c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
8
Annual electricity use
121 kWh
Label: 121 kWh ยท 2.3 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$40 / year
$399 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Cotton programme

13% less electricity than the median of 128 comparable 8 kg condenser dryer registrations (139 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 77% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $59 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 128 comparable 8 kg condenser dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg condenser dryer sold in New Zealand, 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.

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg93 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TCF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TWF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Siemens WQ35B2AXAU8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32
Electrolux EDH812R7WC8 kg98 kWh/yr10$32

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

Clothes dryers similar to the Hisense HDFS80HE

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Esatto EHPD800**8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Telefunken TF800AU8HP8 kg124 kWh/yr8$41
Solt GGSHPD80W8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Stirling SHPD800 Series8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Seiki SC-800AU8HP8 kg124 kWh/yr8$41
Stirling SHPD800S8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45
Asko T608HX.W.AU8 kg119 kWh/yr8$39
Smeg SAHP83S8 kg135 kWh/yr8$45

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Hisense HDFS80HE specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Cotton
Programme time
250 min
Moisture removed in test
6.28 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 845 ร— 670 mm
Annual energy (label)
121 kWh
Star rating index
8.72
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0692
GEMS registration id
152531
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
19 April 2028
Registered for sale in
Australia, New Zealand
Family
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Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2442.1:1996/Amdt 4:2006

Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.