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Upright freezer · 1 door
Beko BVHF404W Freezer
Beko BVHF404W is a 404 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3841).
- Total capacity
- 404 L
- 404 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.51
- Annual electricity use
- 268 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $88 / year
- $7.37 / month · $884 over 10 years
21% less electricity than the median of 23 comparable 350–499 L upright freezer registrations (339 kWh a year). It uses less than 96% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $23 a year less than the median, $234 over 10 years.
Uses 54% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (583 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 350–499 L upright 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.
Beko BVHF404W running cost
- Per month
- $7.37
- Per year
- $88
- 5 years
- $442
- 10 years
- $884
268 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
- 404 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 404 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 721 L
- freezer compartment
- 404 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.
Freezers similar to the Beko BVHF404W
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaggenau RVF467590 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 404 L | 4 | 290 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SDFI9400N 2% larger, same door count | 412 L | 3 | 355 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Electrolux EFE4227BC 4% smaller, same door count | 388 L | 2.5 | 386 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Westinghouse WFB4204SC 4% smaller, same door count | 388 L | 3.5 | 309 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Electrolux EFE4227SC 4% smaller, same door count | 388 L | 2.5 | 386 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Westinghouse WFB4204** 4% smaller, same door count | 388 L | 3.5 | 309 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Haier HVF430VW 5% smaller, same door count | 386 L | 3.5 | 319 | 5% smaller, same door count |
| Haier HVF430VS 5% smaller, same door count | 386 L | 3.5 | 319 | 5% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 404 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare BVHF404W with another freezer
Beko BVHF404W specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 268 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.513
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 583 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.371
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3841
- GEMS registration id
- 177769
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 10 March 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 10
- GEMS group
- Group 7: vertical freezer, automatic defrost
- 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, upright configuration (GEMS groups 6U or 7)
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. Manufacturer: arcelik.com. How the derived figures are calculated.