Hamilton Beach HBF1558/HZ8551 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Hamilton Beach HBF1558/HZ8551 costs to run
At 420 kWh/yr, the Hamilton Beach HBF1558/HZ8551's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $79 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 Hamilton Beach HBF1558/HZ8551 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 8.8% above it, ranking 2,998 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $6/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Hamilton Beach HBF1558/HZ8551 on that list: Forno FFRBI1805-33WHT ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while iceBlue LS-156BSSD ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Hamilton Beach's own models
Ranked 19 of Hamilton Beach's 33 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HBFR115-AMZ-BLACK-6COM ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HBF2067/HZ7602 ($87/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Hamilton Beach HBF1558/HZ8551 costs roughly $1,026 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $79/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $79/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 420 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.