What the BANGSON US-BSR-309 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the BANGSON US-BSR-309 at 326 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $61 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-309 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 15.5% less, ranking 2,088 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $11/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the BANGSON US-BSR-309 on that list: BANGSON US-BSR-308 ($61/yr, 326 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Beko BFTF2716BK ($61/yr, 326 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the BANGSON lineup
Of the 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators BANGSON makes, the US-BSR-309 costs the most to run, $23/year more than BANGSON's cheapest, the US-BSR-003.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $61/year, the BANGSON US-BSR-309 adds up to about $797 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $61/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
At $61/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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 326 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.