Model
Miele F 2812 Vi
Rank #451 means 450 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 53rd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 53% of those models.
What does the Miele F 2812 Vi cost to run per year?
At about $89 a year, the Miele F 2812 Vi costs more to run than most freezer models we track, rank #451 of 622. It uses 24% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $115/yr to run, a saving of roughly $26 a year. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of 53% of freezer models we track, right in the class's middle band. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 15.8 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Gaggenau RF471705 at $89/yr runs a little cheaper and the Thermador T30IF905SP at $89/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Miele F 2812 Vi's $89/yr adds up to roughly $1246 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Gaggenau RF471705.
By the numbers
The Miele F 2812 Vi normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $89/yr, here is what the Miele F 2812 Vi adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Miele F 2812 Vi costs about $890. That is roughly $260 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1150 over the same ten years.
How the Miele F 2812 Vi compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $89/yr, it runs about $14 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $64 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $115/yr, the Miele F 2812 Vi uses 24% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 15.8 cu ft, the Miele F 2812 Vi is a mid-size freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, right in the middle of the capacity range, so capacity is roughly a wash compared with the rest of the class.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Miele F 2812 Vi cheap to run?
Its $89/yr running cost, rank #451 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Miele F 2812 Vi cost per month?
About $7.41 a month, which is the $89 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 479 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $89 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Miele F 2812 Vi for its size?
53rd percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 451 | Gaggenau RF47170515.8 cu ft | $89 |
| 450 | Conserv FR2000WREV20.2 cu ft | $89 |
| 449 | Conserv FR2000SREV20.2 cu ft | $89 |
| 448 | Conserv FR2000BREV20.2 cu ft | $89 |
| 447 | Frigidaire FFUF2021A*20 cu ft | $89 |
Source
ES_0031629_F 2812 Vi_09012020122758_80044906View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Miele and F 2812 Vi are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.