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upstreman UF14-#: running cost

About average for its category to run
$74/year at the national-average rate

The upstreman UF14-# is certified by ENERGY STAR at 392 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.

$0.20per day
$6.14per month
392kWh per year, certified

The $74 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 2.2% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 242 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 $2/year under 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 upstreman BD-396 ($74/yr, 392 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is ALPHA RDVC138WE ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr).

Same brand, different models

upstreman makes 5 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 2 of 5 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BD-396 at $74/yr, and its priciest, the UF212-*** 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.

Is it worth replacing?

The upstreman UF14-# is already efficient for its category at $74/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.

Protecting what you have

At $74/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

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. Ranked 242 of 658, the upstreman UF14-# 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.