Australia · costs in AUD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Chiq CRTM198NW3 Fridge
Chiq CRTM198NW3 is a 202 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2861).
- Total capacity
- 202 L
- 148 L fridge + 54 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.04
- Annual electricity use
- 218 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $70 / year
- $5.81 / month · $698 over 10 years
18% less electricity than the median of 41 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (265 kWh a year). It uses less than 81% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $15 a year less than the median, $150 over 10 years.
Uses 36% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (343 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 top-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 CRTM198NW3 running cost
- Per month
- $5.81
- Per year
- $70
- 5 years
- $349
- 10 years
- $698
218 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
- 202 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 148 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 54 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 244 L
- freezer compartment
- 54 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 148 L gross, 166 L net
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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 202 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM202NW5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $58 | |
| Chiq CTM200NSS5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $58 | |
| Hisense HRTF206205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $63 | |
| Hisense HRTF206series205 L196 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $63 | |
| Haier HRF210T Series208 L201 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $64 |
Fridges similar to the Chiq CRTM198NW3
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRTF206series 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 205 L | 4.5 | 196 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRTF206S 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 205 L | 4.5 | 196 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Nero 744198 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P220TMW 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261W 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261S 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL P220TMS 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Sharp SJ-THM197-SL 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 197 L | 4 | 216 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 202 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CRTM198NW3 specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,465 mm
- Depth
- 590 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 218 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.039
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 343 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.892
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2861
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2861
- GEMS registration id
- 147242
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 2 June 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CTM20*N*/ CRTM***N*
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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.