Running cost for the Dreo Home DR-HDH004S
At 335 kWh/yr, the Dreo Home DR-HDH004S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $63 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 Dreo Home DR-HDH004S compares to other dehumidifiers
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 11.4% less, ranking 262 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $8/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Dreo Home DR-HDH004S on that list: Dreo DR-HDH004S ($63/yr, 335 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Vellgoo TAURUS-RCS32(Y)-N4-3 ($63/yr, 335 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers Dreo Home makes, the DR-HDH004S costs the most to run, $12/year more than Dreo Home's cheapest, the DR-HDH003S.
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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $63/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
At $63/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
The full Dehumidifier category page shows all 546 dehumidifiers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 335 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.