Miele F 2811 SF Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Miele F 2811 SF
At 493 kWh/yr, the Miele F 2811 SF's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Miele F 2811 SF against the category
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 544 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 $17/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Miele F 2811 Vi ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Miele F 2811 SF. Miele F 2801 Vi ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Miele makes 20 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 15 of 20 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FNS 7794 E at $66/yr, and its priciest, the F 2911 Vi at $102/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.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $93/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
$93/year to run is the predictable cost of the Miele F 2811 SF; 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 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.