Model
Avanti AV230VFLJM#**
Rank #565 means 564 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 98th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 98% of those models.
What does the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** cost to run per year?
The Avanti AV230VFLJM#** holds rank #565 of 622 on running cost, at about $97 a year, a genuinely pricey result for the class. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $107/yr to run, a saving of roughly $10 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 98 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; almost nothing in the class beats it on efficiency once capacity is accounted for. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 23 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Monogram ZIF241NPN**** at $95/yr runs a little cheaper and the Elisii DECVC230S3 at $97/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Avanti AV230VFLJM#**'s $97/yr adds up to roughly $1358 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Elisii DECVC230S3, Elisii DECVC230W3, West Bend WB230VFLJM#**.
By the numbers
The Avanti AV230VFLJM#** normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $97/yr, here is what the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** costs about $970. That is roughly $100 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1070 over the same ten years.
How the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $97/yr, it runs about $22 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $72 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $107/yr, the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 23 cu ft, the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** is a large freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, and larger freezer models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** cheap to run?
Its $97/yr running cost, rank #565 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** cost per month?
About $8.04 a month, which is the $97 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 520 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $97 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Avanti AV230VFLJM#** for its size?
98th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 564 | Monogram ZIF241NPN****12.5 cu ft | $95 |
| 563 | Monogram ZIF241NBR****12.5 cu ft | $95 |
| 562 | Sub-Zero DEC2450FI/*12.4 cu ft | $95 |
| 561 | Zline RBCFV-2412.4 cu ft | $95 |
| 560 | Vitara VBCF1201EWE12.4 cu ft | $95 |
Source
ES_1131312_AV230VFLJM#**_031120250219934_2413280View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Avanti and AV230VFLJM#** are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.