Westbend AV701VFB0W Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Westbend AV701VFB0W costs to run
The Westbend AV701VFB0W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 299 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $56 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 25.4% less, ranking 143 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 $19/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 Westbend AV701VFB0W: Avanti AV701VFB0W ($56/yr, 299 kWh/yr), then Comfee CERU07B0 ($56/yr, 300 kWh/yr).
Within the Westbend lineup
The Westbend AV701VFB0W is the only freezer from Westbend that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full freezer category.
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
Efficient as certified freezers go, $56/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
$56/year to run is the predictable cost of the Westbend AV701VFB0W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 143 of 658, the Westbend AV701VFB0W 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. The 299 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.