Model
Summit LBDHP244
Rank #55 means 54 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 90th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 90% of those models.
What does the Summit LBDHP244 cost to run per year?
Do the math and the Summit LBDHP244's $53/yr puts it at rank #55 of 615, one of the more affordable clothes dryer models we track to keep running. Normalized for capacity, it ranks ahead of 90% of clothes dryer models we track on efficiency, a genuinely strong showing. Its CEF of 3 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Breda BRDH927002 at $53/yr runs a little cheaper and the Summit SLDHP344 at $53/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Summit LBDHP244's $53/yr adds up to roughly $689 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Breda LUDH92700.
By the numbers
The Summit LBDHP244 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 $53/yr, here is what the Summit LBDHP244 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Summit LBDHP244 costs about $530. That is roughly $600 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Summit LBDHP244 compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $53/yr, it runs about $60 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $30 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4.2 cu ft, the Summit LBDHP244 is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is. Beyond size, its CEF of 3, below the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). CEF combines drying performance with standby and off-mode energy use; for a given drum size, a higher CEF means less energy per pound of laundry dried, and heat-pump models usually post the highest figures in the class.
- Drum capacity. Drum capacity sets how much laundry one cycle can hold, and heating a bigger volume of air generally costs more energy per cycle.
Common questions
Is the Summit LBDHP244 cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $53 a year it ranks #55 of 615 clothes dryer models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Summit LBDHP244 cost per month?
Roughly $4.38/mo, spreading the $53/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 283 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $53 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Summit LBDHP244 for its size?
90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | Breda BRDH9270024.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 55 | Breda LUDH927004.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 54 | Summit LDHP244.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 53 | Summit SLD242W4.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 52 | Asko T208H.W.U3.9 cu ft | $53 |
Source
ES_1147102_LBDHP244_01142025103242_80240415View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Summit and LBDHP244 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.