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A median freezer costs 90.33 euros a year in electricity, but two models in the same energy class can cost almost twice as much. We read 9,588 EPREL sheets and compared t...
The microwave is the one kitchen appliance with no energy label, and yet all the figures needed to work out what it costs are there: they are in the manual. We ran the nu...
A chest freezer uses less than an upright only because it is bigger: at equal volume the two formats are equivalent, 87.8 against 89.8 kWh per 100 litres between 200 and ...
Almost every fridge on display carries an E, and the sector looks stuck. We read 62 Bosch and Siemens EU product information sheets: 39 models declare an efficiency index...
The Bosch DBB97AM60 traps 90.2% of grease, the highest figure among the twenty official fiches we compared, and on the same line it declares class B. We checked airflow, ...
A dishwasher uses exactly the same number of kWh and litres on every cycle, full or half empty: all that changes is how many plates come out. Filling it halfway exactly d...
Since 1 October 2026 a kilowatt-hour costs 43.43 cents including taxes, against 31.63 in the previous quarter. Five appliances in an ordinary household go from 233.84 to ...
A 71-litre built-in oven declares 0.69 kWh per cycle in fan-forced mode and up to 0.98 kWh in conventional mode: between 22 and 31 cents per bake. Small figures, and that...
Two Bosch built-in fully integrated dishwashers, same niche, 14 place settings, third basket and Wi-Fi on both. Between the SMV4HVX03E from Series 4 and the SMH6YCX02E fr...
The Bosch KGN36NLEA declares 305 liters, 239 kWh per year, class E and 42 dB(A). Class E on a scale that goes up to A seems like a failure, and it isn't: in the six Bosch...
Twenty-five kWh per hundred washes, compared to 49 from a Series 6 with the same Class A and the same capacity. The Bosch WGB24402IT at 9 kg is the most efficient washing...
Nine kilos, class A, €779. The Bosch WGG244ZRIT declares 0.489 kWh and 50 litres per cycle in the eco 40-60 programme, with a duration of 3 hours and 48 minutes. But its ...
A drying cycle costs between 30 and 44 cents. What changes your year-end bill is not the model, but how many times you press that button: from the information sheets of e...
Between an 8 kg and a 9 kg clothes dryer, the footprint doesn't change, as it's identical, and the energy costs change by little more than six euros per year. We reviewed...
The kilowatts listed in the manual are the installation's maximum capacity, not consumption. Normal cooking uses between 0.1 and 0.5 kWh, and a year of cooking between 18...
A refrigerator consumes 100-300 kWh per year, that is 25-75 euros. Here are the consumption rates by class, what really makes a difference and how to spend less without r...
In Eco mode a dishwasher uses 0.5-0.9 kWh and 6-12 litres per cycle, less than hand washing. The real numbers, annual cost and how to keep it low.
A washing machine uses 0.4-0.6 kWh and about 50 liters per Eco cycle. Here are the real numbers, what it costs per year and how to reduce spending without sacrifices.
Between 45 and 60 cm, it's not just the size that differs: capacity (place settings), consumption per place setting, and loading convenience all change. Here's a simple g...
