Article: Consumer Reports Believes One Haier Freezer Should Not Qualify For Energy Star, Gives It a 'Don't Buy: Performance Problem' Rating

To: RETAILING EDITORS

Contact: Lauren Hackett, Consumer Reports, +1-914-378-2561 , lhackett@consumer.org; or Lisa Bruno, Catalyst Communications, +1- 212-714-7907, lbruno@catalystpublicrelations.com, for Consumer Reports

YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Reports'latest tests of 21 freezers in the September issue revealed that the Haier HUF138EA, $750, used much more energy than any other freezer in the publication's energy tests. In these tests, CR'sengineers expect freezers, on average, to use 17 percent more energy compared with their yellow EnergyGuide labels. The Haier used 70 percent more both when it was full and empty.

Based on the two samples tested, ...

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