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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Schmick MSLF241 Schmick Fridge
Schmick MSLF241 Schmick is a 248 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3213).
- Total capacity
- 248 L
- 186 L fridge + 62 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.78
- Annual electricity use
- 256 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $84 / year
- $7.04 / month · $845 over 10 years
5% more electricity than the median of 55 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (244 kWh a year). It uses less than 47% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $4 a year more than the median, $40 over 10 years.
Uses 48% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (490 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 200–299 L bottom-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.
Schmick MSLF241 Schmick running cost
- Per month
- $7.04
- Per year
- $84
- 5 years
- $422
- 10 years
- $845
256 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
- 248 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 186 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 62 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 297 L
- freezer compartment
- 62 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 186 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 248 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $44 | |
| Liebherr ICNh5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Miele KFNS 7784 D254 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Miele KFNS 7734 D253 L176 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 |
Fridges similar to the Schmick MSLF241 Schmick
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inalto IIF241 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 248 L | 3 | 303 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Husky HUS248INBM same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 248 L | 3.5 | 274 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OBMF266FI same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 250 L | 3 | 303 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Artusi AINT3000 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Ilve ILREF256I/*2 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto IIFF241 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Ilve ILREF256I/L2 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Eurotech ED-IFF190L 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 248 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Schmick MSLF241 Schmick specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 540 mm
- Height
- 1,770 mm
- Depth
- 545 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 256 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.784
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 490 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.863
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3213
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3213
- GEMS registration id
- 156798
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 October 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- MSLF241
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with one or two doors
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. Manufacturer: magiccooling.com. How the derived figures are calculated.