MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: an impressive mid-size portable air conditioner

Home LivingMeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: an impressive mid-size portable air conditionerJust in time for summer, this portable AC from Meaco will keep your home office coolWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.(Image credit: Future)T3 VerdictThe MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 is a high-performance portable air conditioning unit designed for small to medium sized spaces. It works quickly and efficiently, drawing warm air out through a ducting pipe that fits to most types of window. There’s a remote control, but also an app for control whole away from home and support for voice assistant control, too. It’s big and heavy, like all portable AC units, and it’s a bit too loud to use at night, but for quickly cooling a room on a hot day it works very well indeed.Reasons to buy+Great performance (efficient too)+Reliable app and voice control+Easy to set upReasons to avoid-Fairly loud-Heavy-Cumbersome exhaust ductWhy you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.

Just in time for summer, this portable AC from Meaco will keep your home office cool

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(Image credit: Future)T3 VerdictThe MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 is a high-performance portable air conditioning unit designed for small to medium sized spaces. It works quickly and efficiently, drawing warm air out through a ducting pipe that fits to most types of window. There’s a remote control, but also an app for control whole away from home and support for voice assistant control, too. It’s big and heavy, like all portable AC units, and it’s a bit too loud to use at night, but for quickly cooling a room on a hot day it works very well indeed.Reasons to buy+Great performance (efficient too)+Reliable app and voice control+Easy to set upReasons to avoid-Fairly loud-Heavy-Cumbersome exhaust duct

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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T3 VerdictThe MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 is a high-performance portable air conditioning unit designed for small to medium sized spaces. It works quickly and efficiently, drawing warm air out through a ducting pipe that fits to most types of window. There’s a remote control, but also an app for control whole away from home and support for voice assistant control, too. It’s big and heavy, like all portable AC units, and it’s a bit too loud to use at night, but for quickly cooling a room on a hot day it works very well indeed.Reasons to buy+Great performance (efficient too)+Reliable app and voice control+Easy to set upReasons to avoid-Fairly loud-Heavy-Cumbersome exhaust duct

T3 Verdict

The MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 is a high-performance portable air conditioning unit designed for small to medium sized spaces. It works quickly and efficiently, drawing warm air out through a ducting pipe that fits to most types of window. There’s a remote control, but also an app for control whole away from home and support for voice assistant control, too. It’s big and heavy, like all portable AC units, and it’s a bit too loud to use at night, but for quickly cooling a room on a hot day it works very well indeed.

Reasons to buy+Great performance (efficient too)+Reliable app and voice control+Easy to set upReasons to avoid-Fairly loud-Heavy-Cumbersome exhaust duct

Reasons to buy+Great performance (efficient too)+Reliable app and voice control+Easy to set up

Great performance (efficient too)

Reliable app and voice control

Easy to set up

Reasons to avoid-Fairly loud-Heavy-Cumbersome exhaust duct

Fairly loud

Heavy

Cumbersome exhaust duct

Why you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.

At long last, the British summer is finally here! You’ve probably found this review because you’re sick of trying to work, sleep or simply live your life through a sweaty summer in a country where the aged housing simply isn’t built to keep you cool. Or perhaps you’re looking to get ahead of the curve and pick up one of thebest portable air conditionersbeforethe rest of the sticky weather arrives.

This means the 10,000 BTU air conditioner reviewed here is probably overkill for the bedroom I use for my work-from-home space but, with the internal doors open and windows closed, should do a decent job of cooling other parts of our circa-50 square metre London flat. The unit reviewed can cool, act as a dehumidifier, or simple circulate air with no other effect. It cannot warm air, but MeacoCool’s CH models (standing for cool and heat) can.

MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: price and running costs

New for 2024, the MC Series Pro 10000 is a portable, mains-powered air conditioning unit that carries a recommended retail price of £399.99 and is available to buy atMeaco. Meaco claims the unit can cost as little as 27p to run per hour, based on an energy tariff of 24.5p per kWh.

MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: Design

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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The unit measures 701 mm tall, 341 mm wide and 335 mm deep and weighs a fairly substantial 24 kg. Although heavy (you might need help getting it up the stairs), it comes with a set of four castors pre-installed, making it easy to wheel from room to room. Unlike permanently-installed air conditioning units, like those often seen in hotel rooms, portable models like this use a wide ducting pipe to expel warm air out of an open window.

The MeacoCool MC Pro 10000 comes with a duct hose that is 15 cm in diameter and up to 1.8 metres long. Its design means it can be extended or contracted, and bent to whatever angles you need to run the hose from the back of the unit to a window. The hose attaches to the back of the unit at one end, then to a window kit at the other. This AC unit comes with two window installation options; one uses a set of three sliding panels which are about 11.5 cm wide, adjust to fit in an open window of almost any size, and connect to the exhaust duct. I installed this kit at the bottom of a vertical-opening sash window.

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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I initially thought the unit had a swing function, where the vents on the front would move up and down electronically. This isn’t the case, however, so instead you’ve to position them manually – and the same goes for a set of three vertically-arranged fins too. These all work well and really make a difference to the air flow. Since I mostly had the AC unit positioned between a bed and a window, I positioned the vents to fire cool air upwards, clearing the bed and filling the room with a nice, cool breeze.

I went into this review not knowing much about AC costs. Given these are the sort of products you buy just once, with an expectation that it’ll last for many years (the warranty is 24 months, incidentally), I don’t think £400 is too bad. You can’t get thebest smartphonesfor even double that these days, and it’s about the same as aPlayStation 5. Paying this amount for the blessed relief of staying cool during the sticky summer months – plus the added benefits of better sleep and a more comfortable work environment – I think is well worth it.

As for running costs, I found the Pro 10000 actually beat the manufacturer’s claims. With the temperature set to 19 degrees centigrade and the fan speed on low, the unit consumed 0.59 kWh of energy in an hour at a cost of 15p, according to my smart energy metre. And remember, that also includes all other power usage in my home for that hour.

MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: Features

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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This air conditioning unit has three distinct modes. The most obvious is cooling, while the other two are called Dry, where it acts as a dehumidifier as well as AC, and Fan, where it circulates air around the room but doesn’t do anything else. MeacoCool’s CH models also have a Heat function for warming the room.

More interesting than all that, though, is the smartphone app. New for 2024, the app works over Wi-Fi or a cellular connection (so you can control the unit while away from home) and lets you turn the AC on or off, change the mode, fan speed and temperature, create a daily or weekly schedule, and set up routines. These can be configured so that the AC turns on when the ambient temperature hits a certain level, or even when the local weather forecast predicts a hot spell. For example, I set the app so the unit will automatically switch on and cool to 19 degrees when the London forecast exceeds 27 degrees.

MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: Performance

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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As a Brit who is only too familiar with how bad our homes are at staying cool in the summer, I couldn’t wait to try out this AC unit. Domestic air conditioning still feels like a real luxury in this country, so when the MeacoCool 10000 quickly cooled my bedroom – and for just 15p an hour – I was seriously impressed.

I found the unit easy to set up and use. The smartphone app works well and I really like how I can ask Alexa to turn on the AC or adjust the temperature; equally impressive is how quickly the unit responds to my Alexa requests.

The window kit is easy to install and seems to do a decent job of keeping cold air in. That said, it doesn’t feel like a permanent solution, and realistically it needs removing so the window can be closed and locked when no one is home. It isn’t offensively ugly, at least when installed in the gloss white frame of my sash window, and I like how adjustable the duct is.

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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As an AC rookie, something I definitely wasn’t expecting was the noise. MeacoCool’s claim of 53 dB in the low fan speed mode is spot-on, but it’s hard to contextualise this. The app I used to measure the sound said it falls between a quiet home and a quiet street, which (again, according to the app) is 10 dB less than a normal conversation and about 20 dB less than being inside a car. At high speed the AC is closer to 60 dB, which still qualifies as a quiet street. Perhaps I’ve become too used to the very quiet room I work in, or I was wrong to assume the AC would sound similar to a regular fan.

It’s the sort of volume you’ll likely grow accustomed to, but it’s not ideal when trying to sleep. At least the sound is consistent, as while the condenser automatically turns on and off depending on ambient and target temperature, the fan remains active whenever the unit is on. Those able to sleep through white noise, like on a plane, will fare better than those who struggle with anything short of silence. At least there’s comfort in knowing I can fire up the AC a few hours before bed to cool down the room on a hot day.

MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000 review: Verdict

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MeacoCool MC Series Pro 10000

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I’ve been really impressed with this air conditioning unit. It’s a bit bulky and the exhaust duct certainly isn’t attractive, but those are criticisms that could be aimed at any portable AC. And, despite all that, the positives of this particular model shine bright.

My only real criticism, beyond the bulk of the thing and aesthetics of the duct, is the loudness. More than that, I wish I could lower the fan speed and sacrifice some of its cooling ability for quietness at night. As it stands, a constant 60 dB hum makes it quite hard to fall asleep. That said, it has worked wonders at keeping my workspace cool during the day, and it quickly cools the room at night before I go to bed. I also loved opening the app and firing up the air-con while walking home on a warm day, knowing the room would already be nice and cool when I opened the door.

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