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Bar fridge · 1 door
Haier HRF90U series Fridge
Haier HRF90U series is a 90 L bar fridge registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3598).
- Total capacity
- 90 L
- 90 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.02
- Annual electricity use
- 98 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $32 / year
- $2.70 / month · $323 over 10 years
7% less electricity than the median of 179 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (105 kWh a year). It uses less than 62% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $2 a year less than the median, $23 over 10 years.
Uses 54% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (215 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 200 L bar fridge 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 HRF90U series running cost
- Per month
- $2.70
- Per year
- $32
- 5 years
- $162
- 10 years
- $323
98 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
- 90 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 90 L
- fresh food 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 bar fridges 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 HCF97W97 L70 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $23 | |
| Chiq CSH093NW93 L81 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZD99 L83 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 | |
| Kogan KAM99LCHFZ*99 L83 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 | |
| Solt GGSCF99*99 L83 kWh/yr | 5 | $27 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF90U series
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield PL91R 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 91 L | 3.5 | 105 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Sheffield PLA90L 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 91 L | 3.5 | 105 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Modello MOD91R 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 91 L | 3.5 | 105 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CSR090DW same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 90 L | 2.5 | 131 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Chiq CRSR089DR1 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 90 L | 2.5 | 131 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Iceland 354089 same capacity, same door count, similar external size | 90 L | 2.5 | 131 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size |
| Kogan KAM093LIBFF 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Stirling SBF93* 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 93 L | 4 | 99 | 3% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 90 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HRF90U series specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 452 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Depth
- 479 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 98 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.020
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 215 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.089
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3598
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3598
- GEMS registration id
- 169708
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 June 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF90U series
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making compartment, 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 refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume under 200 L
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.