any advice on buying a window AC unit? (lemm.ee)

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We have to buy a window unit for our house. We have Central AC but it's not keeping up and we can't afford to upsize it right now. So until then I'm researching which window units to buy. Any advice or anything to cut through all the marketing spam and AI copy that I have to wade thru?

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[-] 0x01@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

We have one in an upstairs bedroom from midea, the window slides right between the front and back of the unit and it's excellent. Our power consumption didn't increase too terribly much and it's actually decently quiet.

Not gonna put the model here but just look for U shaped window units. It has little legs that go outside.

Don't get the inside standing units, they're massive, loud, power hungry, and most of them are less effective than even the cheap window units.

[-] Fermion@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

The U shaped units manufactured by midea were all recalled and are not currently available for sale.

You might want to look up the recall and get the repair kit. They were recalled for excessive mold build up.

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