Smeg BM30URXI Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Smeg BM30URXI
Brand: Smeg

Smeg BM30URXI: running cost

More expensive than most models in its category to run

$82/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

The Smeg BM30URXI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 438 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.23per day

$6.86per month

438kWh per year, certified

$1,070over a 13-yr lifespan

Swap in your own state’s rate

The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Smeg BM30URXI against the category

That's 13.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,114 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $10/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Summit FFBF174SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Smeg BM30URXI. Marathon MFF179WBM-RH ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Smeg lineup

Smeg makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 9 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SBIWU320XE at $19/yr, and its priciest, the FTU171X7 at $128/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Smeg BM30URXI costs roughly $1,070 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Weighing a replacement

At $82/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Smeg BM30URXI or its replacement.

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

Protecting what you have

At $82/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 438 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,114 of 4,704, the Smeg BM30URXI sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.