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Chest freezer · 1 door
Haier HCF420W Freezer
Haier HCF420W is a 418 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3790).
- Total capacity
- 418 L
- 418 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Star rating index 5.51
- Annual electricity use
- 224 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $74 / year
- $6.16 / month · $739 over 10 years
33% less electricity than the median of 18 comparable 350–499 L chest freezer registrations (333 kWh a year). It uses less than 94% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $36 a year less than the median, $358 over 10 years.
Uses 56% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (509 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 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.
Haier HCF420W running cost
- Per month
- $6.16
- Per year
- $74
- 5 years
- $370
- 10 years
- $739
224 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
- 418 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 418 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 746 L
- freezer compartment
- 418 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.
Freezers similar to the Haier HCF420W
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM418CHWZD same capacity, same door count | 418 L | 3 | 368 | same capacity, same door count |
| Midea MDRC564FZF01AP same capacity, same door count | 418 L | 3 | 368 | same capacity, same door count |
| Kogan KAM418CHWZC same capacity, same door count | 418 L | 3 | 368 | same capacity, same door count |
| Robinhood RCFA395WH 6% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 395 L | 3.5 | 323 | 6% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Aucma BD-500AF 2% larger, same door count | 428 L | 4 | 292 | 2% larger, same door count |
| Hisense HRCF439 5% larger, same door count | 440 L | 3.5 | 342 | 5% larger, same door count |
| Eurotech ED-CF380WH.2 11% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 371 L | 2.5 | 380 | 11% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Iceland 351371 11% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 371 L | 2.5 | 380 | 11% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 418 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HCF420W specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,320 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Depth
- 750 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 224 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.506
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 509 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.300
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3790
- GEMS registration id
- 175724
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 December 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.