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Cheapest large (15 cu ft and up) freezers to run

214 ENERGY STAR models in this size. The cheapest to run costs $50 a year; the most expensive costs $118. Over 12 years that gap is $812, money you pay on top of the price tag.

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Chest Freezer

#ModelSizePer year12 years
1GE FCM16DL series15.7 cu ft$50$605
2Crosley XCM22DM series21.7 cu ft$63$755
3GE FCM22DL series21.7 cu ft$63$755
4Hotpoint HCM22QW*WW family21.7 cu ft$63$755

Upright Freezer

#ModelSizePer year12 years
1Frigidaire FFUE1626AV15.5 cu ft$75$906
2Whirlpool WZF57R16F series15.7 cu ft$76$915
3Fisher & Paykel RS30F*E* family16.7 cu ft$77$923
4Frigidaire FFUE2024A series20 cu ft$77$926
5Avanti AV160VFK0W16.4 cu ft$78$936
6Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB16.4 cu ft$78$936
7Vissani VSF16UWEE1616.4 cu ft$78$936
8Danby DUF167A5BSLDD16.7 cu ft$79$943
9Danby DUF167A5WDD16.7 cu ft$79$943
10BLACK+DECKER BUC1700XB17 cu ft$79$950
11Conserv FR1700BREV17 cu ft$79$950
12Conserv FR1700EL17 cu ft$79$950
13Conserv FR1700SREV17 cu ft$79$950
14Conserv FR1700WREV17 cu ft$79$950
15Criterion® CUF17C1W17 cu ft$79$950
16Criterion CUF17P1W17 cu ft$79$950
17ELEMENT EUF17CEES17 cu ft$79$950
18ELEMENT EXUF17CEES17 cu ft$79$950
19FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B17 cu ft$79$950
20Kenmore KKUF17-W17 cu ft$79$950
21Professional Series® PS-UFR17117 cu ft$79$950
22upstreman UF17-#17 cu ft$79$950
23Vissani VS170HSUPSS17 cu ft$79$950
24Vissani VS170HSUPW17 cu ft$79$950
25Vissani VXUF1700BVEL17 cu ft$79$950

Source: ENERGY STAR certified freezers (U.S. EPA) and the EIA average residential electricity price. Energy use is the official test figure; real use varies.