Midea MRU21B6A Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Midea MRU21B6A
The Midea MRU21B6A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 493 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $93 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 MRU21B6A compares to other freezers
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 22.9% above it, ranking 539 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $17/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRU21B6A on that list: Midea MRU21B6 ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRU21F5 ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 37 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.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MRU21B6A 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MRU21B6A 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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 539 of 658, the Midea MRU21B6A 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.