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Bar fridge · 1 door
Chiq CSR091DB Fridge
Chiq CSR091DB is a 92 L bar fridge registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3725).
- Total capacity
- 92 L
- 92 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.59
- Annual electricity use
- 131 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $43 / year
- $3.60 / month · $432 over 10 years
25% more electricity than the median of 179 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (105 kWh a year). It uses less than 22% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $9 a year more than the median, $86 over 10 years.
Uses 39% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (216 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; 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 New Zealand, 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 CSR091DB running cost
- Per month
- $3.60
- Per year
- $43
- 5 years
- $216
- 10 years
- $432
131 kWh × 33c/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
- 92 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 92 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 92 L
- fresh food compartment
- 92 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 92 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF97W97 L70 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $23 | |
| Chiq CSH093NW93 L81 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 | |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM99 L83 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZB99 L83 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZC99 L83 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBC113 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 91 L | 2 | 146 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Harbour HBRBF93B 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 93 L | 3 | 121 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Brabantia BM6W 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 89 L | 3 | 119 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM093LIBFC 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Solt GGSBF95IBG 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Stirling SBF93* 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM093LIBF* 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Stirling SBF93B 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 92 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Chiq CSR091DB specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 475 mm
- Height
- 835 mm
- Depth
- 450 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 131 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.595
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 216 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.424
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3725
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3725
- GEMS registration id
- 173767
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 October 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CSR09*D*
- 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: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.