Danby Designer DUF206E1 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Danby Designer DUF206E1 costs to run
The Danby Designer DUF206E1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 492 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently 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 22.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 493 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 Danby DUF206E1SSLDB ($93/yr, 492 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is ELEMENT EUF21CEBW ($93/yr, 492 kWh/yr).
Comparing Danby Designer's own models
Among Danby Designer's 7 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $46/year over the DUFM085A4, the brand's cheapest.
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 Danby Designer DUF206E1 runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $93/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Danby Designer DUF206E1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.