Looking for an energy efficient fridge

[Dave Smith]

Like Maud, we got an Energy Star model from Sears. It's been running nearly six years on our solar system (we're off-grid) and still doing fine. It's about 18 cubic feet and was listed at 390 KW hours a year (about 15 more KWH if you add the ice-maker), which was the most energy-efficient for the size at the time. Home Depot had smaller fridges but with barely any energy savings. I'm told the same size as ours is available now using about 310 KWH/yr. As our solar guy describes it, about a quarter of our 1.3 KW worth of panels goes to keep the fridge running.