Model
Danby DUF167A5WDD
Rank #344 means 343 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 73rd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 73% of those models.
What does the Danby DUF167A5WDD cost to run per year?
The Danby DUF167A5WDD holds rank #344 of 622 on running cost, at about $80 a year, an unremarkable but typical figure for the class. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $89/yr to run, a saving of roughly $9 a year. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 73% of freezer models we track, a reasonably strong result for the class. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 16.7 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 Danby DUF167A5BSLDD at $80/yr runs a little cheaper and the Black+Decker BUC1700XB at $81/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 Danby DUF167A5WDD's $80/yr adds up to roughly $1120 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Danby DUF167A5BSLDD.
By the numbers
The Danby DUF167A5WDD 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 $80/yr, here is what the Danby DUF167A5WDD adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Danby DUF167A5WDD costs about $800. That is roughly $90 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $890 over the same ten years.
How the Danby DUF167A5WDD compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $80/yr, it runs about $5 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $55 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $89/yr, the Danby DUF167A5WDD uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 16.7 cu ft, the Danby DUF167A5WDD 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 Danby DUF167A5WDD cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $80/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #344 of 622, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Danby DUF167A5WDD cost per month?
About $6.68 a month, which is the $80 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: 432 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $80 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Danby DUF167A5WDD for its size?
73rd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_0031682_DUF167A5WDD_06252024114614_80204877View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Danby and DUF167A5WDD 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.