Midea MRU01M3AWW Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Midea MRU01M3AWW
The Midea MRU01M3AWW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 215 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $40 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 MRU01M3AWW compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.4% less, ranking 36 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $35/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRU01M3AWW on that list: Midea MRU01M3ASL ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while SPT UF-114SS ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 4 of Midea's 41 certified freezers, this sits between the MRC04M3C ($33/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRU21C7B ($94/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, $40/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 MRU01M3AWW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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.