c/kWh
per week
Capacity
10 kg
Condenser
Energy rating
10
Annual electricity use
122 kWh
Label: 122 kWh ยท 2.3 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$40 / year
$403 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Cotton+Dry Level programme

15% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 10 kg and above condenser dryer registrations (143 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 67% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year less than the median, $69 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 49 comparable 10 kg and above condenser dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 10 kg and above 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
Fisher & Paykel DH9060FSG19 kg105 kWh/yr10$35
Fisher & Paykel DH9060FS19 kg105 kWh/yr10$35
Miele TQ1000 WP9 kg105 kWh/yr10$35
Miele TWV780 WP9 kg108 kWh/yr10$36
Hisense HDF8I10HB10 kg108 kWh/yr10$36

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

Clothes dryers similar to the Midea

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Hisense HDFS10HPB10 kg121 kWh/yr10$40
Hisense HDF8I10HB10 kg108 kWh/yr10$36
Beko BDPB103SG10 kg122 kWh/yr10$40
Asko T410HD.W.AU10 kg140 kWh/yr9$46
Beko BDPB104HW10 kg143 kWh/yr9$47
Asko T610HX.W.AU10 kg140 kWh/yr9$46

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

Other Midea models of similar size

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Midea MD210HP100BW10 kg122 kWh/yr10$40
Midea MD210HP100BT10 kg122 kWh/yr10$40

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

Compare 361318 MDL100-CH15DB/H01EW-AU(10)-C6 with another clothes dryer

Midea specifications

Type (government)
Condenser
Rated capacity
10.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Cotton+Dry Level
Programme time
370 min
Moisture removed in test
7.88 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
595 ร— 850 ร— 685 mm
Annual energy (label)
122 kWh
Star rating index
10.04
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ZCD0126

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ZCD0126
GEMS registration id
172091
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
n/a (NZ registration)
Registered for sale in
New Zealand
Family
MDL100-CH15DB/H01EW-AU(10)-C6
Regulatory standard
EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2F
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. Manufacturer: tradedepot.co.nz. How the derived figures are calculated.