c/kWh
per week
Capacity
9 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
9
Annual electricity use
125 kWh
Label: 125 kWh ยท 2.4 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$41 / year
$413 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Cotton + Drying Target (press once) programme

3% less electricity than the median of 64 comparable 9 kg condenser dryer registrations (129 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 72% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year less than the median, $13 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 64 comparable 9 kg condenser dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 9 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 TWF 720 WP8 kg94 kWh/yr10$31
Miele TCF 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 HDFS90HAB

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Beko BDPB903SW9 kg129 kWh/yr9$43
LG TD-H903CME9 kg129 kWh/yr9$43
LG TD-H903CMW9 kg129 kWh/yr9$43
Beko BDPB903S*9 kg129 kWh/yr9$43
Electrolux EDH903R7SC9 kg129 kWh/yr9$43
Hitachi TD-90XKVEUVM9 kg129 kWh/yr9$43
Fisher & Paykel DH9060FS9 kg105 kWh/yr10$35

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

Other Hisense models of similar size

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Hisense HDF5S90H9 kg125 kWh/yr9$41

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

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Hisense HDFS90HAB specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
9.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Cotton + Drying Target (press once)
Programme time
280 min
Moisture removed in test
7.08 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 845 ร— 620 mm
Annual energy (label)
125 kWh
Star rating index
9.24
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0696
GEMS registration id
153919
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
25 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.