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Chest freezer · 1 door
Hisense HRCF439 Freezer
Hisense HRCF439 is a 440 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3558).
- Total capacity
- 440 L
- 440 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.51
- Annual electricity use
- 342 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $113 / year
- $9.41 / month · $1,129 over 10 years
3% more electricity than the median of 18 comparable 350–499 L chest freezer registrations (333 kWh a year). It uses less than 44% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $3 a year more than the median, $31 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (526 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.
Hisense HRCF439 running cost
- Per month
- $9.41
- Per year
- $113
- 5 years
- $564
- 10 years
- $1,129
342 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
- 440 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 440 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 786 L
- freezer compartment
- 440 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 440 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HCF420W418 L224 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $74 | |
| Aucma BD-500AF428 L292 kWh/yr | 4 | $96 | |
| Robinhood RCFA395WH395 L323 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $107 |
Freezers similar to the Hisense HRCF439
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAM418CHWZC 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 418 L | 3 | 368 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM418CHWZB 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 418 L | 3 | 368 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Aucma BD-500AF 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 428 L | 4 | 292 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRC564FZF01AP 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 418 L | 3 | 368 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HCF420W 5% smaller, same door count | 418 L | 5.5 | 224 | 5% smaller, same door count |
| Robinhood RCFA395WH 10% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 395 L | 3.5 | 323 | 10% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Trade Tested 988513 11% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 488 L | 3 | 398 | 11% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 440 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Hisense HRCF439 specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,429 mm
- Height
- 858 mm
- Depth
- 746 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 342 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.510
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 526 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.435
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3558
- GEMS registration id
- 167607
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 April 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.