Miele F 2661 Vi: running cost
At 457 kWh/yr, the Miele F 2661 Vi's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $86 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.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 14% above it, ranking 457 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $11/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Miele F 2661 Vi: Gaggenau RF463705 ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr), then Miele F 2671 SF ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr).
Within the Miele lineup
Ranked 10 of Miele's 20 certified freezers, this sits between the FNS 7794 E ($66/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the F 2911 Vi ($102/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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Miele F 2661 Vi 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 $86/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $86/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.