Midea MRU21B6 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Midea MRU21B6 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MRU21B6 at 493 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MRU21B6 against the category
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 538 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 $17/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MRU21B6A ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MRU21B6. Midea MRU21B4 ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 41 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 36 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 MRU21B6 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 $93/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Midea MRU21B6 already costs $93/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 493 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 538 of 658, the Midea MRU21B6 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.