Australia · costs in AUD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Kogan KAH230LBMFB Fridge
Kogan KAH230LBMFB is a 230 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3788).
- Total capacity
- 230 L
- 144 L fridge + 86 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.02
- Annual electricity use
- 304 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $97 / year
- $8.11 / month · $973 over 10 years
22% more electricity than the median of 42 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (250 kWh a year). It uses less than 5% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $17 a year more than the median, $173 over 10 years.
Uses 33% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (453 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.
Kogan KAH230LBMFB running cost
- Per month
- $8.11
- Per year
- $97
- 5 years
- $486
- 10 years
- $973
304 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
- 230 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 144 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 86 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 298 L
- freezer compartment
- 86 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 144 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 230 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Miele KFNS 7734 D253 L176 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $56 | |
| Aeg 17CBMNV0245 L190 kWh/yr | 5 | $61 |
Fridges similar to the Kogan KAH230LBMFB
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF230BW same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 230 L | 3 | 304 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Coldstream CBR230 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 230 L | 3 | 304 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF230BS same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 230 L | 3 | 304 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CBM231NW2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 231 L | 4 | 237 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Chiq CRBM227NW2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 231 L | 4 | 237 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Smeg SABI256BM4 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 233 L | 3.5 | 244 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Gaggenau RB289500 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 223 L | 3.5 | 260 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Euro E276IFBM 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 242 L | 3 | 280 | 5% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 230 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Kogan KAH230LBMFB specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 550 mm
- Height
- 1,660 mm
- Depth
- 640 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 304 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.020
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 453 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.022
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3788
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3788
- GEMS registration id
- 175612
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 December 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAH230LBMF*
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.