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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Robinhood RHBMF459MSD Fridge
Robinhood RHBMF459MSD is a 459 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0927).
- Total capacity
- 459 L
- 316 L fridge + 143 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.03
- Annual electricity use
- 365 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $120 / year
- $10.04 / month · $1,205 over 10 years
18% more electricity than the median of 70 comparable 400–499 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (309 kWh a year). It uses less than 27% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $18 a year more than the median, $185 over 10 years.
Uses 33% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (544 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 400–499 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.
Robinhood RHBMF459MSD running cost
- Per month
- $10.04
- Per year
- $120
- 5 years
- $602
- 10 years
- $1,205
365 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
- 459 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 316 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 143 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 571 L
- fresh food compartment
- 316 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 143 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 bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 459 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense HRBM418E417 L153 kWh/yr | 8 | $50 | |
| Haier HRF420BEC433 L155 kWh/yr | 8 | $51 | |
| Hisense HRBM503E503 L174 kWh/yr | 8 | $57 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302BE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 | |
| Electrolux EBE4302WE425 L190 kWh/yr | 7 | $63 |
Fridges similar to the Robinhood RHBMF459MSD
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics SRL4600B same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 458 L | 4 | 350 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRL4600S same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 458 L | 4 | 350 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
| Eurotech ED-RFB428SS 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 427 L | 4 | 335 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Beko BBMB445PX 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 445 L | 4.5 | 326 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Beko BBMB445PDX 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 445 L | 4.5 | 326 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Konka KRF-480W 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 475 L | 4 | 380 | 4% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Ilve R76FDAU/SS 9% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 499 L | 4 | 380 | 9% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS7621WLUE1 same capacity, same door count | 455 L | 5.5 | 274 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 459 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Robinhood RHBMF459MSD specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 790 mm
- Height
- 1,783 mm
- Depth
- 730 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 365 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.033
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 544 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.639
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0927
- GEMS registration id
- 170946
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.