Liebherr MF 3661 Running Cost (Freezer)
Liebherr MF 3661: running cost
At 535 kWh/yr, the Liebherr MF 3661's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $101 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Liebherr MF 3661 against the category
That's 33.4% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 613 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $25/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Gaggenau RVF497790 ($101/yr, 536 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Liebherr MF 3661. Thermador T36IF905SP ($99/yr, 528 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Liebherr's own models
Among Liebherr's 11 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $71/year over the UF3651, the brand's cheapest.
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.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $101/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$101/year to run is the predictable cost of the Liebherr MF 3661; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 535 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.