upstreman FC165-BS Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: upstreman FC165-BS
Brand: upstreman

Running cost for the upstreman FC165-BS

More expensive than most models in its category to run

$85/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the upstreman FC165-BS at 451 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.23per day

$7.07per month

451kWh per year, certified

$1,102over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $85 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

upstreman FC165-BS against the category

That's 16.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,200 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 $12/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Fisher & Paykel RF170W ($85/yr, 452 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman FC165-BS. upstreman FC165- ($85/yr, 451 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing upstreman's own models

upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 114 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $85/year, the upstreman FC165-BS adds up to about $1,102 in electricity over that span.

Weighing a replacement

Running above the category average, $85/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.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the upstreman FC165-BS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.