Australia · costs in AUD
Bar fridge · 1 door
Schmick HUS-BC70B-RET Fridge
Schmick HUS-BC70B-RET is a 70 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3820).
- Total capacity
- 70 L
- 70 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.05
- Annual electricity use
- 90 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $29 / year
- $2.40 / month · $288 over 10 years
10% less electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 74% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $3 a year less than the median, $32 over 10 years.
Uses 54% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (197 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.
Schmick HUS-BC70B-RET running cost
- Per month
- $2.40
- Per year
- $29
- 5 years
- $144
- 10 years
- $288
90 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
- 70 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 70 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 70 L
- fresh food compartment
- 70 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.
Fridges similar to the Schmick HUS-BC70B-RET
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mykin MBF69W 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM65LBRSF* 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF69 series 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM65LBRSFD 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 65 L | 3.5 | 98 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller HBF69 4% smaller, same door count | 67 L | 3 | 109 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Heller HBF69B 4% smaller, same door count | 67 L | 3 | 109 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Gasmate 63 series 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 63 L | 1.5 | 144 | 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Crossray Infrared Bbq FRIDGE-SGL-B 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 63 L | 1.5 | 144 | 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 70 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Schmick HUS-BC70B-RET specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 430 mm
- Height
- 690 mm
- Depth
- 475 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 90 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.047
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 197 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.286
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3820
- GEMS registration id
- 177055
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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. Manufacturer: hckfridge.com. How the derived figures are calculated.