Midea MRF27I4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Midea MRF27I4
At 573 kWh/yr, the Midea MRF27I4's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $108 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 MRF27I4 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 48.4% above it, ranking 3,891 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $35/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRF27I4 on that list: GE GDE21EYK ($108/yr, 572 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while VITARA VFFR2100ESSE ($108/yr, 573 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 125 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B ($147/yr, its priciest).
Midea MRF27I4 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea MRF27I4 that long and it costs about $1,400 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MRF27I4 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 $108/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MRF27I4 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 573 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.