New Zealand · costs in NZD
Side-by-side fridge freezer · 2 doors
Midea MDRS925FIM45AP Fridge
Midea MDRS925FIM45AP is a 700 L side-by-side fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3934).
- Total capacity
- 700 L
- 433 L fridge + 267 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.57
- Annual electricity use
- 540 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $178 / year
- $14.85 / month · $1,782 over 10 years
7% more electricity than the median of 6 comparable 700 L and above side-by-side fridge freezer registrations (503 kWh a year). It uses less than 17% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $12 a year more than the median, $122 over 10 years.
Uses 14% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (628 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 700 L and above side-by-side 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 MDRS925FIM45AP running cost
- Per month
- $14.85
- Per year
- $178
- 5 years
- $891
- 10 years
- $1,782
540 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
- 700 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 433 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 267 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 910 L
- fresh food compartment
- 433 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 267 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 side-by-side fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 700 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westinghouse WSE6240BB619 L300 kWh/yr | 6 | $99 | |
| Westinghouse WSE6200SB624 L300 kWh/yr | 6 | $99 | |
| Hisense HRSBS652B652 L347 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $115 | |
| LG GS-B599PLB664 L352 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $116 | |
| TCL TRF630SH*631 L375 kWh/yr | 5 | $124 |
Fridges similar to the Midea MDRS925FIM45AP
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRSBS649SW 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 649 L | 4 | 465 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL4250S/S/P same capacity, same door count | 700 L | 5 | 393 | same capacity, same door count |
| Sub-Zero ICBCL4250S Series same capacity, same door count | 700 L | 5 | 393 | same capacity, same door count |
| LG GS-B599PLB 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 664 L | 5.5 | 352 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| LG GS-B599PL 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 664 L | 5 | 385 | 5% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Hisense HRSBS652B 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 652 L | 5.5 | 347 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL TRF630SHB 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 631 L | 5 | 375 | 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL TRF630SHS 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 631 L | 5 | 375 | 10% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 700 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Midea MDRS925FIM45AP specifications
- Type
- Side-by-side fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Side by side
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 910 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 735 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 540 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.571
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 628 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.594
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3934
- GEMS registration id
- 179781
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 25 May 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 7
- GEMS group
- Group 5S: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, side by side
- 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 5S (frost-free fridge freezer, side by side)
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.