Midea
12,000 BTU Duo Inverter Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Air Conditioner MAP14 - AC with Heat
A portable air conditioner rated at 12,000 BTU. It heats in winter too and needs no installation.
$595
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Last listed at Sylvane for $595 on Jul 29, 2026. We have not been able to confirm it since.
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Will it cool your room?
This has more cooling than your 250 sq ft room needs. It can short-cycle and leave the air cool but humid.
The portable units we list are not ENERGY STAR certified, and portables are rated on a different (SACC) basis that is not comparable to the nameplate-BTU estimate the window figure uses, so there is no honest dollar figure to show here. As a category, portables (single-hose models especially) usually run less efficiently than a comparable window unit.
At a glance
Best for renters and rooms where you cannot install a fixed unit.
Performance
- Cooling capacity
- 12,000 BTU · 3.5 kW
- Heating capacity
- Yes
- Room coverage
- Not published
- Energy Star
- Not published
- CEER
- Not published
- Annual energy (cooling)
- Not published
Noise, size & features
- Indoor noise
- 42 dB(A)about as loud as a quiet library
- Outdoor noise
- Not published
- Indoor unit
- Not published
- Outdoor unit
- None
- Refrigerant
- Not published
- Wi-Fi / app
- Yes
- Outdoor unit needed
- No
What is good
- At 42 dB(A) it is quieter than 27 of the 32 other portables we list that publish a noise figure.
- Heats as well as cools, which 8 of the 46 portables we list offer.
Installation & the rules that apply
This is a portable monobloc. The most regulation-light option by far. No EPA Section 608 certified technician is needed because the refrigerant circuit is factory-sealed and never opened, no building or mechanical permit is triggered since nothing is fixed to the structure, and a landlord has little ground to refuse a unit that leaves no permanent alteration. The real constraints are your lease or HOA rules on how the window kit looks from outside, and noise to neighbours.
Plug and play
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Common questions about the Midea 12,000 BTU Duo Inverter Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Air Conditioner MAP14 - AC with Heat
- How loud is the Midea 12,000 BTU Duo Inverter Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Air Conditioner MAP14 - AC with Heat?
- 42 dB(A) indoors, about as loud as a quiet library.
- Do I need a professional to install the Midea 12,000 BTU Duo Inverter Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Air Conditioner MAP14 - AC with Heat?
- No. It is a portable monobloc you can fit yourself, no professional needed. No permission needed.
- Does the Midea 12,000 BTU Duo Inverter Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Air Conditioner MAP14 - AC with Heat heat as well as cool?
- Yes. It also heats.
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