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Haier HVF90VW Freezer
Haier HVF90VW is a 90 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3580).
- Total capacity
- 90 L
- 90 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.02
- Annual electricity use
- 123 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $41 / year
- $3.38 / month ยท $406 over 10 years
26% less electricity than the median of 33 comparable Under 150 L upright freezer registrations (166 kWh a year). It uses less than 94% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $14 a year less than the median, $142 over 10 years.
Uses 59% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (300 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh ร 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 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.
Haier HVF90VW running cost
- Per month
- $3.38
- Per year
- $41
- 5 years
- $203
- 10 years
- $406
123 kWh ร 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
- 90 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- โ
- Frozen storage volume
- 90 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 161 L
- freezer compartment
- 90 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 HVF90VW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TECO TVF91BMAH 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAH91LURFZ* 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAH91LURFZA 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Vogue 354096 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 4 | 151 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Heller H91F 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| TECO TVF91SMAH 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Omega OBFZ91X 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Omega OBFZ91BX 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 90 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HVF90VW specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- โ
- Ice maker
- โ
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Depth
- 562 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 123 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.016
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 300 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.765
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3580
- GEMS registration id
- 169567
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 21 May 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- โ
- Designation
- Freezer
- Product class
- Class 9
- GEMS group
- Group 6U: vertical freezer, manual 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.