Australia · costs in AUD
Chest freezer · 1 door
Haier HCF384W2 Freezer
Haier HCF384W2 is a 373 L chest freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF4073).
- Total capacity
- 373 L
- 373 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.75
- Annual electricity use
- 299 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $7.97 / month · $957 over 10 years
4% less electricity than the median of 14 comparable 350–499 L chest freezer registrations (312 kWh a year). It uses less than 64% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $4 a year less than the median, $40 over 10 years.
Uses 37% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (474 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 350–499 L chest freezer sold in Australia, 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.
Haier HCF384W2 running cost
- Per month
- $7.97
- Per year
- $96
- 5 years
- $478
- 10 years
- $957
299 kWh × 32c/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
- 373 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 373 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 666 L
- freezer compartment
- 373 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 chest freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 373 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Refrigeration GP897-A378 L260 kWh/yr | 4 | $83 | |
| Polar Refrigeration GH337-A378 L280 kWh/yr | 4 | $90 |
Freezers similar to the Haier HCF384W2
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromic 3736233 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 373 L | 3 | 335 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Bromic CF0400D-NR same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 373 L | 3 | 335 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Polar Refrigeration GH337-A 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 378 L | 4 | 280 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Polar Refrigeration GP897-A 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 378 L | 4 | 260 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRC499FZF01AP 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 362 L | 3.5 | 300 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM362CHWZA 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 362 L | 3.5 | 300 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM362CHWZB 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 362 L | 3.5 | 300 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hoover HV-RCF371 same capacity, same door count | 371 L | 2.5 | 380 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 373 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HCF384W2 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 299 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.753
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 474 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.449
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4073
- GEMS registration id
- 181049
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 8
- GEMS group
- Group 6C: chest freezer
- 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 freezer, chest configuration (GEMS group 6C)
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.