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Bar fridge · 1 door
Stirling STR-CF198LM Fridge
Stirling STR-CF198LM is a 198 L bar fridge registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3593).
- Total capacity
- 198 L
- 198 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 6
- Star rating index 6.06
- Annual electricity use
- 88 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $29 / year
- $2.42 / month · $290 over 10 years
16% less electricity than the median of 179 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (105 kWh a year). It uses less than 80% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year less than the median, $56 over 10 years.
Uses 61% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (226 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.
Stirling STR-CF198LM running cost
- Per month
- $2.42
- Per year
- $29
- 5 years
- $145
- 10 years
- $290
88 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
- 198 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 198 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 198 L
- fresh food compartment
- 198 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 bar fridges that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 198 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF195W197 L71 kWh/yr | 7 | $23 | |
| Westinghouse WCE2000WA198 L72 kWh/yr | 7 | $24 |
Fridges similar to the Stirling STR-CF198LM
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seiki SC-200AU8CH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MCF198W2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRC284FZE01APE same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mykin MCF198B2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF198B3 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF198B3 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto ICF198B2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM198LICFC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 198 L | 6 | 88 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 198 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Stirling STR-CF198LM specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 770 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Depth
- 560 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 88 kWh
- Star rating index
- 6.056
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 226 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.444
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3593
- GEMS registration id
- 169900
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 May 2030
- 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: 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.