Samsung DVG60M99 Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Samsung DVG60M99
The Samsung DVG60M99 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 685 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $129 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.
How the Samsung DVG60M99 compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 19.8% above it, ranking 536 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Samsung DVG60M99 on that list: Samsung DVG55M96 ($129/yr, 685 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Amana NGD5800H ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 77 of Samsung's 102 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the DV25B69H ($24/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WH53DBH7G ($129/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Samsung DVG60M99 that long and it costs about $1,545 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Samsung DVG60M99 runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung DVG60M99 already costs $129/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 536 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Samsung DVG60M99 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.