Liebherr MF3051 Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Liebherr MF3051 costs to run
The Liebherr MF3051 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 528 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $99 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 31.7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 610 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $24/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Gaggenau RF491705 ($99/yr, 528 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Miele F 2912 Vi ($99/yr, 528 kWh/yr).
Within the Liebherr lineup
Liebherr makes 11 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 10 of 11 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UF3651 at $29/yr, and its priciest, the MF 3661 at $101/yr.
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
At $99/year, this is on the expensive side for a freezer; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $26/year, worth knowing before buying either the Liebherr MF3051 or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $99/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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 528 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.