Midea MRU01M3ASL Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Midea MRU01M3ASL costs to run
The Midea MRU01M3ASL is certified by ENERGY STAR at 215 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MRU01M3ASL against the category
That's 46.4% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 35 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $35/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MRU01M3AWW ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MRU01M3ASL. Midea MRU01M3ABB ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 41 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 3 of 41 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRC04M3C at $33/yr, and its priciest, the MRU21C7B at $94/yr.
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.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MRU01M3ASL is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$40/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MRU01M3ASL; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 215 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.