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Chest freezer · 1 door
Chiq CCF700WE Freezer
Chiq CCF700WE is a 700 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF2954).
- Total capacity
- 700 L
- 700 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.51
- Annual electricity use
- 361 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $119 / year
- $9.93 / month · $1,191 over 10 years
11% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (404 kWh a year). It uses less than 59% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $14 a year less than the median, $142 over 10 years.
Uses 50% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (729 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 CCF700WE running cost
- Per month
- $9.93
- Per year
- $119
- 5 years
- $596
- 10 years
- $1,191
361 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
- 700 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 700 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 1,250 L
- freezer compartment
- 700 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 700 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 |
Freezers similar to the Chiq CCF700WE
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WCE7000WA same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 702 L | 5 | 327 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF719W2 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 705 L | 4 | 390 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF720W 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 692 L | 5 | 325 | 1% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRCF702 same capacity, same door count | 702 L | 2.5 | 536 | same capacity, same door count |
| Westinghouse WCM7000WE same capacity, same door count | 702 L | 2.5 | 536 | same capacity, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RC719W2 same capacity, same door count | 705 L | 2 | 585 | same capacity, same door count |
| Kogan KAM688CHWZE 2% smaller, same door count | 688 L | 3 | 480 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Parmco CF688W 2% smaller, same door count | 688 L | 3 | 480 | 2% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 700 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare CCF700WE with another freezer
Chiq CCF700WE specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,880 mm
- Height
- 945 mm
- Depth
- 735 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 361 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.509
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 729 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.289
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF2954
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2954
- GEMS registration id
- 150932
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 6 November 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- CCF series
- 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.