Model
Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI
Rank #606 means 605 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 50th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 50% of those models.
What does the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI cost to run per year?
Out of the 622 freezer models we track, the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI lands at rank #606 on cost, roughly $117 a year, one of the most expensive figures in the class. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $128/yr to run, a saving of roughly $11 a year. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 50% of freezer models we track, right in the class's middle band. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 20 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 Fulgor Milano FM6CF36IFBI at $117/yr runs a little cheaper and the Hallman HRBIAF36PR at $117/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 Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI's $117/yr adds up to roughly $1638 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Bertazzoni REF36FCBIPNP.
By the numbers
The Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI 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 $117/yr, here is what the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI costs about $1170. That is roughly $110 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1280 over the same ten years.
How the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $117/yr, it runs about $42 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $92 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $128/yr, the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 20 cu ft, the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI 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 Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI cheap to run?
Its $117/yr running cost, rank #606 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 Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI cost per month?
About $9.74 a month, which is the $117 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: 630 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $117 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Fulgor Milano FM7CF36IFBI for its size?
50th 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
Source
ES_1145610_FM7CF36IFBI_01192026135907_8575708View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Fulgor Milano and FM7CF36IFBI 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.