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Chest freezer · 1 door
Esatto ECF99S Freezer
Esatto ECF99S is a 99 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4093).
- Total capacity
- 99 L
- 99 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.03
- Annual electricity use
- 155 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $51 / year
- $4.26 / month · $512 over 10 years
14% less electricity than the median of 56 comparable Under 150 L chest freezer registrations (181 kWh a year). It uses less than 75% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $84 over 10 years.
Uses 40% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (260 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 Under 150 L 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.
Esatto ECF99S running cost
- Per month
- $4.26
- Per year
- $51
- 5 years
- $256
- 10 years
- $512
155 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
- 99 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 99 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 177 L
- freezer compartment
- 99 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 99 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Tested 91640493 L150 kWh/yr | 4 | $50 |
Freezers similar to the Esatto ECF99S
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solt GGSCF99B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling STR-CF99RM same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HCFH100 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 152 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSCF99* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Seiki SC-100AU8CH same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZ* same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZD same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 99 L | 4 | 155 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF97W 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 97 L | 3.5 | 170 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 99 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Esatto ECF99S specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 547 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Depth
- 446 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 155 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.033
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 260 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.877
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF4093
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4093
- GEMS registration id
- 181356
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 30 July 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- ECF99*
- 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.