Marathon MCF50W-1 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Marathon MCF50W-1 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Marathon MCF50W-1 at 184 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $35 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 Marathon MCF50W-1 compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 54.1% less, ranking 14 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $41/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Marathon MCF50W-1 on that list: EPIC ECF50W-1 ($35/yr, 184 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Cool-living CL-5UFR ($37/yr, 195 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of Marathon's 11 certified freezers, this sits between the MCF36W-1 ($31/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MFF212BLS ($93/yr, its priciest).
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified freezers go, $35/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
The Marathon MCF50W-1 already costs $35/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 14 of 658, the Marathon MCF50W-1 sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.