Marathon MFF212BLS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Marathon MFF212BLS
The Marathon MFF212BLS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 314 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $59 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 Marathon MFF212BLS compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 18.7% less, ranking 1,898 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $14/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Marathon MFF212BLS on that list: Marathon MFF212 ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Premium Levella PFV21206HS ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Marathon lineup
Ranked 24 of Marathon's 57 certified refrigerators, this sits between the M4-100BLS ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MFF208WFD-2 ($87/yr, its priciest).
Marathon MFF212BLS 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 MFF212BLS that long and it costs about $767 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $59/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$59/year to run is the predictable cost of the Marathon MFF212BLS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Ranked 1,898 of 4,704, the Marathon MFF212BLS sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 314 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.