Australia · costs in AUD
Upright freezer · 1 door
Haier HVF170VW Freezer
Haier HVF170VW is a 169 L upright freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3581).
- Total capacity
- 169 L
- 169 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 194 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $62 / year
- $5.17 / month · $621 over 10 years
18% less electricity than the median of 61 comparable 150–249 L upright freezer registrations (236 kWh a year). It uses less than 93% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $13 a year less than the median, $134 over 10 years.
Uses 43% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (343 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 150–249 L upright 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 HVF170VW running cost
- Per month
- $5.17
- Per year
- $62
- 5 years
- $310
- 10 years
- $621
194 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
- 169 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 169 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 302 L
- freezer compartment
- 169 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.
Freezers similar to the Haier HVF170VW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CSH166NW 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 166 L | 4 | 193 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CSH164NBS 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 166 L | 4 | 193 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Euromaid EUFR168W same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 168 L | 3 | 236 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Stirling STR-H183W1 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 168 L | 3 | 236 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Eurotech ED-VF183WH.2 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 168 L | 3 | 236 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAHFRZU168A same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 168 L | 3 | 236 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAHFRZU168C same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 168 L | 3 | 236 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Midea MDRU229FGF01AP 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 162 L | 3.5 | 208 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 169 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HVF170VW specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,380 mm
- Depth
- 562 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 194 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.019
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 343 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.643
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3581
- GEMS registration id
- 169568
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 21 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 9
- GEMS group
- Group 6U: vertical freezer, manual defrost
- 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, upright configuration (GEMS groups 6U or 7)
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.