Vissani VS217HSUPW Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Vissani VS217HSUPW costs to run
The Vissani VS217HSUPW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 500 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 24.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 583 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 $19/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 Vissani VS217HSUPSS ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MRU21C7B ($94/yr, 502 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Among Vissani's 17 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $48/year over the MDUF3WHR6, 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
Running above the category average, $94/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $94/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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 500 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.