New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Imprasio IMTMF181SS Fridge
Imprasio IMTMF181SS is a 181 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0988).
- Total capacity
- 181 L
- 132 L fridge + 49 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.50
- Annual electricity use
- 228 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $75 / year
- $6.27 / month · $752 over 10 years
4% less electricity than the median of 15 comparable Under 200 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (238 kWh a year). It uses less than 80% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $3 a year less than the median, $33 over 10 years.
Uses 30% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (326 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 top-mount fridge freezer 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.
Imprasio IMTMF181SS running cost
- Per month
- $6.27
- Per year
- $75
- 5 years
- $376
- 10 years
- $752
228 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
- 181 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 132 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 49 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 219 L
- fresh food compartment
- 132 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 49 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 top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 181 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM202NW5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Chiq CTM201NB5E202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA202 L180 kWh/yr | 5 | $59 | |
| Kogan KA197LTMFHC197 L215 kWh/yr | 4 | $71 | |
| Kogan KA197LTMFHB197 L215 kWh/yr | 4 | $71 |
Fridges similar to the Imprasio IMTMF181SS
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heller HFF261W 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261 series 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KA197LTMFHA 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 4 | 215 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| TCL P220TMB 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF200TW-LH 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF200TS-LH 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KA197LTMFHC 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 197 L | 4 | 215 | 9% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 181 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Imprasio models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imprasio IMTMF181181 L228 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $75 |
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Imprasio IMTMF181SS specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 228 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.504
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 326 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.039
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0988
- GEMS registration id
- 181008
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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.