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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Miele KFMC 3844 FD Fridge
Miele KFMC 3844 FD is a 576 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3702).
- Total capacity
- 576 L
- 379 L fridge + 197 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 354 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $113 / year
- $9.44 / month · $1,133 over 10 years
13% less electricity than the median of 72 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 82% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $17 a year less than the median, $166 over 10 years.
Uses 45% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (640 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 500–599 L french door fridge freezer sold in Australia, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Miele KFMC 3844 FD running cost
- Per month
- $9.44
- Per year
- $113
- 5 years
- $566
- 10 years
- $1,133
354 kWh × 32c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 576 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 379 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 197 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 735 L
- chill compartment
- 60 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 197 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 319 L gross
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 576 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANUX1511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 |
Fridges similar to the Miele KFMC 3844 FD
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaggenau RVY497190 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 576 L | 5 | 354 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF576FHC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 575 L | 5 | 345 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL TRF576FHW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 575 L | 5 | 345 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600AMPVG1 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 602 L | 5 | 357 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WHE6000SB 2% smaller, same door count | 565 L | 4 | 382 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Westinghouse WHE6000BB 2% smaller, same door count | 565 L | 4 | 382 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Liebherr Msdh 9012 same capacity, similar star rating | 577 L | 5 | 339 | same capacity, similar star rating |
| LG GF-B589PLE 2% larger, same door count | 589 L | 3.5 | 474 | 2% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 576 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Miele KFMC 3844 FD specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- 600 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 354 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.004
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 640 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.482
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3702
- GEMS registration id
- 173004
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 1 October 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with three or more doors
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: miele.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.