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Chest freezer · 1 door
Chiq CCF499BE Freezer
Chiq CCF499BE is a 500 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3554).
- Total capacity
- 500 L
- 500 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.51
- Annual electricity use
- 300 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $99 / year
- $8.25 / month · $990 over 10 years
26% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (404 kWh a year). It uses less than 84% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $34 a year less than the median, $343 over 10 years.
Uses 48% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (573 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.
Chiq CCF499BE running cost
- Per month
- $8.25
- Per year
- $99
- 5 years
- $495
- 10 years
- $990
300 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
- 500 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 500 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 893 L
- freezer compartment
- 500 L gross, 166 L net
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 500 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF520W502 L247 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Hisense HRCF501500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Chiq CCF499B5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Chiq CCF500W5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 |
Freezers similar to the Chiq CCF499BE
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRCF501 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Vogue 351501 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 404 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WCM5000WD same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 404 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Hisense HRCF500 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 500 L | 3 | 405 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Fisher & Paykel RC519W2 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 507 L | 3 | 400 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WCE5000WA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 500 L | 5 | 272 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 500 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Chiq models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF****5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 | |
| Chiq CCF500W5E500 L272 kWh/yr | 5 | $90 |
Compare CCF499BE with another freezer
Chiq CCF499BE specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,650 mm
- Height
- 835 mm
- Depth
- 735 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 300 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.513
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 573 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.336
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3554
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3554
- GEMS registration id
- 168505
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 1 April 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CCF****E
- 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.