BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1 Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1
The BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 231 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1 against the category
That's 42.4% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 69 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $32/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
BANGSON US-BSR-0176-2 ($43/yr, 231 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1. BANGSON US-BSR-0176 ($43/yr, 231 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the BANGSON lineup
BANGSON makes 18 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 12 of 18 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the US-BSR-017 at $41/yr, and its priciest, the US-BSR-0196A at $43/yr.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Is it worth replacing?
The BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1 is already efficient for its category at $43/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the BANGSON US-BSR-0176-1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 69 of 658 for running cost, see the freezer category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 231 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.