Vissani MDBF5 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Vissani MDBF5 costs to run
At 333 kWh/yr, the Vissani MDBF5's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $63 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 refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 13.7% less, ranking 2,249 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $10/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 Vissani MDBF5: upstreman BD147-White ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr), then Vissani MDTF14 ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr).
Comparing Vissani's own models
Ranked 80 of Vissani's 112 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HVR32GSEF ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MDBF18SS ($103/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $63/year, the Vissani MDBF5 adds up to about $814 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $63/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
At $63/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 2,249 of 4,704, the Vissani MDBF5 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 333 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.