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Chest freezer · 1 door
Midea MDRC499FZF01AP Freezer
Midea MDRC499FZF01AP is a 362 L chest freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3772).
- Total capacity
- 362 L
- 362 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.66
- Annual electricity use
- 300 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $99 / year
- $8.25 / month · $990 over 10 years
10% less electricity than the median of 18 comparable 350–499 L chest freezer registrations (333 kWh a year). It uses less than 56% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $11 a year less than the median, $107 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (465 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.
Midea MDRC499FZF01AP running cost
- Per month
- $8.25
- Per year
- $99
- 5 years
- $495
- 10 years
- $990
300 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
- 362 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- Frozen storage volume
- 362 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 646 L
- freezer compartment
- 362 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 362 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Refrigeration GP897-A378 L260 kWh/yr | 4 | $86 | |
| Polar Refrigeration GH337-A378 L280 kWh/yr | 4 | $92 |
Freezers similar to the Midea MDRC499FZF01AP
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RC376W2 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 373 L | 3.5 | 299 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM362CHWZC same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 362 L | 3.5 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAM362CHWZB same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 362 L | 3.5 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Parmco CF371W 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 371 L | 2.5 | 380 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Eurotech ED-CF380WH.2 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 371 L | 2.5 | 380 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Iceland 351371 3% larger, same door count, similar external size | 371 L | 2.5 | 380 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Haier HCF384W2 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 373 L | 3.5 | 299 | 3% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Polar Refrigeration GP897-A 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 378 L | 4 | 260 | 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 362 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Midea MDRC499FZF01AP specifications
- Type
- Chest freezer
- Configuration
- Chest
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 1,255 mm
- Height
- 825 mm
- Depth
- 705 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 300 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.659
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 465 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.464
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3772
- GEMS registration id
- 174623
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 25 November 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 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.