Midea MRU21F5B Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Midea MRU21F5B
At 493 kWh/yr, the Midea MRU21F5B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 22.9% above it, ranking 541 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $17/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Midea MRU21F5B: Midea MRU21F5 ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), then Midea MRU21F6A ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 39 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?
Running above the category average, $93/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MRU21F5B ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.