Australia · costs in AUD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Chiq CBM280NB5E Fridge
Chiq CBM280NB5E is a 283 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3385).
- Total capacity
- 283 L
- 196 L fridge + 87 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.58
- Annual electricity use
- 200 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $64 / year
- $5.33 / month · $640 over 10 years
20% less electricity than the median of 42 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (250 kWh a year). It uses less than 67% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $16 a year less than the median, $160 over 10 years.
Uses 57% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (469 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer sold in Australia, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Chiq CBM280NB5E running cost
- Per month
- $5.33
- Per year
- $64
- 5 years
- $320
- 10 years
- $640
200 kWh × 32c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 283 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 196 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 87 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 351 L
- fresh food compartment
- 196 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 87 L gross
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
Similar bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 283 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $42 | |
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $55 | |
| Miele KFNS 7784 D254 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5123253 L176 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 |
Fridges similar to the Chiq CBM280NB5E
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-zug CCO6T-51149 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 282 L | 6 | 173 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUXX 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 290 L | 5.5 | 195 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUBL 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 290 L | 5.5 | 195 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRL304NW 1% smaller, same door count | 280 L | 3 | 335 | 1% smaller, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 7% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 303 L | 5 | 244 | 7% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV 5% smaller, same door count | 269 L | 7 | 132 | 5% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 283 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Chiq models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CBM280NB283 L330 kWh/yr | 3 | $106 | |
| Chiq CBM283NW283 L330 kWh/yr | 3 | $106 |
Compare CBM280NB5E with another fridge
Chiq CBM280NB5E specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 595 mm
- Height
- 1,520 mm
- Depth
- 671 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 200 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.578
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 469 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.569
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3385
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3385
- GEMS registration id
- 163371
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 July 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CBM28*N**5E
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with one or two doors
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.