Model
Upstreman UPDEH-80A
Rank #221 means 220 of the 519 dehumidifier models we track cost less to run each year; the 15th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 15% of those models.
What does the Upstreman UPDEH-80A cost to run per year?
The Upstreman UPDEH-80A costs about $55 a year to run, a middle-of-the-pack figure at rank #221 of 519. Once capacity is factored in, its efficiency percentile of 15 is among the lowest in its class. The IEF figure of 1.76 on this model captures integrated energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Dreame CVF39A at $55/yr runs a little cheaper and the Pauvoern ZY24P-01A at $55/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A dehumidifier typically stays in service for somewhere around 8 years; over that span, the Upstreman UPDEH-80A's $55/yr adds up to roughly $440 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Upstreman UPDEH-80A 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 $55/yr, here is what the Upstreman UPDEH-80A adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Upstreman UPDEH-80A costs about $550. That is roughly $90 less than the class median, which would run closer to $640 over the same ten years.
How the Upstreman UPDEH-80A compares
The dehumidifier class we track runs from $19 to $521 a year. At $55/yr, it runs about $9 a year cheaper than the class median of $64, and it is about $36 a year more than the cheapest dehumidifier to run at $19.
What drives its running cost
At 24.01 pints/day, the Upstreman UPDEH-80A is a small dehumidifier for its class, which spans 1.91 to 172.13 pints/day with a median of 32.46 pints/day, 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. The IEF of 1.76 on this model, below the class median of 2.01, measures integrated energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's IEF if capacity is similar.
- Integrated Energy Factor (IEF). Two dehumidifiers rated for the same pints per day can carry very different IEF figures, and IEF is what actually separates their running costs.
- Water removal capacity (pints/day). Pints-per-day rating scales with the space it is built for, and that rating is the first driver of how much power the compressor needs.
- Humidistat accuracy. How tightly a humidistat holds its target humidity determines how much of the day the compressor actually runs, on top of the unit's rated capacity and IEF.
Common questions
Is the Upstreman UPDEH-80A cheap to run?
It is about average. At $55 a year it ranks #221 of 519 dehumidifier models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Upstreman UPDEH-80A cost per month?
Roughly $4.56/mo, spreading the $55/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 295 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $55 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Upstreman UPDEH-80A for its size?
15th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 220 | Dreame CVF39A23.29 pints/day | $55 |
| 219 | Waykar CTH80B24.48 pints/day | $54 |
| 218 | Waykar CTH80A24.48 pints/day | $54 |
| 217 | Tcl W25D9324.48 pints/day | $54 |
| 216 | Tcl T25DC3S24.48 pints/day | $54 |
Source
ES_1151392_UPDEH-80A_05192026190000_0000001View certified dehumidifier listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Upstreman and UPDEH-80A 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.