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Quiet window AC for a medium room, $400–800

The quiz already filled these answers: a window unit, a medium room (about 250–400 sq ft), a double-hung sash, sleep next to it, and a $400–800 ceiling. The card below is the pick that fits that budget: the current Midea U 8,000 BTU you can actually pay for, not a 2022 Midea U, and not a $170 EasyCool you have the money not to buy. Change sleep-quiet to just-cold and the winner changes.

A medium sash you sleep next to is why this page is a U-shaped 8,000-BTU, not a cheap compressor and not a 5,000-BTU bedroom box. The $400–800 ceiling is already filled as $800 so the current U still fits.

The pick that fits this budget is the current Midea U 8,000 BTU. If you can spend more, the Frigidaire Gallery 8,000-BTU sash can show next to it. The other shape is the Windmill WhisperTech. Those are not the card we send you to buy at this ceiling.

This page stays on a window unit, a medium room, a sash, sleep-quiet, and $800. A $600 ceiling on this same card is a different Gallery sash — not this page.

Today's pick for these answers

This card is the quiz winner for the filled answers. Change an answer and you can get a different winner.

In budget

Your pick

Midea

Midea U-Shaped 8,000-BTU Window Air Conditioner

$400

The quiet U for a medium sash. The compressor hangs outside so the room stays sleepable. Will not fit a slider. Not a 12k U, and not a portable.

WhyA medium sash you sleep in: the 8k U. Under $280 it is the basic Frigidaire 8k.

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If you can stretch

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Frigidaire

Frigidaire Gallery GHWW085TE1 8,000-BTU Window Air Conditioner

$458

The quieter Gallery sash 8,000-BTU. A step up from the U when you want the extra finish. Still a sash chassis — not a slider kit, and not a portable.

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The other shape

Same job, different form

Windmill

Windmill WhisperTech Window Air Conditioner

$389

The quiet sash 8,000-BTU for a small bedroom. Inverter, not a cheap compressor. Not a U, and not a 12k for a big room.

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Same medium sash, just-cold instead of sleep-quiet

Switch to just-cold and the pick becomes the Frigidaire FHWC083, about $220 — a basic 8,000-BTU that gets the room cold, not the quiet U on this page.

With those answers, the pick is Frigidaire FHWC083TC1 8,000-BTU Window Air Conditioner. See the just-cold sash pick

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