Comfee CRR33S3ABB: running cost
The Comfee CRR33S3ABB is certified by ENERGY STAR at 220 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43% less, ranking 739 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $31/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Comfee CRR33S3ABB: Comfee CERR33B0A** ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr), then Comfee CRR33S3ARD ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr).
Within the Comfee lineup
Ranked 9 of Comfee's 26 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CERV113B0A** ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CERT07B0AST ($65/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Comfee CRR33S3ABB that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $41/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.