c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
6 kg
Front loader
Energy rating
2.5
Annual electricity use
246 kWh
Label: 431 kWh · 1.2 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$81 / year
$81 electricity + $0 water · $811 over 10 years
Water per wash
0.0 L · Knob 2, Cotton 40°C, 1400 rpm programme

58% more electricity than the median of 41 comparable under 7 kg front loader washing machine registrations (273 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 20% of them. At your rates that is about $30 a year more than the median, $297 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

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

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

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Robinhood RHFL6WN specifications

Loading
Front loader
Rated capacity
6.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
–
Water per wash
0.0 L
Water efficiency index
0.580
Programme tested
Knob 2, Cotton 40°C, 1400 rpm
Programme time
307 min
Internal heater
–
Dimensions (W×H×D)
–
Annual energy (label)
431 kWh
Star rating index
2.57
Country of manufacture
Türkiye

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACW1193
GEMS registration id
143131
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
20 February 2027
Registered for sale in
Australia, New Zealand
Family
–
Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2040.1:2005/Amdt 3:2010

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.