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Top loader · 6 kg

Mykin MTLW60* Washing Machine

Mykin MTLW60* is a 6 kg top loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1725).

c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
6 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
3
Annual electricity use
182 kWh
Label: 320 kWh · 0.88 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$60 / year
$602 over 10 years
Water per wash
– · "Normal"+“6”Level+"Warm" programme

25% less electricity than the median of 41 comparable under 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations (426 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 93% of them. At your rates that is about $20 a year less than the median, $199 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 41 comparable under 7 kg top loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered under 7 kg top loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Mykin MTLW60* specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
6.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
–
Water efficiency index
0.722
Programme tested
"Normal"+“6”Level+"Warm"
Programme time
226 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (W×H×D)
580 × 1,000 × 590 mm
Annual energy (label)
320 kWh
Star rating index
3.08
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACW1725

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1725
GEMS registration id
175937
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
7 January 2031
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
MTLW60*
Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1

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 22 September 2026; last checked 23 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.