Marathon MFF180WFD-2 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Marathon MFF180WFD-2 costs to run
At 435 kWh/yr, the Marathon MFF180WFD-2's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Marathon MFF180WFD-2 against the category
That's 12.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,084 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $9/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
MARTEL F18HF01SS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Marathon MFF180WFD-2. Marathon MFF180WFD-1 ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Marathon lineup
Marathon makes 57 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 45 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 MFF180WFD-2 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 MFF180WFD-2 that long and it costs about $1,063 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Marathon MFF180WFD-2 runs above its category average. If the refrigerator 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Marathon MFF180WFD-2 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.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 435 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 3,084 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.