c/kWh
per week
Capacity
9 kg
Vented
Energy rating
1.5
Annual electricity use
421 kWh
Label: 421 kWh ยท 8.1 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$139 / year
$1,389 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Regular, Temp Medium, Dryness Less Dry programme

1% less electricity than the median of 10 comparable 9 kg vented dryer registrations (424 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 50% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year less 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 (below 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 KAJDRYVT80A8 kg326 kWh/yr2.5$108
Eurotech 3613218 kg326 kWh/yr2.5$108
Mistral MBDY578-V8W-F8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110
Mistral MBDY578-V8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110
Stirling STR-VD8W8 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 Speed Queen 9kg

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Euroclean GDZ90-988E9 kg426 kWh/yr1.5$141
Kogan KACDRYTS90*9 kg419 kWh/yr1.5$138
Kogan KACDRYTS90D9 kg419 kWh/yr1.5$138
Solt GGSVD8W8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Solt GGSVD8G8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Inalto IVD28B8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116

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

Other Speed Queen models of similar size

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Speed Queen ADEE9RWS463AW019 kg411 kWh/yr1.5$136
Speed Queen ADEE9RGS465AW019 kg411 kWh/yr1.5$136

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

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Speed Queen 9kg specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
9.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Regular, Temp Medium, Dryness Less Dry
Programme time
114 min
Moisture removed in test
7.12 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
โ€“
Annual energy (label)
421 kWh
Star rating index
1.77
Country of manufacture
United States of America

Other model numbers on registration ACD0587

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0587
GEMS registration id
142535
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
24 October 2026
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
9kg
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.