Miele TXB360WP Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Miele TXB360WP: running cost
At 133 kWh/yr, the Miele TXB360WP's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
That $25 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 76.7% less, ranking 13 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $83/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Miele TXB360WP: Miele TWI680WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr), then Miele TXD160WP ($25/yr, 133 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 of Miele's 13 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the TWB120 WP ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PDR908 HP ($46/yr, its priciest).
Miele TXB360WP over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $25/year, the Miele TXB360WP adds up to about $300 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $25/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Miele TXB360WP already costs $25/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 13 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Miele TXB360WP is also worth reading with a caveat specific to this category: the methodology page explains why ENERGY STAR's own combined-energy figure for dryers can overstate the electric bill impact of a gas model. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number. The 133 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.