Running cost for the Midea MDUDA-25AEN8-BB0F
The Midea MDUDA-25AEN8-BB0F is certified by ENERGY STAR at 283 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among dehumidifiers currently certified.
That $53 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 MDUDA-25AEN8-BB0F compares to other dehumidifiers
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 25.1% less, ranking 175 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $18/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MDUDA-25AEN8-BB0F on that list: MegaLight PD-MPC720-WT ($53/yr, 283 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while TCL T25DC9R ($53/yr, 283 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 14 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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified dehumidifiers go, $53/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MDUDA-25AEN8-BB0F ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a dehumidifier, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 175 of 546, the Midea MDUDA-25AEN8-BB0F sits in the middle of the dehumidifier category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.