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Bar fridge · 1 door
Kogan KAM124LIBFA Fridge
Kogan KAM124LIBFA is a 124 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3726).
- Total capacity
- 124 L
- 124 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.53
- Annual electricity use
- 99 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $32 / year
- $2.64 / month · $317 over 10 years
1% less electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 51% of them.
Uses 55% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (218 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.
Kogan KAM124LIBFA running cost
- Per month
- $2.64
- Per year
- $32
- 5 years
- $158
- 10 years
- $317
99 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
- 124 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 124 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 124 L
- fresh food compartment
- 124 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 124 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF140W137 L56 kWh/yr | 7 | $18 | |
| Smeg FAB10HRRD6135 L80 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $26 | |
| Smeg FAB10HLRD6135 L80 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $26 | |
| Chiq CSH121NBS122 L81 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $26 | |
| Liebherr URPh 3650117 L85 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 |
Fridges similar to the Kogan KAM124LIBFA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norj NBF124* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF124B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF124* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto EBF124W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRD181FGM01AP same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Norj NBF124S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto EBF124S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 124 L | 4.5 | 99 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TBF121WMVBH 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 121 L | 4.5 | 98 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 124 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Kogan KAM124LIBFA specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 501 mm
- Height
- 858 mm
- Depth
- 540 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 99 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.534
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 218 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.798
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3726
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3726
- GEMS registration id
- 173652
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 19 October 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- KAM124LIBF*
- 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.