VITARA VLUF2100EE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
VITARA VLUF2100EE: running cost
The VITARA VLUF2100EE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 314 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $59 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 VITARA VLUF2100EE compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 18.7% less, ranking 1,906 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $14/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the VITARA VLUF2100EE on that list: upstreman UF212- ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while VITARA VLUF2100ESE ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the VITARA lineup
Ranked 17 of VITARA's 84 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VLUF1101EBE ($47/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VFFR2103ESE ($108/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VLUF2100EE that long and it costs about $767 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $59/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The VITARA VLUF2100EE already costs $59/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 314 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.