What the MicroFridge 10.1MF1R costs to run
At 297 kWh/yr, the MicroFridge 10.1MF1R's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $56 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 23.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,730 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 $17/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 Marathon MFF103W ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Professional Series PS-RF262-I6A ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr).
Within the MicroFridge lineup
MicroFridge makes 18 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 11 of 18 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 3.1MF7R at $37/yr, and its priciest, the 4.8RMF4RHW at $65/yr.
MicroFridge 10.1MF1R over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the MicroFridge 10.1MF1R that long and it costs about $726 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The MicroFridge 10.1MF1R is already efficient for its category at $56/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the MicroFridge 10.1MF1R 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
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 297 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.