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Bar fridge · 1 door
Gasmate BFR63 Fridge
Gasmate BFR63 is a 63 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3653).
- Total capacity
- 63 L
- 63 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 1.5
- Star rating index 1.52
- Annual electricity use
- 144 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $46 / year
- $3.84 / month · $461 over 10 years
44% more electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 10% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $14 a year more than the median, $141 over 10 years.
Uses 29% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (204 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 Under 200 L bar fridge 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.
Gasmate BFR63 running cost
- Per month
- $3.84
- Per year
- $46
- 5 years
- $230
- 10 years
- $461
144 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
- 63 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 63 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 63 L
- fresh food compartment
- 63 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 63 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmick HUS-BC70B-RET70 L90 kWh/yr | 4 | $29 | |
| Mykin MBF69S65 L98 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $31 | |
| Kogan KAM65LBRSFA65 L98 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $31 | |
| Kogan KAM65LBRSF*65 L98 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $31 | |
| Mykin MBF69 series65 L98 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $31 |
Fridges similar to the Gasmate BFR63
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossray Infrared Bbq FRIDGE-SGL same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 63 L | 1.5 | 144 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Crossray Infrared Bbq FRIDGE-SGL-B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 63 L | 1.5 | 144 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HBF69B 6% larger, same door count, similar external size | 67 L | 3 | 109 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Heller HBF69 6% larger, same door count, similar external size | 67 L | 3 | 109 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM65LBRSF* 3% larger, same door count | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Mykin MBF69S 3% larger, same door count | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Mykin MBF69B 3% larger, same door count | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 3% larger, same door count |
| Kogan KAM65LBRSFF 3% larger, same door count | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 3% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 63 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Gasmate BFR63 specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 435 mm
- Height
- 695 mm
- Depth
- 520 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 144 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.520
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 204 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.286
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3653
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3653
- GEMS registration id
- 171389
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 July 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- 63 series
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume under 200 L
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.