Model
Epic ECF71W
Rank #50 means 49 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 45th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 45% of those models.
What does the Epic ECF71W cost to run per year?
Among the 622 freezer models we track, the Epic ECF71W's $42/yr running cost ranks it #50, comfortably in the cheap-to-run group. It uses 11% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $47/yr to run, a saving of roughly $5 a year. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it sits right around the class median, ahead of 45% of the models we track. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 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 Cool-Living CL-7UFR at $42/yr runs a little cheaper and the Marathon MCF701GRD at $42/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 Epic ECF71W's $42/yr adds up to roughly $588 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Cool-Living CL-7UFR.
By the numbers
The Epic ECF71W 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 $42/yr, here is what the Epic ECF71W adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Epic ECF71W costs about $420. That is roughly $50 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $470 over the same ten years.
How the Epic ECF71W compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $42/yr, it runs about $33 a year cheaper than the class median of $75, and it is about $17 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $47/yr, the Epic ECF71W uses 11% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 7 cu ft, the Epic ECF71W 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 Epic ECF71W cheap to run?
Yes. Its $42/yr running cost puts it at rank #50 of 622, below what most freezer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Epic ECF71W cost per month?
About $3.46 a month, which is the $42 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: 224 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $42 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Epic ECF71W for its size?
45th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Cool-Living CL-7UFR7 cu ft | $42 |
| 49 | Ge FCM11PH****10.6 cu ft | $40 |
| 48 | Bangson US-BSR-019A1.1 cu ft | $40 |
| 47 | Bangson US-BSR-019-31.1 cu ft | $40 |
| 46 | Bangson US-BSR-019-21.1 cu ft | $40 |
Source
ES_1137295_ECF71W_12232019124706_80022912View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Epic and ECF71W 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.