Samsung DVG50R85 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Samsung DVG50R85: running cost
At 687 kWh/yr, the Samsung DVG50R85's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
The $129 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung DVG50R85 against the category
That's 20.1% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 606 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every clothes dryer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (639 models), not an outside benchmark, about $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung DVG53BB87 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung DVG50R85. Samsung DVG50BG83 ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Samsung makes 102 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 89 of 102 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DV25B69H at $24/yr, and its priciest, the WH53DBH7G at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung DVG50R85 costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
At $129/year, this is on the expensive side for a clothes dryer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $23/year, worth knowing before buying either the Samsung DVG50R85 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $129/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 606 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG50R85 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. Whether a repair or a full replacement dryer makes more sense once the electric bill is this well known is covered in the guide to when replacing one pays off. The 687 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.