, my neighbor handyman, & me three days to figure out what had happened. It wasn't the fault of the Midea a/c window unit at all. It did its job perfectly. This was caused by the horrible build quality of my 1970 home. I very much & highly recommend this product! It's, as I said before, amazing! Very quiet, efficient, & cold! Cools my entire 1400+ sf downstairs (even before the upgrade to all of my wall insulation) even on the hottest days, & with far less electricity.

This is the best video I found on installing the Midea AC. I’m just about to begin installing my 12000 btu unit. This video is fantastic. Thanks.

I watched your video yesterday and helped my girlfriend install her Midea-U today. Your instructions were perfect (please lose the music), but a minute after the unit was turned on, error code 07 appeared on the display. Midea does not list error codes online or in the instruction manual, but Amazon explains the problem that many people have had. A piece of black vibration dampening material is wrapped around the 2 copper pipes next to the condenser coil fan (the section of the unit outside the window). If the material extends too far, it will prevent the condenser coil fan blade from turning, causing an error code 07. In order to make the unit functional and prevent the error code, remove the top cover from the outside portion of the unit (3 screws on top, 2 screws on each side and 3 screws in the front. To remove the 3 front screws, a stubby screwdriver is necessary). On the left side, by the compressor are 2 copper pipes with the black material between the pipes. Trim or push the black material away from the fan blade so it spins freely, then install the cover and screws. It is easiest to test the unit before installing it in the window to be sure it functions properly so you can make the repair if needed. The fan on the inside part of the unit did not have a problem and worked normally.

I have 3 of those unit, 2 8000 BTU and one new 12000 BTU and I thiunk they have the best design and very low noise on the market. Great video!

I live in Florida, 900 sqft home, about 50 years old, in spite of adding insulation to the walls and attic it gets HOT. I have central air, the unit is 20 years old and I don't want to grenade it since I don't have 10-20 grand to replace it... also the room my wife and I keep our computer in is in a garage converted into a room on a side of the house not shaded by trees at all, so it gets 83 to 86 degrees in the summer keeping the house unit at 76. I'm really excited at the prospect of keeping this room in the 70s this summer. I work outside in Florida, sweat and heat all day... it's nice to come home to a low humidity conditioned room! Thanks for the video, I have the unit but am just planning out how I am going to do this. I find if I can watch a good video like this I can think ahead and grab the tools I need before starting the job to make install... a breeze :D

Perfect timing. Just installed a 12 k btu for our downstairs. I'm used to simple rectangular ACs which we removed each winter. But this u shaped AC was complicated to install. I can see lots of gaps which I'll try to caulk up. I'll try to keep it in during the winter. Here in central Connecticut we get winter so maybe I need to figure out how to insulate it. Subscribed. Thanks

I love this thing. I bought mine last summer for a 700 sq ft house and it cooled the entire house. I was amazed too when my utility bills went from over $100 in the summer to below $70.

Great video…Just a suggestion …30 stories up….use the window half way down to hold the ac while adding brackets and foam, etc The unit is awesome, you don’t even know it’s on in the auto position..

Someone out there must have a window greater than 36" wide, as in my 1951 house. Sure I can cobble together some solution but if anybody out there wants to explain how they handled installation in such a window, you will be the first human to do so, and will be appreciated.

Thank you, I’m moving into a studio without central air and no window units supplied. The apartment has new windows and I wasn’t sure if I was going to have to drill into the actual frame or around it. It’s only 400 square foot so I figured I’d go with the 12000 btu to be safe. You made it look exceptionally easy and I’ve saved the video for later reference! Thanks for recording Toni!

You guys are legends! You made a tedious task fun, thank you for sharing the good energy. First AC installation done thanks to you.

Thank you. Your video really helped my friend and I installed one in my bedroom today. Sometimes you really need more than just the manual, you need to see it done...live!👍👍

Thank you! I'm installing ours right now. This has been extremely helpful.

Great demonstration! I got one for my bedroom and now I know every single step to put it on. Thank you! and I love your cabin ❤👍

don't forget the foam strip at the top of the bottom sash to keep hot air and bugs out

Thank you for the clear and well explained video, I’m purchasing 2 12,000 BTU and a 8,000 BTU soon and I really wanted to know how to get it mounted correctly, specially since I live in a second story apartment, I don’t want it to fall on anyone lol

I just bought one came here to learn how to install it. Thanks for your informative blog. You guys made it look easy. I hope it was worth the investment.

Thanks for the video. Bought two of this unit; one for the bedroom and one for the office. I put a mini-split in the living room last year. I've got 46" windows, though. Still looking for solutions on installation.

Thank you so much for the video. I tried to install with just the written directions and was so overwhelmed. After watching your video, I was able to install by myself. Thank you again.

Thanks! You just gave me the confidence and motivation to go and tackle installing my 10k and 12k units.

Excellent video, my wife and I are buying 4 of these units. Now I know how to install them. Many thanks.

Great video. We bought two of these to run on our ECOFLOW Delta Pro solar setup during emergencies.

Thank you! This tutorial was extremely helpful.

Wow I’m putting up my ac right now and this video help me alot

Great job! Very detailed and fun watching it!

Thank you for the detailed video!..I bought this same unit but the instructions were very difficult to figure out.

I have the 8000 one and it is the best AC I've ever owned.

Thank you brother. Now i know what I’m getting into.

Well done, You made it simple. I’m now ready to Install. You had me laugh several times. Thanks

Very helpful. Thanks for posting.

Excellent

Nicely done! Just need to add more foam at the middle of where the two windows join. Thank you.

Best explained video,thanks guys

Very informative video, on the fence about what unit to buy before the heat hits and most videos on the tube seem to be paid for by the company selling the AC. Appreciate your real review. Subscribed

Teamwork ❤❤ I can't thank u enough for this video. I usually don't read the instructions, but did this time. I came here to find out where the extra foam was hidden. But I watched the whole video and really glad that I did.

Thank you for the straight to the point video.

Thank you so much. Immensely helpful.

Great video, and what would we do without our wife help. I watched the factory installation video, however your video make the installation better understood.😊😊

Best install video I’ve come across.

This was an awesome video! Installing mine in a few days in NYC 🙈

Thank you so much for sharing. I just bought one at Costco and came to see how to install

This looks like a great unit! We need something for our bedroom but I am concerned as our window measures 39” side to side not sure if the brackets allow for this width. Any advise.

Most likely you cannot put the bracket exactly on the center, one side may be one hole space different from the other one. It didn't really matter. But then you can put your window on the center of the window or any slight offset you want .

Thank you for the video. I'm wondering how to get the Media 12,000 BTU out of the very nice box without destroying the box. It looks like at 9:20 in the video that has a also been an issue for you - box front torn. My intention is to have the AC in the window for season when needed and store in the garage in the original box and protective foam when not needed. Might be questionable. Bigger and heavier than I thought it would be.

I understood you better than the manual itself😊...so you plugged it into an extension cord? I thought it had to be plugged directly into the wall socket😯

Thanks so much for this. You made it easy for a newly divorced single woman. You guys are a riot! Love it!

From the design on your shirt and the tall pines in the yard, gonna guess E Texas😊

Cool! Now I know where to go when it’s 100F 😂

Buy some black out curtains and extension rods for now it’ll make a big difference

Its difficult for me seeing vidoes from states so hot right now, im in Michigan and we actually had turn our ac off as its so cool outside. I am hoping we get some sort of summer soon.

It looks like you have had this unit for about three months... Have you cleaned the filter? Does the unit have an indicator light to tell you its time to clean the filter? Are you planning on doing a deep clean on this unit before it goes into storage at the end of the hot season. I would come out and help but I live in S.C. What I just did to my old style box A/C was to clean the filter. I never let it get crappped out. The unit has a red led to tell you that it needs to be cleaned. While I was doing that I looked closely at the evaporator coils and the saw some minor dirt build up. I sprayed cleaner on the coils and vacuumed it off. The water was very dark and cloudy. I also saw some black spots that might be mold... UUGGH... I tried to clean the inside but a good part of that is not easy to get to. The fan and other parts are impossible to access without taking the whole thing apart. All this makes me wonder how this U shaped unit can be deep cleaned. The evaporator coils on the inside and the condenser coils on the outside. Can this be done without removing the unit. They have designed the unit to be more quiet and allow you to open the window -- Did ease of cleaning enter into the design ?????? Around here, not really cleaning for the whole season will be unhealthy.

So now that you've had it installed for a while, is it worth the money to buy one? Does it cool down your cabin on very hot days?

For installation, is it absolutely necessary to screw into the window frame? I plan to use the air conditioner unit temporarily and don't want to have holes drilled in..

Nice video. Thank you. Question ? Do you have to take it out in the winter?

I gotta pick up 2 jus don't know if I should go with the regular box one feel lik more Modifications, they made the more problems don't lik buying 1 Gen of thing even know they had them years ago

It’s 110 degrees where I’m living, my 12000 btu (maybe 7000-8000 btu in reality) portable AC can’t cool my small living room since the surrounding walls and the floor is made of wood, it traps the heat and there is no ventilation, might have to buy a water cooler or if I wanna to go crazy why not buy a floor standing AC, it’s expensive but it’s 24000 btu (too big for an extremely small living room size of an attic or bathroom lol) and it should cool the room in minutes during hot days.

Thanks for the video! I am installing mine in the next couple of days! I want one of those super multi tools! Brand? Stanley?

Are you screwing the bracket into the wood windowsill or the vinyl window? My windows are brand new. I'm a little scared.

Can the mounting bracket stay in place when you take the unit out of the window for winter?

I just purchased the 12K unit, what I did not know was a thing, is that the window cannot be wider than 36", but my window is 45", so I called Midea and they stated No. So my question can I still install the unit,? I do have a vertical window, rare were we live, ground floor. I was thinking about cutting one of the brackets and welding another on it to give me the reach. Or simply place a board under it and face screw it in. Thanks in advance

Does it have an option for fresh air or the air is recirculated?

Can I use this air conditioner on a sliding window and not one that goes up and down?

The instructional video by Midea shows wrapping bottom of white foam blocks only on side with the swing down bracket, and bottom, not on the outer edge against window frame, i guess because the compression there is going to make a tight seal, whereas there are gaps in the plastic swing down arms. I think putting half up the frame side on the white foam block would actually make it less even, if you are going to do it on that frame side then i would do it full on that side, not halfway up the white block. Not sure Im making myself clear.

Do you have to use, the bracket or can you go without it?

Are you supposed to take these type of ac out in the winter?

Can you leave it in over winter, or do you have to uninstall the unit?

I only have 1 straight bracket that attaches to the bottom by sliding in, but now i have to see how to screw that on and slide it on while the window unit is IN the window. Ie. Impossible.

How big is the gap for the window? is it big enough where it could sit on the ground under a garage door?

Do you or anyone know how to set the air conditioner to come on and off?? Mine stays on all the time even after reaching desired temperature! Thanks

Will it fit in a double pained window?

In the military we called Philips a cross tip!

I live in Florida..can you say HOT ? My air has been running non stop....suppose to be close to 100 the next few days.

How many inches is the window left open after install?

Having issues with mine , it’s connect to a gfci outlet and keeps tripping it .

Where and how does it drip the water in the back of the unit?

2:00... That's called, "Mansplaining" folks.

Crap, I have the worlds largest brick window sill that is going to be interesting, existing bracket will not work out of box, duct tape time!

Who built your cabin?

is it as quiet as a fan?

I have 4 of these and they're garbage, the air coming out of them is barely cold compared to my very old inefficient units

Had problems with this keep tripping GFCI circuit breaker

Or are those Aspens?

Start up wattage?

But you cant lock your windwo😢

Good video until the part you plugged it into a extension cord. As I watched the video I was wondering why you were installing a AC in a place that didn't look like it was wired for electricity yet. Isn't plugging a AC into a extension cord a big no no.

Good video… would have been great if the music had been eliminated. Didn’t add a thing to the video