upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint
At 258 kWh/yr, the upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint against the category
That's 33.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,232 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 $24/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
upstreman BR321 Pro-Orange ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint. upstreman BR321 Pro-Green ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 79 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint costs roughly $631 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint is already efficient for its category at $49/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 upstreman BR321 Pro-Mint ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 258 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 1,232 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.