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Upright freezer · 1 door
Schmick MSF90 Freezer
Schmick MSF90 is a 90 L upright freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3265).
- Total capacity
- 90 L
- 90 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.62
- Annual electricity use
- 133 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $44 / year
- $3.66 / month · $439 over 10 years
20% less electricity than the median of 33 comparable Under 150 L upright freezer registrations (166 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $11 a year less than the median, $109 over 10 years.
Uses 60% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (333 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 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.
Schmick MSF90 running cost
- Per month
- $3.66
- Per year
- $44
- 5 years
- $219
- 10 years
- $439
133 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
- 90 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- –
- 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.
Similar upright freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 90 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HVF90VW90 L123 kWh/yr | 5 | $41 |
Freezers similar to the Schmick MSF90
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HVF90VW same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 90 L | 5 | 123 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Liebherr SUIG 1514 6% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 95 L | 4.5 | 139 | 6% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Vogue 354096 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 91 L | 4 | 151 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Esatto EUF88B 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 88 L | 4 | 146 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MUF88W 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 88 L | 4 | 146 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MUF88S 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 88 L | 4 | 146 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Esatto EUF88* 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 88 L | 4 | 146 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Heller H91F 1% larger, same door count | 91 L | 3.5 | 166 | 1% larger, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 90 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Compare MSF90 with another freezer
Schmick MSF90 specifications
- Type
- Upright freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 595 mm
- Height
- 820 mm
- Depth
- 545 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 133 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.622
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 333 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.828
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3265
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3265
- GEMS registration id
- 156328
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 31 January 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- MSF90
- 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. Manufacturer: bar-fridges-australia.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.