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Chest freezer · 2 doors
Akai AK-688-CF Freezer
Akai AK-688-CF is a 688 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2908).
- Total capacity
- 688 L
- 688 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.02
- Annual electricity use
- 480 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $158 / year
- $13.20 / month · $1,584 over 10 years
19% more electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (404 kWh a year). It uses less than 13% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $25 a year more than the median, $251 over 10 years.
Uses 33% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (720 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 500 L and above chest freezer sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Akai AK-688-CF running cost
- Per month
- $13.20
- Per year
- $158
- 5 years
- $792
- 10 years
- $1,584
480 kWh × 33c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 688 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 688 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 1,229 L
- freezer compartment
- 688 L gross
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
Similar chest freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 688 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF720W692 L325 kWh/yr | 5 | $107 | |
| Westinghouse WCE7000WA702 L327 kWh/yr | 5 | $108 | |
| Chiq CCF700WE700 L361 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $119 | |
| Chiq CCF series700 L361 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $119 | |
| Haier HCF719W2705 L390 kWh/yr | 4 | $129 |
Freezers similar to the Akai AK-688-CF
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover HV-RCF688D same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TCL F708CFW same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Eurotech ED-CF708WH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Euromaid ECFR688W same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Vogue 351708 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Imprasio IMCF708 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM688CHWZD same capacity, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM688CHWZE same capacity, similar star rating | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 688 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Akai AK-688-CF specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,905 mm
- Height
- 865 mm
- Depth
- 820 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 480 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.025
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 720 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.391
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2908
- GEMS registration id
- 148910
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 21 August 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 8
- GEMS group
- Group 6C: chest freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a freezer, chest configuration (GEMS group 6C)
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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.