Australia · costs in AUD
Vented · 8 kg
Stirling STR-VD8W Clothes Dryer
Stirling STR-VD8W is a 8 kg vented clothes dryer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ACD0761).
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Vented
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 332 kWh
- Label: 332 kWh · 6.4 kWh per load
- Estimated running cost
- $106 / year
- $1,062 over 10 years
- Control
- Timer · Standard programme
5% less electricity than the median of 11 comparable 8 kg vented dryer registrations (351 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 73% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $61 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg vented dryer sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
Clothes dryers that use less electricity
Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling STR-CD70W7 kg289 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $92 | |
| Kogan KACDRYTS70B7 kg302 kWh/yr | 2 | $97 | |
| Kogan KACDRYTS70*7 kg302 kWh/yr | 2 | $97 | |
| Euro EVD7WMWH7 kg303 kWh/yr | 2 | $97 | |
| Akai AK-VD7B7 kg310 kWh/yr | 2 | $99 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
Clothes dryers similar to the Stirling STR-VD8W
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral MBDY578-V8W-F8 kg332 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $106 | |
| Inalto IVD28***8 kg351 kWh/yr | 2 | $112 | |
| Onix ON-VD8W8 kg349 kWh/yr | 2 | $112 | |
| Bellaro BDV8-W-AU8 kg332 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $106 | |
| Inalto IVD28G8 kg351 kWh/yr | 2 | $112 | |
| Mistral MBDY578-V8W8 kg332 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $106 | |
| Solt GGSVD8W8 kg351 kWh/yr | 2 | $112 | |
| Solt GGSVD8G8 kg351 kWh/yr | 2 | $112 |
kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Stirling STR-VD8W specifications
- Type (government)
- Vented
- Rated capacity
- 8.0 kg
- Combination washer-dryer
- No
- Control
- timer
- Programme tested
- Standard
- Programme time
- 254 min
- Moisture removed in test
- 6.23 kg
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 332 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.50
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ACD0761
- GEMS registration id
- 159058
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 March 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2442.1:1996/Amdt 4:2006
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.