Vinotemp VT-15TS 15 Bottle Touchscreen Wine Cooler, Black

Bargain Vinotemp VT-15TS 15 Bottle Touchscreen Wine Cooler, Black
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Vinotemp International, a leader in the wine storage industry, has been building premium wine cabinets for over 20 years. Vinotemp is a full-service manufacturer of custom wood wine cabinets and racking, Wine-Mate cooling systems, and a distributor of quality metal wine cellars. Vinotemp offers everything from inexpensive countertop coolers to exotic commercial wood cabinets found at many hotels and restaurants like the Ritz Carlton, House of Blues, Hard Rock Cafes and more. Vinotemp Eco Seri...

• Touch screen control panel with safety lock function to prevent unwanted temperature changes in the cabinet
• Temperature range of 39-65-degrees fahrenheit
• Dual-paned glass door with magnetic seal maintains interior cooler temperature
• Storage features include slide out metal shelves and bulk storage space
• For freestanding installation only

This Freestanding Wine Cellars give to us some advantages, like this :
1. Noisy, but nice
I like this wine fridge, so far, though when its compressor runs, it is noisy. I'm hoping it will last longer than my last Vinotemp, which was thermoelectric (unlike this one).

PROS
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room inside for large, upright, or corked bottles, flexible
well packed for shipment (better than R. Sayre's! -- mine shipped from Amazon)
nice looking
door works smoothly
more cooling power

CONS
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noisy (when the compressor kicks in, it hums)
some vibration from the compressor
wide (I have room for it, but you'd better check the dimensions)
only one temperature zone

I'm adding a special note about the packing because of R. Sayre's bad experience with doors getting ripped off. Mine, shipped from Amazon to here in Hawaii, was protected by styrofoam in an inner box, then that was suspended with foam corner offsets and more styrofoam panels within a larger box. And it arrived undamaged.

My old...

2. Just a touch noisy but works great
This unit replaces a small Avanti thermoelectric cooler, which while quiet, regularly blew its electrolytic capacitors. In comparison, this unit is a little bit of an upgrade, having a better control panel for the temperature. It is a little noisy, but only to be expected.

Need more appointment... ?
doesn't survive shipping
I tried twice with this order, and Amazon was quick with the replacement. But both coolers were destroyed during shipping. Had it survived shipping, the cooler appeared nice (though not rugged) and looked like it would serve my purposes (I particularly liked the flexible configuration and apparent capacity to hold longer/fatter bottles by standing them up. But there was very little cushioning in the packaging. Consequently the door was shattered / torn off the hinge when it arrived in both orders. Guess I'll look for it in a physical store. I wouldn't ordinarily downgrade for a shipping problem, but unless they change the packaging (or unless UPS handles the box with extraordinary delicacy), I don't think there's a likelihood yours will arrive intact. I order a lot from Amazon, and this is the first time I've run into a problem like this with a product.
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