c/kWh
per week
Capacity
9 kg
Vented
Energy rating
1.5
Annual electricity use
426 kWh
Label: 426 kWh ยท 8.2 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$141 / year
$1,406 over 10 years
Control
Timer ยท EXTRA DRY programme

1% more electricity than the median of 10 comparable 9 kg vented dryer registrations (424 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 30% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $8 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 10 comparable 9 kg vented dryer registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg vented 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
Eurotech 3613208 kg326 kWh/yr2.5$108
Eurotech KAJDRYVT80A8 kg326 kWh/yr2.5$108
Mistral MBDY578-V8W-F8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110
Stirling STR-VD8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110
Mistral MBDY578-V8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110

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

Clothes dryers similar to the Kogan KACDRYVT90C

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Euroclean GDZ90-988E9 kg426 kWh/yr1.5$141
Speed Queen ADEE9RGS465AW019 kg411 kWh/yr1.5$136
Speed Queen ADEE9RWS463AW019 kg411 kWh/yr1.5$136
Stirling STR-VD8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110
Solt GGSVD8W8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Solt GGSVD8*8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116

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

Other Kogan models of similar size

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Kogan KACDRYTS90*9 kg419 kWh/yr1.5$138
Kogan KACDRYTS90F9 kg419 kWh/yr1.5$138

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

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Kogan KACDRYVT90C specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
9.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
timer
Programme tested
EXTRA DRY
Programme time
231 min
Moisture removed in test
7.04 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
426 kWh
Star rating index
1.70
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACD0778

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0778
GEMS registration id
162087
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
6 June 2029
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
KACDRYVT90*
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.