New Zealand · costs in NZD
Upright freezer · 1 door
Gaggenau RVF467590 Freezer
Gaggenau RVF467590 is a 404 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3937).
- Total capacity
- 404 L
- 404 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.12
- Annual electricity use
- 290 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $7.98 / month · $957 over 10 years
14% less electricity than the median of 23 comparable 350–499 L upright freezer registrations (339 kWh a year). It uses less than 91% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $16 a year less than the median, $162 over 10 years.
Uses 53% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (623 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.
Gaggenau RVF467590 running cost
- Per month
- $7.98
- Per year
- $96
- 5 years
- $479
- 10 years
- $957
290 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.
Similar upright freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 404 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beko BVHF404W404 L268 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $88 |
Freezers similar to the Gaggenau RVF467590
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beko BVHF404W same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 404 L | 4.5 | 268 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WFB4204SC 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 388 L | 3.5 | 309 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WFB4204** 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 388 L | 3.5 | 309 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HVF430VS 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 386 L | 3.5 | 319 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HVF430VW 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 386 L | 3.5 | 319 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SDFI9400N 2% larger, same door count | 412 L | 3 | 355 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Vogue 355380 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 380 L | 3.5 | 316 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Electrolux EFE4227BC 4% smaller, same door count | 388 L | 2.5 | 386 | 4% smaller, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 404 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Gaggenau RVF467590 specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- 608 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 290 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.116
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 623 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.402
- Country of manufacture
- Türkiye
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3937
- GEMS registration id
- 179812
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 May 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. How the derived figures are calculated.