Model
Midea WHS-625FWEW1
Rank #376 means 375 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 77th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 77% of those models.
What does the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 cost to run per year?
At roughly $81 a year to run, ranking #376 of 622, the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 costs more than the typical freezer model we track. It uses 9% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $90/yr to run, a saving of roughly $9 a year. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 77% of freezer models we track, a reasonably strong result for the class. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 17 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Midea WHS-625FWESS1 at $81/yr runs a little cheaper and the Omnimax 3730-739 at $81/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Midea WHS-625FWEW1's $81/yr adds up to roughly $1134 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Ellipse EDV166W.
By the numbers
The Midea WHS-625FWEW1 normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $81/yr, here is what the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 costs about $810. That is roughly $90 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $900 over the same ten years.
How the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $81/yr, it runs about $6 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $56 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $90/yr, the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 uses 9% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 17 cu ft, the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 is a large freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 cheap to run?
Its $81/yr running cost, rank #376 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 cost per month?
About $6.77 a month, which is the $81 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 438 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $81 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Midea WHS-625FWEW1 for its size?
77th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 394 | Midea WHS-625FWESS117 cu ft | $81 |
| 393 | Midea MU170CWBR1RC117 cu ft | $81 |
| 392 | Midea MRU17F6AWW*17 cu ft | $81 |
| 391 | Midea MRU17F6A**17 cu ft | $81 |
| 390 | Midea MRU17F5A**17 cu ft | $81 |
Source
ES_1030337_WHS-625FWEW1_03022017062847_6127747View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Midea and WHS-625FWEW1 are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.