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 unit's cooling matches your 550 sq ft room, on an estimate from its cooling power.
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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