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Chest freezer · 1 door
Haier HCF720W Freezer
Haier HCF720W is a 692 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3792).
- Total capacity
- 692 L
- 692 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.01
- Annual electricity use
- 325 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $107 / year
- $8.94 / month · $1,073 over 10 years
20% less electricity than the median of 32 comparable 500 L and above chest freezer registrations (404 kWh a year). It uses less than 75% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $26 a year less than the median, $261 over 10 years.
Uses 55% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (723 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.
Haier HCF720W running cost
- Per month
- $8.94
- Per year
- $107
- 5 years
- $536
- 10 years
- $1,073
325 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
- 692 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 692 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 1,236 L
- freezer compartment
- 692 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.
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CCF series 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 700 L | 4.5 | 361 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CCF699BE 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 700 L | 4.5 | 361 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WCE7000WA 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 702 L | 5 | 327 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
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| Kogan KAM688CHWZC same capacity, same door count | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count |
| Kogan KAM688CHWZD same capacity, same door count | 688 L | 3 | 480 | same capacity, same door count |
| Hisense HRCF702 1% larger, same door count | 702 L | 2.5 | 536 | 1% larger, same door count |
| Westinghouse WCM7000WE 1% larger, same door count | 702 L | 2.5 | 536 | 1% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 692 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HCF720W specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 2,042 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Depth
- 780 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 325 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.006
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 723 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.263
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3792
- GEMS registration id
- 175728
- 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.