Running cost for the FARBERWARE FW-UFR391US-IN-I6A
ENERGY STAR certifies the FARBERWARE FW-UFR391US-IN-I6A at 392 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $74 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 2.2% less, ranking 237 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 $2/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 FARBERWARE FW-UFR391US-IN-I6A: Mora MFU140N6AWE ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr), then FARBERWARE FW-UFR392US-IN-I6A ($74/yr, 392 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of FARBERWARE's 8 certified freezers, this sits between the FW-UFR701US ($56/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FW-UFR211-I3B ($93/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.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/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
At $74/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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.