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Customer reviews for Midea 8,000 DOE, 12, 000 BTU ASHRAE SmartCool Portable Air Conditioner, For spaces up to 350 Sq. Ft for
Midea 8,000 DOE, 12, 000 BTU ASHRAE SmartCool Portable Air Conditioner, For spaces up to 350 Sq. Ft
3.8 out of 5 stars
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155 ratings101 reviews
  1. 5 stars53% (82)
  2. 4 stars16% (25)
  3. 3 stars7% (11)
  4. 2 stars5% (8)
  5. 1 star19% (29)

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Jul 25, 2025
Reviewer name: KB
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

Stay Cool

The Midea 12000 is a good unit and was very easy to set up. It's a bit noisier than I was hoping for and it's really only efficient for cooling one room, but generally I am happy with it.

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Aug 17, 2025
Reviewer name: Frustrated as all heck
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Do not ever buy this

Junk. I got this less than two months ago and I have to set it up high so it can drain into a five gallon bucket overnight. In eight hours the bucket is over half full. How can you design an indoor unit that needs to drain and have the drain two inches from the floor? Then it started putting out more heat than cool about a week ago. It's 83 in my house but 72 outside right now. The hose leaks hot air where it attaches to the unit (it's done according to instructions) because it fits loosely. When I cut it off it smelled like something burnt. Filters are clean, the hose goes straight to the window with just the slightest curve upward. I recommend that nobody ever buy this trash. Oh, the digital display used to work all the time, now it only works when I change settings, then cuts out. It worked ok for a month and a half before acting up. Just long enough that you can't take it back to the store.

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Hello There. Thank you for posting your review on our Midea 8,000 BTU DOE/ 12,000 BTU ASHRAE SmartCool Portable Air Conditioner. We're sorry to hear about your AC's performance. To resolve the issue, please reach out to us at digitalsupport@midea.com.

Apr 21, 2026
Reviewer name: Lebece
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Don't buy

Too much noise, it is not comfortable for sleeping.

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Hello Lebece. Thank you for posting your review of our Midea 8,000 BTU DOE/ 12,000 BTU ASHRAE SmartCool Portable Air Conditioner. We're sorry to hear about the performance of the unit. To resolve the issue, please contact us at digitalsupport@midea.com.

Mar 28, 2026
Reviewer name: MARIA
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

AIR STOPPED GETTING COLD AFTER ONE YEAR LUCKY IT CAME WITH A TWO YEAR WARRANTY

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Hello Maria, thank you for reviewing our Midea 8,000 Portable Air Conditioner. We're sorry your unit failed to cool after a year of use. For assistance with troubleshooting, please contact us at digitalsupport@midea.com. Have a great day! Midea Customer Support.

Jul 28, 2024
Reviewer name: Vanessa
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

5 stars

I recommend this AC. It’s smaller than most which I like and still works great and gets my entire living room and hallway cold.

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Aug 2, 2024
Reviewer name: Nancy
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

Fresh air!

Cooled the house down with no problems. In Maine we don’t have air cause most the time we don’t need it.

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Jul 7, 2025
Reviewer name: clpj
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Waste of time and money.

My husband bought one of these units. In one day, I had to empty the catch basin 5 times and my husband did it another. It was set to 68°, but the room never went below 93°. It will be returned tomorrow.

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Hello Clpj. Thank you for posting your review on our Midea 8,000 BTU DOE/ 12,000 BTU ASHRAE SmartCool Portable Air Conditioner. We're sorry to hear about the poor performance of the unit. For further support with the unit, please contact us at digitalsupport@midea.com.

Jun 3, 2025
Reviewer name: Renee
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Sadly, not impressed.

It’s blowing cold air which is great, but: 1) it’s extremely loud and makes a nasty rattling noise when the compressor kicks on. I had a comparable portable a decade ago that was so much quieter and kept an area twice the size of my current area cool. For this reason, 2 stars. 2) it can’t cool 350 sq ft. as advertised It’s only cooling about 1/2 of my 358 sq ft living area (2 open concept rooms) after being on all day. 4) extremely heavy to fight to get it out of the box without tipping it. Wish the packaging was a little kinder for small ladies to unpack. So, I am hoping it lasts the summer. I have a gut feeling that will be the extent of its life. They don’t make these units the way they used to.

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Aug 28, 2025
Reviewer name: Sav05
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Horrible

So unrealistic. This thing puts out 5 gallons of water in like 4 hours so either you don't get AC all night or you wake up constantly to dump an ugly 5 gallon bucket. The unit is just a terrible purchase. Wish we could return it, but like other reviews we tried and had no luck. Buy something else.

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Hello Sav05. Thank you for posting your review on our Midea 8,000 BTU DOE/ 12,000 BTU ASHRAE SmartCool Portable Air Conditioner. We're sorry to hear about the unit's poor cooling performance. We would like to work with you to resolve the issue. Please reach out to us at digitalsupport@midea.com.

Jul 9, 2025
Reviewer name: anonymous
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

Product works great! Easy install.

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