Midea MAD50PS1BWBL: running cost
At 520 kWh/yr, the Midea MAD50PS1BWBL's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $98 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 Midea MAD50PS1BWBL compares to other dehumidifiers
The category average is 378 kWh/yr; this model runs 37.6% above it, ranking 445 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $27/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MAD50PS1BWBL on that list: Midea MAD50PS1AWT-S ($98/yr, 520 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAD50PS1BWT-C ($98/yr, 520 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 37 of Midea's 44 certified dehumidifiers, this sits between the MAD20S1QWT ($47/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MDUDP-50AEN8-BB0 ($99/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
The Midea MAD50PS1BWBL runs above its category average. If the dehumidifier 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 $98/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $98/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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. 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.