New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Midea MDRB424FGF02AP Fridge
Midea MDRB424FGF02AP is a 309 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0827).
- Total capacity
- 309 L
- 224 L fridge + 85 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.01
- Annual electricity use
- 345 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $114 / year
- $9.49 / month · $1,139 over 10 years
18% more electricity than the median of 59 comparable 300–399 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (293 kWh a year). It uses less than 24% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $17 a year more than the median, $172 over 10 years.
Uses 28% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (477 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 300–399 L bottom-mount 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.
Midea MDRB424FGF02AP running cost
- Per month
- $9.49
- Per year
- $114
- 5 years
- $569
- 10 years
- $1,139
345 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
- 309 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 224 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 85 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 376 L
- fresh food compartment
- 224 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 85 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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 309 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $57 | |
| Liebherr SCNsdh 5253332 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Miele KFN 4375 DD edt/cs330 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUBL290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IU**290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics SRL334NMB same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 310 L | 3 | 348 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRL335NLS same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 310 L | 3 | 348 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WBB3100** same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 308 L | 3.5 | 310 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Konka KRF-314W same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 310 L | 2.5 | 360 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WBB3100AK same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 308 L | 3.5 | 310 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Konka KRF-314SS same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 310 L | 2.5 | 360 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Haier HRF318BW same capacity, same door count | 309 L | 4.5 | 254 | same capacity, same door count |
| Haier HRF318BS same capacity, same door count | 309 L | 4.5 | 254 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 309 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Midea MDRB424FGF02AP specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 345 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.007
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 477 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.918
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0827
- GEMS registration id
- 155285
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with one or two 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.