Model
Danby DUFM068A1SCDB
Rank #125 means 124 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 24th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 24% of those models.
What does the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB cost to run per year?
At roughly $55 a year to run, ranking #125 of 622, the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB costs less than the typical freezer model we track. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $61/yr to run, a saving of roughly $6 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 24 suggests its capacity is doing more work than its efficiency to keep the headline cost down. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 6.8 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 Vitara VLUF0660EW at $54/yr runs a little cheaper and the Frigidaire FFUE0725AW at $55/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 DUFM068A1SCDB's $55/yr adds up to roughly $770 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Danby DUFM068A1SCDB 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 $55/yr, here is what the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB 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 DUFM068A1SCDB costs about $550. That is roughly $60 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $610 over the same ten years.
How the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $55/yr, it runs about $20 a year cheaper than the class median of $75, and it is about $30 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $61/yr, the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 6.8 cu ft, the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB is a small freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is.
- 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 DUFM068A1SCDB cheap to run?
Yes. Its $55/yr running cost puts it at rank #125 of 622, below what most freezer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB cost per month?
About $4.58 a month, which is the $55 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: 296 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $55 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Danby DUFM068A1SCDB for its size?
24th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 124 | Vitara VLUF0660EW6.6 cu ft | $54 |
| 123 | Criterion CUF66C1W6.6 cu ft | $54 |
| 122 | Marathon MUF65BLS6.3 cu ft | $54 |
| 121 | Eurodesign EDV064S6.3 cu ft | $54 |
| 120 | Criterion CUF63P1W6.3 cu ft | $54 |
Source
ES_0031682_DUFM068A1SCDB_12122022014220_80146810View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Danby and DUFM068A1SCDB 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.