What the BANGSON US-BSR-0176A costs to run
At 231 kWh/yr, the BANGSON US-BSR-0176A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $43 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 42.4% less, ranking 71 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $32/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the BANGSON US-BSR-0176A: BANGSON US-BSR-0176-2 ($43/yr, 231 kWh/yr), then BANGSON US-BSR-0196 ($43/yr, 231 kWh/yr).
Comparing BANGSON's own models
Ranked 14 of BANGSON's 18 certified freezers, this sits between the US-BSR-017 ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the US-BSR-0196A ($43/yr, its priciest).
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.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified freezers go, $43/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$43/year to run is the predictable cost of the BANGSON US-BSR-0176A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 231 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.