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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
LG GF-B705MBL Fridge
LG GF-B705MBL is a 665 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3246).
- Total capacity
- 665 L
- 404 L fridge + 261 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 394 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $130 / year
- $10.84 / month · $1,300 over 10 years
21% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 91% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $35 a year less than the median, $353 over 10 years.
Uses 39% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (645 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 600–699 L french door fridge 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.
LG GF-B705MBL running cost
- Per month
- $10.84
- Per year
- $130
- 5 years
- $650
- 10 years
- $1,300
394 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
- 665 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 404 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 261 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 865 L
- two-star compartment
- 22 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 239 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 404 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 665 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RF600ADX1612 L336 kWh/yr | 5 | $111 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF600A PV series602 L357 kWh/yr | 5 | $118 |
Fridges similar to the LG GF-B705MBL
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRFD642BW 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 640 L | 3.5 | 520 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 618 L | 4.5 | 395 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 618 L | 4.5 | 395 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GWH-A 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 635 L | 4 | 441 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GBK-A 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 635 L | 4 | 441 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Westinghouse WHE6351SA 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 630 L | 3.5 | 485 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 665 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other LG models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-B700PL665 L460 kWh/yr | 4 | $152 | |
| LG GF-B700MWH665 L460 kWh/yr | 4 | $152 |
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LG GF-B705MBL specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 914 mm
- Height
- 1,787 mm
- Depth
- 725 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 394 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.002
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 645 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.455
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3246
- GEMS registration id
- 158930
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 8 January 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with three or more doors
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.