Midea MDUDMA-20AEN8-BA7: running cost
At 249 kWh/yr, the Midea MDUDMA-20AEN8-BA7's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
That $47 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 MDUDMA-20AEN8-BA7 compares to other dehumidifiers
Against the category average of 378 kWh/yr, this model uses 34.1% less, ranking 88 of 546 dehumidifiers tracked here for running cost. 546 certified dehumidifiers, one average, about $24/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MDUDMA-20AEN8-BA7 on that list: Midea MC20MSWBA3RCM ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Deye DYD-P30 ($48/yr, 256 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 3 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, $47/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
At $47/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 249 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.