OMNImax 3730-937 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the OMNImax 3730-937 costs to run
The OMNImax 3730-937 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 394 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
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.
How the OMNImax 3730-937 compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.7% less, ranking 283 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $1/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the OMNImax 3730-937 on that list: Newair NFS14000 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Smad DSD-507WMU ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the OMNImax lineup
Ranked 2 of OMNImax's 3 certified freezers, this sits between the 3730-922 ($33/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 3730-739 ($82/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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The OMNImax 3730-937 already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
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 394 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.