upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo: running cost
The upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo is certified by ENERGY STAR at 208 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $39 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 upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.1% less, ranking 453 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $33/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo on that list: upstreman FR17-Vintage Green ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 9 of upstreman's 115 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FR17-Blue ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FD182-# ($86/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo costs roughly $508 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 208 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.