What you should know before you buy!
I have the 16 bottle version of this, otherwise, its the same unit.
First of all, NONE of these are made for maturing your wine, they are only intended
for short term (not to exceed one year) storage.
They do not provide the constant temp and proper humidity needed to mature wine, so
if long term maturing of your expensive wine collction is needed, you do not want to
buy one of these.
What you need in that case is a EuroCave, and they start at $2,000.00!
Also, dont expect the temp in any of these "wine refrigerators" to be 55 if your room
temp is 80!! It is totally dependent of room temp. These units simply use the room air
and circulate it with fans, so the internal temp will fluctuate with the room temp.
Even the few units on the market with built in compressors which will refrigerate even
if the room temp is 90, fluctuate by several degrees.
Proper wine maturing requires CONSTANT even temp (plus or minus...
Product and Shipping
While the product seems decent, I had a terrible time with receiving it in one piece. The first shipment which came Ground UPS resulted in a corner of the refrigerator cracked off of it. Apparently the folks who send it out are highly opposed to actually wrapping it for shipment since it came in the box that you would find on the shelf in a store -- without any additional packing. I called Amazon and told them and they said they'd send out another one overnight (but I would need to send back the broken one, which I did). I asked them to take some care to pack the one they were overnighting and the agent send she would add it to her notes to the shippers. Low and behold, the replacement fridge came overnighted free of charge, but again they did not back it for shipment. This time instead of having the corner cracked off, there was simply a hair-line crack on that same corner. It was spared because apparently overnight shipping requires less handling and bouncing around than...
poor product
As the first review, I also received the product with the corner of the refrigerator cracked off of it.
The refrigerator also doesn`t has a panel to show the temperature, so it`s a very simple one. Would not recommend it.
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