Running cost for the Midea MRU17F6A**
At 438 kWh/yr, the Midea MRU17F6A**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 9.2% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 411 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $7/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Midea MRU17F5A** ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MRU17F6AWW* ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 41 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 25 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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MRU17F6A** runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A freezer like the Midea MRU17F6A** is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
The data behind this page
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 438 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.