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Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Inalto IBC44X Fridge
Inalto IBC44X is a 44 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4133).
- Total capacity
- 44 L
- 44 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.65
- Annual electricity use
- 75 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $25 / year
- $2.06 / month · $248 over 10 years
25% less electricity than the median of 57 comparable Under 200 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 77% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $83 over 10 years.
Uses 61% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (194 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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.
Inalto IBC44X running cost
- Per month
- $2.06
- Per year
- $25
- 5 years
- $124
- 10 years
- $248
75 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
- 44 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 44 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 31 L
- cellar compartment
- 44 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 wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)s that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 44 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dometic C60S249 L64 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $21 | |
| Dometic C60S149 L64 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $21 |
Fridges similar to the Inalto IBC44X
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM44BEVFGA same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 44 L | 3.5 | 75 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM44BEVFGB same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 44 L | 3.5 | 75 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46S 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MBF46 series 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Living & CO HS-65L 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling SBF43B 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 43 L | 3 | 95 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 44 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Inalto models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inalto IBF46B43 L95 kWh/yr | 3 | $31 | |
| Inalto IBF46W43 L95 kWh/yr | 3 | $31 |
Compare IBC44X with another fridge
Inalto IBC44X specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 470 mm
- Height
- 495 mm
- Depth
- 440 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 75 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.652
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 194 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 2.386
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4133
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4133
- GEMS registration id
- 181601
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 11 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- IBC44*
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- 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 cooled appliance by the registrant
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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.