Model
Miele F 2412 Vi
Rank #310 means 309 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 22nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 22% of those models.
What does the Miele F 2412 Vi cost to run per year?
The Miele F 2412 Vi holds rank #310 of 622 on running cost, at about $75 a year, an unremarkable but typical figure for the class. It uses 20% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $92/yr to run, a saving of roughly $17 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 22 suggests its capacity is doing more work than its efficiency to keep the headline cost down. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 8.6 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 RF411705 at $75/yr runs a little cheaper and the Thermador T18IF905SP at $75/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 2412 Vi's $75/yr adds up to roughly $1050 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Bosch B18IF905SP.
By the numbers
The Miele F 2412 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 $75/yr, here is what the Miele F 2412 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 2412 Vi costs about $750. That is roughly $170 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $920 over the same ten years.
How the Miele F 2412 Vi compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $75/yr, it sits right on the class median of $75, and it is about $50 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $92/yr, the Miele F 2412 Vi uses 20% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 8.6 cu ft, the Miele F 2412 Vi is a small freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture.
- 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 2412 Vi cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $75/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #310 of 622, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Miele F 2412 Vi cost per month?
About $6.25 a month, which is the $75 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: 404 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $75 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Miele F 2412 Vi for its size?
22nd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 311 | Gaggenau RF4117058.6 cu ft | $75 |
| 310 | Bosch B18IF905SP8.6 cu ft | $75 |
| 309 | Sub-Zero ID-30FI5.1 cu ft | $74 |
| 308 | Wood'S WUF140W14.1 cu ft | $74 |
| 307 | Wood'S WUF140SL14.1 cu ft | $74 |
Source
ES_0031629_F 2412 Vi_09012020122758_80044906View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Miele and F 2412 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.