What the Gaggenau RF461705 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Gaggenau RF461705 at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $82 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the Gaggenau RF461705 compares to other freezers
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 8.5% above it, ranking 374 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $6/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Gaggenau RF461705 on that list: FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Professional Series® PS-UFR171 ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Gaggenau's own models
Ranked 4 of Gaggenau's 19 certified freezers, this sits between the RVF417790 ($72/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF471701 ($106/yr, its priciest).
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Weighing a replacement
The Gaggenau RF461705 runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Gaggenau RF461705 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 374 of 658, the Gaggenau RF461705 sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.