What the BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 costs to run
The BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 218 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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.
How the BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 616 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $32/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 on that list: BANGSON US-BSR-102 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while BANGSON US-BSR-102A ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing BANGSON's own models
Ranked 27 of BANGSON's 53 certified refrigerators, this sits between the US-BSR-003 ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the US-BSR-309 ($61/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 costs roughly $533 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.