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SpecBLACK+DECKER BPACT12WT Smart Single-Hose Portable ACMidea U 8,000 BTU U-Shaped Window AC (MAW08V1UWT)
PhotoBLACK+DECKER BPACT12WT Smart Single-Hose Portable ACMidea U 8,000 BTU U-Shaped Window AC (MAW08V1UWT)
Our scoreSCORE4.8 / 10SCORE7.5 / 10
Our takeSold as 12,000 BTU, certified at 8,350 BTU SACC and CEER 7.3, with Wi-Fi. A Midea Duo 12K uses about half the electricity per BTU of rated cooling.The window unit we'd put in a bedroom first: inverter, compressor outside the glass, CEER 15 and a suffix that isn't recalled. Skip it if your window is short or you need heat; no U has a heat mode.
TypePortableU-shaped window
Cooling (DOE / SACC)8,350 BTU8,000 BTU
CEER7.315best
InverterNoYes
Heat modeNoneNone
Window width, minn/a22 in
Window width, max59 inbest36 in
Min sash openingn/a13.75 in
Weight58.7 lbn/a
Warranty1 yr1 yr
ENERGY STARNoYes
Watch out forWarranty is 1 year parts and 1 year labor through W Appliance (manufacturing defects only); W Appliance may replace with a remanufactured unit; transferred units and shipping are excluded. The listing headline is the ASHRAE number; size by DOE SACC. BPACT models aren't sold in California, per Black+Decker. Used units often arrive without the hose inlet; owners report trouble finding one.CPSC recall #25320 (June 2025) covers the 8,000-12,000 BTU V1QWT, AV1QWT, W1QWT and U1QWT Midea U models over mold from pooled water. Read the suffix on the listing and again on the box label. Owners of earlier U models report a high-pitched inverter whine some people hear and others don't; buy where returns are easy and run it overnight on low fan in week one. When we checked in October 2026 this listing had no featured offer, only a third-party seller. Comfort Sense (remote sensor) fixes the built-in sensor's wrong room reading.
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