BANGSON US-BSR-019 Running Cost (Freezer)

Name: BANGSON US-BSR-019
Brand: BANGSON

Running cost for the BANGSON US-BSR-019

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$41/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the BANGSON US-BSR-019 at 216 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day

$3.38per month

216kWh per year, certified

See this at your own electricity rate

The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

BANGSON US-BSR-019 against the category

That's 46.1% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 44 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 $35/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

BANGSON US-BSR-019-1 ($41/yr, 216 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BANGSON US-BSR-019. BANGSON US-BSR-017A ($41/yr, 216 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the BANGSON lineup

BANGSON makes 18 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 6 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.

Weighing a replacement

The BANGSON US-BSR-019 is already efficient for its category at $41/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

The BANGSON US-BSR-019 already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 44 of 658, the BANGSON US-BSR-019 sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.