Electric toothbrush charger vs Hair dryer: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
Electric toothbrush charger
- Typical watts
- 5 W
- Hours/day
- 0.2
- Monthly est.
- $0.01
- kWh/mo
- 0.0
Hair dryer
- Typical watts
- 1600 W
- Hours/day
- 0.2
- Monthly est.
- $1.73
- kWh/mo
- 9.6
Hair dryer is estimated to cost more per month at typical use.