What the Honeywell H11MFS costs to run
The Honeywell H11MFS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 215 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Honeywell H11MFS against the category
That's 46.4% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 31 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
Honeywell H11MFW ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Honeywell H11MFS. Honeywell H11MFB ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Honeywell makes 3 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 2 of 3 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the H11MFB at $40/yr, and its priciest, the H11MFW at $40/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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Honeywell H11MFS is already efficient for its category at $40/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
At $40/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
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. The 215 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.