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What the Criterion CUF21C1W costs to run

More expensive than most models in its category to run
$93/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

At 493 kWh/yr, the Criterion CUF21C1W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.

$0.25per day
$7.72per month
493kWh per year, certified

The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 516 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $17/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is BLACK+DECKER BUC2120M* ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Criterion CUF21M2* ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).

Same brand, different models

Criterion makes 12 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 11 of 12 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 453-6054 at $46/yr, and its priciest, the CUF21M2* at $93/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

At $93/year, this is on the expensive side for a freezer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $26/year, worth knowing before buying either the Criterion CUF21C1W or its replacement.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

$93/year to run is the predictable cost of the Criterion CUF21C1W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

The data behind this page

Ranked 516 of 658, the Criterion CUF21C1W 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. The 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.