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What the Comfee CRM44S3ABB costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$51/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Comfee CRM44S3ABB at 269 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.14per day
$4.21per month
269kWh per year, certified
$657over a 13-yr lifespan

The $51 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 30.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,405 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $22/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Comfee CERM44B0AIX ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Comfee CRM44S3AST ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr).

Comparing Comfee's own models

Comfee makes 26 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 20 of 26 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CERV113B0A** at $25/yr, and its priciest, the CERT07B0AST at $65/yr.

Comfee CRM44S3ABB over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Comfee CRM44S3ABB that long and it costs about $657 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

The Comfee CRM44S3ABB is already efficient for its category at $51/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the Comfee CRM44S3ABB ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

The data behind this page

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 1,405 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.