Showing posts with label wine chiller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wine chiller. Show all posts

11/25/2010

Hamilton Beach 80255 Thermos Wine Chiller Review

Hamilton Beach 80255 Thermos Wine ChillerI was given one of these about a year ago, I tried it briefly and it's been collecting dust in my closet ever since. It does chill wine. In fact, it does it pretty well. Unfortunately, it also has inside it a loud fan which is always on. Picture a quiet evening for two, a candlelight dinner and this gizmositting nearby that looks like a miniature nuclear power plant cooling tower and sounds like a hair dryer and you can see the problem with this thing. It's just too darn noisy! Also rather ugly, imo. A more pleasant solution would be to keep the wine in one of those wrap-around gel packs for chilling wine that you keep in the freezer until needed.

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Hamilton Beach Thermos Thermoelectric Wine Chiller/Warmer is ideal for keeping wines and sparkling wines at their ideal serving temperature. The 10 temperature settings allow you cool white wines or hear Sake.Eliminate the need for messy buckets and fluctuating temperatures.

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Wine Cellar - Twelve Bottle Stainless Steel Finish by Wine Enthusiast Review

Wine Cellar - Twelve Bottle Stainless Steel Finish by Wine EnthusiastI have owned this wine fridge for two years and have no complaints. Great wine fridge, keeps the whites just the temperature I like them. Cool LED light. I love that you can change the temperature also. Happy w/ my purchase.

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The Wine Enthusiast Silent 12 Bottle* Countertop Wine Refrigerator comes in black body with a stainless steel trimmed glass door with chrome handle. This stylish refrigerator keeps your best bottles cool without making a peep. The secret is Peltier?s thermoelectric cooling technology. This cooling system has no moving parts and is CFC-free, meaning that you get silent, long-lasting, and environmentally safe refrigeration for your collection.Wine Enthusiast 12 bottle* wine cooler is built solid and reliable. A quality unit to save or store your wines in ideal conditions.

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11/23/2010

Haier HVUE12ABB 12-Bottle Wine Fridge W Led Review

Haier HVUE12ABB 12-Bottle Wine Fridge W LedI bought this wine storage because it's hot here in Texas.You just can't keep wine in a rack.This wine storage does the trick. I agree with others, looks great, and the LED is awesome.I like the internal lighting too, not blue, but blue hue, actually LED lighting.Nice for seeing what you have inside because it's dark in there.

Let's be clear, this is not a refrigerator, and yes it's dead quiet and doesn't vibrate.The lowest internal temperature is 27 degrees below external room temperature.For example, I keep my home at 80, lowest internal will be 53 degrees.I set the unit for 56 degrees.It stays there.I'm happy.

I keep red and white wine in it.Standard white wine bottles are larger than red, no problem.The three racks are at different heights.The upper hold a red bottle.The middle one is about the height for a fatter white wine bottle, and the lowest, to my surprise will hold a bottle of Dom Perignon 1990.It will hold a bottle longer than a standard white, but I'm sure not the few real long ones you see around, and you can put something a little longer in if you take out the lower rack, and even a fatter bottle of champagne if you take out the lower rack, but I'm not going to mess with that.I'd just drink that bottle.Guess were simpler about things here in Texas.

It fits easily on a standard kitchen counter, but there has to be space at the back, or it will not cool properly.The intake fan is dead center in the back, and there needs to be space for warm air convection, they say 2 inches all around the unit.It's really at the back, but the air has to go somewhere besides back into the intake fan.

Also, there are some really good deals on this wine storage out there, so shop it.Check the return policy!!!They are going to ship this thing in the box, just slap a shipping label on it.I'll tell you now, the box is inadequate for shipping, more designed for squeezing as many as possible in a container from China.

Also, the feet are inside the unit, the shortest one goes on the hinge corner, and if you put this thing on the counter before you put the feet on, you will scratch you counter.

This a great deal, but be reasonable.This thing only costs about $80, and is only a little bigger than if you put the case of wine on it's side on your counter, just a whole lot cooler.

**** Thought I better add this.This great little wine cooler died after 3 weeks.I bought it from one of the lower priced providers on the net.There were some other reviews that complained about short life, but I thought I would take a chance.Bad idea.Advise you to check the provider's return policy before buying.Better yet, buy from a local retailer.

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Product Description:
Wine the way you want it. See your favorite vintageboth reds and whitesin a whole new light, chilled to perfection behind the double-pane insulated glass door of this sleek Haier wine cellar. One-year warranty. Model HVTS12ABB.

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9/27/2010

Emerson FR24SL 8 Bottles Wine Cooler with Thermal Glass Door, Stainless Steel Review

Emerson FR24SL 8 Bottles Wine Cooler with Thermal Glass Door, Stainless SteelIt took less than a year for the cooler's performance to deteriorate where it could not reach the target temperature anymore and it keeps getting worse with time. Avoid it, it just isn't worth the aggravation.

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Emerson 8 Bottle Wine Cooler with Thermal Glass Door holds up to 8 Bottles (13 Max). With Environment friendly flush back design it creates low noise and vibration free environment. Thermoelectric cooling system with temperature glass door makes it advanced heat disipation system. With LCD display, interior light and adjustable level legs makes easy to operate the cooler at home or anywhere you need it.

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9/20/2010

Haier HVUE06ABB 6-Bottle Wine Fridge, Black Review

Haier HVUE06ABB 6-Bottle Wine Fridge, BlackI purchased this for my husband for Christmas (2007). It's been plugged in and working since late November (more below) with no problems. This is the first wine fridge that we've ever owned so, admittedly, I have nothing to compare it to. I read reviews about other smaller fridges and decided to go with this one because of its size and controls. We keep it on the floor underneath our bar/counter area.It's nice to have to keep those bottles of white wine cold and ready to go at a good temperature instead of being too cold and taking up room in your real fridge.

Only (very minor) complaint deals with the seller- as I said, I got this for my husband for Christmas. They sent it in its original box without any other box or coverings on the outside. It arrived and was on our front porch on a day when my husband was the first to come home, so...he got his Christmas present a little early. ;)

ETA: Have had this little fridge for 2 years now and it's still going strong. One feature I like: the inside light that turns on and off. It's nice to see what's in there without opening the door.In terms of storing bottles, you can't store fat bottles (like champagne) on the top shelf. But that's not too big of a deal. We just put them on the lower shelves.

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6 Bottle Wine Fridge- Black

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9/17/2010

Sunpentown ThermoElectric Wine Coolers Review

Sunpentown ThermoElectric Wine CoolersThis is a piece of junk. It can barely keep wine cool in the winter with the heat off. The fan runs all the time no matter what. Furthermore, when the room temperature is a tad bit above 70 degrees, the light starts flashing along with a constant beeping. The only way to stop this, is to unplug it.

The manufacturer offers no suggestion other than saying it's probably the pc. In my mind "pc" is personal computer, not microprocessor which is probably what is controlling the light flashing and beeping. The manufacturer offers no method of getting a unit which is properly working, even though they shipped the original flashing and beeping unit. They consider it yours because you, well, opened their box. This is the kind of treatment that gives a bad name to internet shopping.

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Product Description:
12 Standard bottles capacity with 3 removable shelves. Tinted double pane insulated glass door with platinum trim and cabinet. Stylish design and compact size looks great in the kitchen or entertainment area. Digital controls with LED temperature display. Thermoelectric Technology (no compressor) offers a quiet operation with no vibration. Adjustable temperature between 50 to 66°F.

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9/02/2010

Koolatron WC04 Compact Thermoelectric 4-Bottle Wine Cooler Review

Koolatron WC04 Compact Thermoelectric 4-Bottle Wine CoolerI bought this for my husband, who loves red wine.This is the perfect size - not too big at all.Keeping 4 bottles cool is perfect for us.It keeps the wine at the perfect temperature and we can always change it to "white wine" temperature if we want.I also love the blue lights inside, which you can't see in the photo...it's like a nightlight in our kitchen! I highly recommend this...

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Product Description:
Keep up to four 25-ounce bottles of wine conveniently available and properly chilled with this compact wine cooler. Its digital display and touch-pad control panel make it easy to set the temperature--choose between 48 degrees F (ideal for white wine) or 59 degrees F (ideal for red wine). The wine cooler's innovative thermo-electric cooling system, which involves very few moving parts, delivers ultra-quiet, energy-efficient operation and protects wine from unnecessary vibration. Even more, thermo-electric cooling does not use ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFC's or HCFC's, which means it's better for the environment. The versatile appliance can be used as a freestanding unit or mounted vertically or horizontally under a cabinet or counter to save on space. Other highlights include a transparent glass door, removable contoured shelves, and a dark interior with soft interior lights for a distinguished look. The wine cooler measures 14-2/7 by 6 by 20-3/5 inches.

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8/04/2010

Emerson 8 Bottle Wine Cooler Review

Emerson 8 Bottle Wine CoolerI only drink on average one bottle of wine per week: one glass per day over four or five days (I preserve the rest of it using a VacuVin or the Private Preserve system) and also buy relatively inexpensive wines that don't require long aging.So this 8-bottle wine cooler from Emerson is perfect for me; it also keeps me on a budget - I am limited to having only eight bottles of wine at any one time.

The unit itself is attractive and seems to be well-built. The packaging is also pretty sturdy. There are two metal racks that hold 4 standard (burgundy or bordeaux) bottles each, and be aware that long riesling or oversized Champagne bottles won't fit.Also, unlike some other wine coolers, you can't squeeze in more bottles by taking out the shelves and stacking bottles on top of one another. You're pretty much limited to 8.

This cooler operates on the thermoelectric method (also known as the Peltier effect - look it up on Wikipedia), meaning there is no compressor and the only moving part is a fan to circulate air. There are three buttons on the front handle: one to turn on and off the led light inside, one to turn up the temperature in one-degree increments, and one to turn down the temperature in similar increments.Each time you press any of the buttons, a digital thermometer lights up to show you the internal temperature. When you press either the up or down temperature button, the thermometer also lights up to show you the desired temperature you have selected.

When I first plugged this in, the thermometer was in the mid 70's. I set it for 57 degrees and it took about 4 hours or so for it to get to that point.I've had this cooler for over a month now, and every time I check the temperature it is 57 degrees.The room it is in gets pretty warm, like to the low-mid 80's but so far this little unit has managed to maintain a constant temperature.If you keep opening and closing the door or changing wines, of course the temperature is going to vary but since I rarely open it (just once per week to get my wine of the week, and then when I add wines to it), the temperature doesn't vary.

So far I am quite happy with this product.It is totally inadequate if you are trying to build a wine collection, but if you need something small just to hold your wines at the right temperature, this fits the bill very nicely.

Addendum: It has been about three months since I purchased this (I actually purchased another one a few weeks after the 1st one).I bought a couple of digital thermometers to compare their readings with the built-in ones.The built-in thermometers say 57 degrees 99% of the time, whereas the readings on the digital standalone thermometers show readings that vary from the mid 58-degree to high 60-degree range.I live in Southern California and it's been ridiculously hot this summer - the ambient temperature in the room where these are located gets up to 86 or 87 degrees until I get home from work and turn on the air conditioner, so under the circumstances, I think these units are performing well.I don't want to turn down the thermostat on them because I feel that will be too much of a strain.I'm happy with a level of 58-60 during the hot summer.Just thought I should share this update with readers, though - the built-in does not agree with the standalone temperature readings.

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Emerson 8 BOTTLE WINE COOLER 8 Bottles (13Max) LCD DisplayThermoelectric Cooling System Tempered Glass Door Interior Light Adjustable Temperature Control Adjustment Level Legs Vibration Free Environment Friendly Flush Back Design A

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7/27/2010

Wine Enthusiast Silent 12 Bottle Touchscreen Wine Refrigerator Review

Wine Enthusiast Silent 12 Bottle Touchscreen Wine RefrigeratorThis is my second Wine Enthusiast Silent refrigerator, but this one is a huge disappointment. My first is the 32-bottle version and it keeps the wine cool and is really silent.

This one, conversely, has a couple of pretty noisy fans. I don't know how they call it silent. Also, it kicks out a lot of heat, which my larger version does not.

Finally, good luck getting 12 bottles in here. I don't mean large champagne bottles or anything, just standard wine bottles. I can barely squeeze 8 bottles in here. I would avoid this model.

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Easy access to perfectly stored wine has never been more stylish! The new exterior touchscreen and reflective smoked-glass door of our 12-Bottle* Touchscreen Wine Refrigerator are sights to behold on any countertop. Treat your reds, your whites, and yourself to the new generation in wine storage! This silent cooling system has no moving parts and is CFC-free, meaning that you get silent, long-lasting, and environmentally safe refrigeration for your collection.Wine Enthusiast 12-bottle* wine cooler is built solid and reliable. A quality unit to save and store your wines in ideal conditions, it features: 12 bottle capacity*Temperature range of 50-66°F Ultra-quiet thermoelectric coolingExterior digital touchscreen with display Eco-friendly; releases no gaseous refrigerants; energy efficientThermopane glass door with reflective smoked-glass finish 3 pull-out chrome shelves Interior LED lighting Free Standing Only**Size: 15-1/2"H x 15-3/4"W x 20-1/2"D *Note: Shelving is meant to hold standard 750 mL size bottles, using larger Pinot Noir/Rhone size bottles may limit the capacity. If you would like to store larger bottles you can easily remove any of the shelves. This will also prevent scraping the labels on the larger bottles.**Applications: This model is not meant to be built-in to cabinetry, recessed or put underneath a counter. Additionally this model is not meant to be used in an enclosed area. While the back of the unit does produce a minimal amount of heat, it still needs to vent to an open area

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