Midea MRU14F5 Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Midea MRU14F5
The Midea MRU14F5 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 394 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $74 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 MRU14F5 compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.7% less, ranking 276 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $1/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRU14F5 on that list: Midea MRU14B3ASL ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRU14F5A ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 18 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, $74/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
$74/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MRU14F5; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 394 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.