Miele WXR860 Running Cost (Washing Machine)
Running cost for the Miele WXR860
At 116 kWh/yr, the Miele WXR860's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified washing machine.
The $22 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Miele WXR860 against the category
That's 5.7% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 218 of 398 certified washing machines for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every washing machine ENERGY STAR currently certifies (398 models), not an outside benchmark, about $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Miele WXR960 ($22/yr, 116 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Miele WXR860. Miele WXI860 ($22/yr, 116 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Miele makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 8 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WWD160 at $22/yr, and its priciest, the WXR960 at $22/yr.
Miele WXR860 over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the Miele WXR860 that long and it costs about $218 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Miele WXR860 is already efficient for its category at $22/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$22/year to run is the predictable cost of the Miele WXR860; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 218 of 398, the Miele WXR860 sits in the middle of the washing machine category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.