Airecoler Sailing P120A: running cost
The Airecoler Sailing P120A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 374 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $70 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 dehumidifier
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.1% less, ranking 306 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 546 dehumidifiers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/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 Airecoler Sailing P120A: LG DT351BWR0 ($70/yr, 372 kWh/yr), then Airecoler Sailing S120A ($70/yr, 374 kWh/yr).
Within the Airecoler lineup
Ranked 7 of Airecoler's 12 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the Atlas T70 ($54/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the Sailing S155A ($100/yr, its priciest).
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for dehumidifiers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $70/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Airecoler Sailing P120A already costs $70/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
At rank 306 of 546 for running cost, see the dehumidifier category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 374 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.