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Chest freezer · 1 door
Haier HCF97W Freezer
Haier HCF97W is a 97 L chest freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3127).
- Total capacity
- 97 L
- 97 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.53
- Annual electricity use
- 170 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $54 / year
- $4.53 / month · $544 over 10 years
About the same electricity as the median of 41 comparable Under 150 L chest freezer registrations (170 kWh a year). It uses less than 49% of them.
Uses 34% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (258 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 Under 150 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 HCF97W running cost
- Per month
- $4.53
- Per year
- $54
- 5 years
- $272
- 10 years
- $544
170 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
- 97 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 97 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 173 L
- freezer compartment
- 97 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 97 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heller HCFH10099 L152 kWh/yr | 4 | $49 | |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZB99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 | |
| Solt GGSCF99*99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZD99 L155 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 |
Freezers similar to the Haier HCF97W
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esatto ECF99B 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kenmore KKCF99L-W-AU 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HCFH100 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 152 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Esatto ECF99* 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Seiki SC-100AU8CH 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZ* 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZE 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 97 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HCF97W specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Depth
- 490 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 170 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.528
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 258 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.981
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3127
- GEMS registration id
- 154726
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 5 June 2028
- 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.