Miele F 2801 Vi Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Miele F 2801 Vi
At 493 kWh/yr, the Miele F 2801 Vi's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $93 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 22.9% above it, ranking 543 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 $17/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 2801 Vi: Midea MRU21F6A ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), then Miele F 2811 SF ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Within the Miele lineup
Ranked 14 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.
Weighing a replacement
The Miele F 2801 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 $93/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $93/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
At rank 543 of 658 for running cost, see the freezer category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.