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Upright freezer · 1 door
Coldstream CSF360 Freezer
Coldstream CSF360 is a 366 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3083).
- Total capacity
- 366 L
- 366 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.51
- Annual electricity use
- 379 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $125 / year
- $10.42 / month · $1,251 over 10 years
12% more electricity than the median of 23 comparable 350–499 L upright freezer registrations (339 kWh a year). It uses less than 26% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year more than the median, $132 over 10 years.
Uses 32% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (556 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.
Coldstream CSF360 running cost
- Per month
- $10.42
- Per year
- $125
- 5 years
- $625
- 10 years
- $1,251
379 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
- 366 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 366 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 654 L
- freezer compartment
- 366 L gross, 77 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 upright freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 366 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG MP-F324324 L256 kWh/yr | 4 | $84 | |
| LG GP-F324MBL324 L256 kWh/yr | 4 | $84 | |
| Samsung Electronics SFP450RS323 L263 kWh/yr | 4 | $87 | |
| Samsung Electronics SFP350RW323 L263 kWh/yr | 4 | $87 | |
| Beko BVHF404W404 L268 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $88 |
Freezers similar to the Coldstream CSF360
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRVF384S 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 384 L | 3 | 352 | 5% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Imprasio IMUF366 same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 366 L | 2.5 | 379 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HVF430V series 6% larger, same door count, similar external size | 386 L | 3.5 | 319 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HVF430VW 6% larger, same door count, similar external size | 386 L | 3.5 | 319 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Imprasio IMUF366SS same capacity, same door count | 364 L | 3.5 | 310 | same capacity, same door count |
| Fhiaba KS5990FZ3A 2% smaller, same door count | 359 L | 1 | 486 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| Fhiaba S5990FZ*A Series 2% smaller, same door count | 359 L | 1 | 486 | 2% smaller, same door count |
| V-zug FR6T-53006 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 348 L | 2.5 | 359 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 366 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Coldstream CSF360 specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 700 mm
- Height
- 1,720 mm
- Depth
- 650 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 379 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.510
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 556 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.580
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3083
- GEMS registration id
- 153519
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 April 2028
- 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. How the derived figures are calculated.