May 04 2010
Vinotemp VT28TEDS ThermoElectric Digital 28Bottle Wine Chiller Black
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Featuring a black cabinet with stainless steel door trim and sturdy wire shelf racking, this cooler holds up to 28 bottles. This compact unit can be placed on a table top or be freestanding to keep your wine at just the right temperature. Also because of its thermo-electric cooling system, which involves very few moving parts, your wine will be protected from unnecessary vibration. Thermo-electric cooling is not only good for your valuable wine collection but also for the environment. Using absolutely no ozone depleting chemicals such as CFCs or HCFCs you will be sure that you are doing your part to preserve the environment. The VT-28 TEDS uses dual paned glass windows, a technology that has been proven in the construction industry. They have better insulation properties, better UV protection, and are easier to clean. This energy efficiency will lead to less electricity usage and savings in energy bills throughout the years. ....read more
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Good Overall Product
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just recently was given this wine fridge as a Wedding gift from my in-laws. I have to say that I am quite satisfied with it thus far. I was rather concerned when I first got it being that I instantly went online and checked out personal reviews of the product. It seems that on many different online sites including amazon, there are a lot of complaints that this fridge does not cool. To be honest, I am not having that problem at all thus far in the first week.
I followed the instructions, let it sit for over 2 hours prior to plugging in…then got it up and running. I let the fridge run for 2 days prior to putting any wine in it because I wanted to get a thermometer first to check the temperature since I had heard so many complaints regarding the temp. The fridge temp gauge read 55, and my thermometer read 57…quite close. I then put about 10 bottles in it and while having the door open the temp went back up to the low 60s. Well, I now have waited over night, and the temp gauge is reading 55 again…my thermometer is reading 56, and it appears to be working perfectly. I read many reviews that insist this fridge won’t go below 60, or in some cases even below 65. I am clearly getting the right temperature on mine. All in all, great product so far.
Quiet is fine, but it would be nice if it cooled.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Prior to purchase I had read various reviews about the unit’s inability to properly cool. Despite the warning, I went ahead, hoping for better luck, as the unit had the best combination of price/capacity. I decided the best approach was to give the unit a trial run by getting it at my local target so that I could return it if it didn’t work. I purchased a refrigerator thermometer along with it just to keep it honest. Sure enough, the unit was only able to knock about 10 degrees off of the ambient temperature, despite brazenly claiming to be at 56 degrees.
On the plus side, it was indeed quiet and sleek looking but it would’ve been nice to have some more cooling capability. For my purposes, however, this was fine. My intent was to prevent exposure to heat and I grew to like drinking my reds at about 65 degrees.
Flash forward one year and last night I reached into my cooler to find the bottles warm. A check of the thermometer showed that the inside of my vinotemp was now the balmiest spot in the house at 78 degrees. I tried cleaning the filter, unplugging etc. and once restarted the unit whirrs away uselessly; mindlessly warming the inside bottles. For $200, all I was able to coax out of this thing was a year of disingenuous underperformance.
nice quiet decent fridge
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I got the unit from a target store on a great holiday sale. I probably wouldn’t pay retail for it. I set it up and let it sit overnight, then plugged it in and let it sit overnight again. With the thermostat set at 55 (the lowest possible), my own thermometer placed inside reads 60. It seems to be able to hold at 60 pretty well as the ambient temp in my desert apartment fluctuates through the day (no higher than 80 for the ambient temp).
The 60 degrees is not the best temp for storing wine, but its really not that bad for my $20-and-under-per-bottle collection. As I understand it (after talking to lots of people), the extra few degrees will eventually cut short the life of the bottle, but should be fine for a few to several years. I don’t think my wines will go un-drunk that long.
In summary, I bought this cellar/fridge to store my wines, not to preserve them for 20 years. I needed something that was between a closet and a regular fridge. I also wanted something that had low noise, so I went with this instead of a compressor model. I think it works well for these purposes, especially at the discount sale price. It looks nice and doesn’t have too much extra bulk.
If you are looking for something for long term cellaring of finer wines, I would recommend looking for a slightly colder unit. If you just want decent storage, this may work fine for you.
(there’s two of these same items listed on amazon with the same model number I own, so I put the same review on both – one is VT28TEDS and the other is VT-28TEDS)
Wine Cooler
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This product is so good I bought a second one. I especially like the non-compressor cooling, which works very well. The digital readout indicates temperature to readily be maintained at my 60 degree setting, which I consider to be a good European wine cellar temperature. They are totally silent. I bought the first unit on Amazon, and the second from Target where it was on sale and much cheaper than the Amazon price. The unit’s packaging was fine, and had no cosmetic damage. I have moved them twice within the family room without issues.