What the Marathon MFF179SSBM-2LH costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Marathon MFF179SSBM-2LH at 438 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
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 13.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,106 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $10/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 refrigerators, one step cheaper is Hamilton Beach HBF1800 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Marathon MFF179SSBM-2RH ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Marathon makes 57 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 46 of 57 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the M4-100BLS at $25/yr, and its priciest, the MFF208WFD-2 at $87/yr.
Marathon MFF179SSBM-2LH over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Marathon MFF179SSBM-2LH that long and it costs about $1,070 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $82/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Marathon MFF179SSBM-2LH or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Marathon MFF179SSBM-2LH ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
At rank 3,106 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 438 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.