5,000 BTU EasyCool Small Window Air Conditioner - Cool up to 150 Sq. Ft. with Easy-to-Use Mechanical Controls and Reusable Filter, Perfect for Small Bedroom, Living Room, Home Office

This is not the top-rated U-shaped Midea model, which is in low supply, one of which I bought in 2023. (So I now have both the U-shaped and the traditionally shaped 12,000 BTU Midea AC window units.) Background: 2 years ago I installed the U-shaped model in the kitchen of our 1910 Sears & Roebuck kit house, a fixer upper, while we lived on just the first floor (600 sqft), and it kept the entire first floor ~72 or cooler (depending on setting) nearly all the time. May have been a day or two it struggled to keep up, but we felt no need for a second unit for the 1st floor. It was SUPER quiet; as quiet as the fridge or ceiling fan, unless cranked up, and most of the sound was the fan. So the U-shaped model was what I wanted for the second floor, but couldn't find it anywhere (within $300 of what I paid before). We finally moved into the second floor bedrooms (last fall), so (mid May) we bought this traditional window box unit (not U-shape), but same capacity hoping to similarly service the 600 sqft second floor. (Yes the second floor was carefully reinsulated during the re-do, and it has efficient vinyl clad windows and thermal blinds. Only about 16' of insulation above ceiling, will see if we need more for summer, but it was fine for winter.) This unit included the heat inverter for heating at temps >41 degrees. It WAS significantly simpler & easier to install than the U-shape as there was no need for an external bracket and bracing, and less complex weather stripping. In retrospect, this model may have been better for the second floor since we could easily do the entire installation from the inside of the house. Took a second pair of hands for the 30 seconds of setting the unit in place in the opening (I'm 71). While this 12,000 BTU unit is perhaps not quite as quiet as the U-shaped 12,000 unit, it is comfortably quiet. We still haven't hit the peak heat of summer, but it seems as though it will keep the entire upstairs sleep-ably cool at night at least so long as the doors are left open. For now it cools fine in the heat of the day up to mid 80's and perhaps more (it hasn't yet exceeded 86 outside). We installed the unit in the SSE facing largest room, and it kicks on about when I wake and morning sun starts to warm my room, and during the day is keeping the upstairs from ever getting within 15 degrees of the daytime summer temps upstairs the past two summers. The heat inverter was nice to use without turning on the furnace for a few nights this past week where it dropped from 80's back to 40's in Madison WI. You many want to supplement the adhesive weather stripping for the two slide out panels, where they abut the inside of the window opening and leave a fine crack (I haven't yet sealed it; the crack is too fine for insects so far), and at a couple places under the unit that did need the provided weather-stripping. I think this is a good buy, assuming it endures. These two units (<$1000 total, 2 hours installation total) appear to suffice in place of the 3 quotes of $10,000 - $15,000 for contractor installed central air in this old radiant hot water heated house with no prior air duct engineering. (Can send my kid to school another year instead!)

I really like this unit. It has efficient heating and cooling. It's easy to install. Quiet and does a good job. The heat pump will shut off when it's below 41 f. I have found one exception to this. If place in a window over a south facing concrete porch. The sun is lower in the shy in winter. This allows more of the sun to hit the cement. Under the porch roof. It absorbs more heat during the day and radiates it off at night. This unit will capture that heat and continue to heat when the rest of the air temp is below 41f. This really does extend the heating past the 41 shut off temp. The opposite is true in summer. I have a wood stove for when it's below the operating temps. I live in Arkansas on top of the mountains in Solgohachia. I currently have just one in the center of a 16X80 mobile home. I believe 3 of the smaller 8000 btu would heat and cool it nicely. It's surprising how well just 1 does. Currently heating the living room kitchen and dining room. I don't know how as it says it only produces 7000btu of heat and uses about the energy of a 1500 watt space heater. It's almost Christmas. For me the low white noise of the unit is relaxing for sleep. The filter catches a lot of dust and is easy to clean. I plan to get 2 more. Possibly one being the 12000 btu. I Got the 12,000 btu for my mom and it also does great. With the option of good affordable zone comfort. I prefer this over central heat and air. I like it that much. Just have supplemental heat when it's too cold for the heat pump to work.

So this product does do what it's supposed to do and that's cool my room very well. It was relatively easy to install, I put it together with the manual and installed it myself in a few minutes. Took at little while to get used to the settings but I eventually figured it out. It has a high/low fan setting and a high/low cool setting on one knob, as well as a separate knob for how much cooling you want the unit to do (you can choose between 1-7). I've closed my door and windows and set it to high cool and the max cool setting (7), and my room temperature went from 81 degrees to 73 degrees in about 45 minutes (photos attached). On the same settings I think I went from 84 to as low as 66 after probably 2 hours a few days before writing this review. Also, my room is pretty much a square. I believe the walls are all 12 ft long and 8 ft high. Definitely measure your room to make sure you're getting the right size AC for it. This unit says it cools up to 150sq ft, so measure the length of 2 walls and multiply them to get your square footage. Mine are all 12ft long so 12*12 = 144sq ft. Depending on the temperature outside I either keep my 2nd window closed if it's the same temperature or hotter outside or I might open it if it's cooler outside. If it is cooler outside than it is inside (like at night) then you can just turn on the fan, which I believe will push fresh cool air from outside to the inside of your room instead of running the AC's cooling unit. I use my phone to check the outside temperature and then have a cheap battery operated thermometer that sits on my desk inside my room to tell me the inside temperature. I've attached a video so you can see and hear the unit for yourself. Only reason I am giving this 4 stars is because of the noise. It's doesn't make a whiny noise nor does it sound like anything is mechanically wrong or broken, it's just that the fan is louder than I expected, even for the lower setting. I kind of wish it had one more setting where the fan was running at about half it's current lowest setting to maybe cut down on noise a bit more. But it's nice that I can crank it to high cool and the max cool setting and close the door/windows and leave the room for a bit, then when I come back I can turn the fan and settings down for a bit and be nice and cool. Sometimes it gets so much cooler that I even have to throw on a hoodie. One more note: I also run a gaming pc in my room which drastically affects the temperature, so these newer temps with the AC are while my pc is on and running. Without that the AC unit probably can cool a room of a similar size even easier. But again, other than the loudness of the fan it does work very well.

I bought this since I really liked the functionality of a previous Midea unit I bought for my shop, but didn't care for the u-shape style. This one is 8000 BTU, and also has the heating function. It is basically a heat pump in a regular square window unit form factor. I bought it to help cool the bedroom, and heat function was just a nice "bonus" that I didn't plan on using. I installed it early April, and the temps dropped the next day. I will say that the heat function works very well, and while the literature says 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) is the minimum outdoor operating temperature, it seemed to work down into the upper 30s (around 2 to 3 degrees C) on a couple nights. In the app, this model actually shows up as a "split unit" so you know it's a real heat pump. Pros Cold when you want it Warm when you want it (within reason) Much quieter than the generic "on/off" style window unit it replaced (this one is inverter driven) Scheduling and long distance operation via Wi-Fi and the app is pretty easy Included remote works well They include locking screws and insulating tape for installation. The top groove and side blocking pieces are included, but you have to attach them Cons If you have sensitive hearing, you'll hear the high pitched whine from the inverter system My LED lights on the same circuit as the AC flicker in a slightly annoying way In auto heat/cool mode, the "dead zone" AKA "hysteresis" is a bit too small. The system will switch between heat and cool a lot if the temperature is close to target Unit was a bit wider than the old AC, and I had to get creative with the side blocking pieces and insulating tape At certain frequencies, you may get some vibration in the wall/window from the AC. I get it a bit, but it's usually while it's speeding up so it only lasts a few seconds. The manual states this happens due to "weak walls." I live in a double wide, so maybe? I'm really being a bit picky, because overall I'm totally satisfied with this unit! I like that it only runs as hard as it needs to, and the 8000 BTU size is great for a medium bedroom and bathroom combo. I strongly recommend it so far. Overall power draw is typically between 200 and 400 watts while running, it does seem to use a bit more power in heat mode and gets close to 500 watts at times (according to a KILL A WATT meter) Stand by is under 2 watts

Let me start with the notes/limitations: * This thing weighs *a lot*. That weight combined with its center of gravity sticking out of your window quite a bit further than standard window units puts quite some stress on your window frame. In other words, If your windows are not sturdy then this unit is probably not a good choice. Silly as I am I went a step further and framed a 14x19 hole in the wall underneath the window. So now it functions as sort of a PTAC (Those things you see under the window in a hotel.) * It heats with outside temperatures as low as 41F but not lower. For those days that the temperatures go below that you need to get yourself a $15 wallyworld space heater. How often you are going to run that space heater depends on how far south you live. Don't wait until you need that space heater because they will be sold out. Get it now. Then the things I like * It's not your typical window rattler. This thing is unnoticeable quiet. It starts quietly and it runs quietly. * It's a inverter type A/C with heat pump capabilities. Look for any A/C system with those capabilities and you will be out at least $600. This thing is a bargain. * The unit is easy on your breakers. It does not come on with a bang and a lot of the time it will pull less than 200 watt. You can run like 9 of these units on a 15 amp breaker. * Only 3 of these 8000 btu units cool as much as a typical 2 ton central A/C unit. * This thing is a DIYer's dream. It sips power and when installed as a PTAC it cools and heats a home beautifully. No EPA 309 certificate needed.

Purchase of the year! I split my time between the West Texas desert and my DFW home. I put this unit in my camper because the smaller one it came with couldn’t keep up with the HOT and COLD West Texas climate. This AC keeps my camper cold even in 118 degree heat. The heater function is a life saver too because I don’t have to use propane to heat my camper all winter. I save thousands of dollars just in that alone. It says the heater won’t work below 41 degrees, but I can tell you it certainly does and keeps freezing nights in West Texas quite cozy. I used a temperature tracking thermometer until I could trust the auto functions of this unit, and I can tell you the temperature regulation is spot on.

Wow!!! I got this small window unit (intended to cool only 150 sq. feet of space) for the living room of my apartment to replace an older GE unit of the same specs that had died after only 1 year of use. I had honestly never heard of the brand Midea before and was a little skeptical, but noticed all the positive reviews and decided to take a chance on this. So glad I did! Despite its small size and specs for "only" having enough BTUs to cool 150 sq. feet of space, this little unit is an ABSOLUTE BEAST. (Note: I am using it in conjunction with a 10,000 BTU A/C on the 2nd floor of my apartment.) My entire apartment is around 1,200 sq. feet. By using a 10,000 BTU A/C (which happens to be an LG brand) on the upstairs floor and this 5,000 BTU Midea unit on the 1st floor, I am able to maintain my entire apartment at a consistent temp of 66 degrees.....even when it is 90 degrees outside. Pretty impressive! The Midea definitely outperforms other brands of the same BTU that I have used in past summers. For example, with previous (other brand) 5,000 BTU units and the exact same configuration (i.e. - a 10,000 BTU unit running upstairs and a different brand of 5,000 BTU running downstairs), I have only been able to get the temp in the apartment down to 68-70 degrees, depending on how hot it is outside. Again, the Midea --- with the temp outside between 85-90 the past few days --- has been solidly maintaining the temp in my apartment at a crisp 66 degrees: pretty impressive! I am supposing that when the temp outside rises to 100+, it may creep up to 68 or so (we shall see), but even so, this little unit is already performing way better than any other previous brand of the same BTU. The other thing I love about the Midea is the speed at which it brings the temp down the first 2-3 degrees. Consistently each day, when I start the unit, the temp in my apartment comes down by 2-3 degrees within the first 20-40 minutes. That is fast! Thereafter, I have observed that the Midea continues to bring the temp down by about 2 degrees per hour, bottoming out at 65-66 degrees, a very respectable low temp. This holds true even when we are cooking in the kitchen 20 feet away, or working out in the living room (generating body heat, etc.). After such a positive initial experience with this brand, I have purchased 2 more A/C units by Midea --- one other 5,000 BTU, and also a 6,000 BTU. I highly recommend this brand for the price. As I said before, it clearly outperforms other brands at similar BTU levels. Only drawback is it's a bit noisy, but honestly I will take noisy for this level of cool comfort.

Latest update after summer heat wave: This is a very efficient air conditioner. Buy it for summer use. It blows cool air nearly immediately and runs at twice the efficiency of another brands "quiet" inverter unit. Average daily use in same setting is 2 kwatts versus the other brand's 4 kwatts. This box shaped unit is much quieter than the U shaped unit, which essentially acts like a tuning fork anytime the compressor is running hard. Again, winter use is a no go- it runs the compressor twice as hard (burning 600 watts per hour vs typical 300) and is much louder in heat mode... rumor has it there was a software update to run at lower temps but I would not want to. It's more efficent to remove the unit to keep the wind out. Winter Update: Both of my Midea units are poorly sealed internally. See video showing the strength of pressure change passing directly through the internals of the unit. Video shows the U shaped unit, which is actually the less problematic in terms of internal leaks because of the slim connection to the outside half. Due to this fault, I cannot leave the reviewed heating unit in place through winter to use for heating on mild days. The blast of arctic outside air infiltrating into the house through the internals of the unit defeats any gains from heat pump technology. I will have to remove the shell of the unit to silicone all the leaks. Additionally, this explains why in summer the humidity inside was worse than ever- these units are poorly sealed. I contacted Midea customer service to adivise if there was an internal vent to close. They said all their units are internally sealed and were quick to blame installation. Given that no installation method could cause a constant breeze through the internals of the unit, it is evident that shoddy manufacturing practice is being covered up. As of now I cannot recommend any Midea brand AC. I'm feeling less hurt that this model has been stupidly discontinued instead of improved upon. Original review: Don't fall for the U shape gimmicks. This unit is just as quiet and efficient, plus currently a lower price than the big box store has for the U shaped one. But it has the ability to heat your room using the heat pump for 90 percent of your waking winter temperatures. Heat pumps move heat, rather than generate heat, allowing for much greater efficiency than any resistant coil type electric heaters. Pairs nicely with natural gas furnace running at the extreme low temps. I'll run the window unit in the bedroom at desired temp and leave the furnace on for whole house at my minimum house temp. Pros: 1. Much quieter than that other high profile brand that claims to be whisper quiet. There's no water slopping sounds from the compressor fan. It doesn't sound like a jet engine about to take off either. It's a nice consistent wind whoosh. 2. Are three 12k window units (36k total) more efficient than the single 18k mini split unit that I failed to get a leakless instal 2 years ago? I'll check the utility records after this season is over. Cons so far: 1. it frequently trips the 15 amp GFI on the start of my outlet circuit at start up, with no other draws. GFIs are generally not friendly for high amp draw appliances with built in GFIs on the cord, so I need to run a dedicated outlet for each AC. (The U shaped model does the same thing) Update: I simply removed the GFI outlet and the AC runs fine on the circuit. Again, GFI outlets are notorious for tripping appliances, even under a correct load. 2. There's no real temperature control when on dry mode... Blew thru the original setting of 72 and brought the room down to 67. Would love to see and set to a humidity percentage while in dry mode. Haven't tried the app or remote yet. (Might have humidity display options there) 3. Product arrived dented. Plenty of Styrofoam in the packaging, but this could be displaced by a couple sheets of 3/4 inch insulating foam on all sides to be cut up for window panels. This type foam would be much stronger protection for packaging too. Update: The dent is not noticeable once installed and has not affected the performance at all.