Seattle Countertops: Kalorik Dual Zone 18 Bottle Wine Cooler WCL-20629

Kalorik Dual Zone 18 Bottle Wine Cooler WCL-20629

Item Characteristics

Kalorik WCL-20629 Thermoelectric Dual-Zone 18-Bottle Ventilated Wine Cooler
KALORIK

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 26 x 13.5 x 19.3 inches ; 45 pounds
Shipping Weight: 40 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B001BROQTM
Item model number: WCL20629

By : Kalorik
Price : $249.99

Product Description

Although your wine enjoys the optimal temperature and humidity circumstances within this wine cooler you get a wine cooler in a single of the most stylish finishes obtainable with fully digital temperature controls. This thermoelectric wine cooler attributes a premium metallic silver finish door trim with double paned tempered glass. The tinted glass door protects your wine from damaging light. The interior of the wine cooler characteristics insulated dual temperature zones with scalloped chrome shelves to cradle and display your wine. quiet vibration-zero cost environmentally-friendly thermoelectric cooling maintains optimum temperature and humidity.This wine cooler utilizes a state-of-the-art thermoelectric peltier unit to give vibration-cost-free cooling for your very best wines. Vibration from compressor-based cooling systems can disturb the sediments in even the sturdiest of wines. This wine cooler avoids this dilemma altogether by relying on thermoelectric cooling. The adjustable thermostat indicates that this wine cooler can be utilised to store practically any wine varietal below the optimum temperature and humidity conditions. in addition the peltier cooling unit is silent- the only noise youll right here is the gentle noise of the fan dissipating heat. An additional benefit of thermoelectric cooling is that it makes use of no freon which can be damaging to the planet and it is so power efficient it only utilizes about as substantially energy as a 75 watt light bulb! this kalorik wine cooler attributes a fan mounted on the back wall to make sure even temperature distribution within every wine cooler zone. Theres no need to be concerned about huge temperature differentials or hot spots inside this wine cooler! soft interior led lighting proudly illuminates your wine with out building uneven heat distribution. did you know that the incandescent light bulbs employed in some wine coolers and refrigerators can in fact act as mini heaters- raising the temperature in the air surrounding them? this is not the case in this kalorik thermoelectric wine cooler...

Item Characteristics

Kalorik WCL-20629 Thermoelectric Dual-Zone 18-Bottle Ventilated Wine Cooler
KALORIK

Consumer Evaluations

The fiance and I have wanted a wine cooler for a whilst and figured this would be a excellent wedding gift for ourselves. What a mistake that turned out to be. Have owned this for about a month and the bottom section keeps the red wine at a balmy 68 degrees. Fully grasp that the highest you can set it for is 64 degrees. The fans spin but it won't maintain the wine cool. Turns out it would price even more to have a repair tech appear at it than what we paid for it. If you are hunting for a good wine fridge appear elsewhere.

Acquired this model about 6 months ago it replaced a prior failed (various brand, I feel, but can't recall the name) item of the very same kind. When it operates, does so flawlessly.
Nonetheless, this Kalorik unit itself failed, exactly One year right after manufacture.
I guess unless 1 is wiling to invest upwards of $1200.00 for a bona-fide, secondary refrigerator, sanctioned only for wine storage, these thermoelectric versions are woefully lacking in either style or execution. We take pleasure in wine, but don't have the spending budget or space for a large, standalone appliance.
Spending $200.00 or far more for an appliance with a projected lifespan of much less than 12 months is absurd. Possibly a person will soon design and develop a greater product that can be afforded by ordinary joes like us. (Folks who will not invest a lot more than $40.00 or so for a bottle of wine.)
UPDATE Might 2011
Just after poking around inside the cabinet of this appliance, a bit of sleuthing turned up a tiny bit of some thing that appeared to be a burnt-out element. That tiny small element (about the size of a pencil eraser) was identified by a local t.v. repair shop as an electrical capacitor. Apparently the a single inserted in the course of manufacture is a low cost piece of crap... possibly an example of 'planned obsolesence'? At any rate, the fantastic repair man soldered in a new a single, (substantially bigger than the original) and within an hour we once once again had a operating cool cellar. $40.00 properly spent, and we'll see how long this version lasts. Way more handy and less high priced than either returning to Kalorik for repair, or getting an additional make/model.
My assistance to any individual thinking about shopping for, or getting purchased 1 of these units (by any brand name) that has died: don't be too afraid to cautiously open up the back and do some investigating. Probabilities are that probably the complete appliance has develop into useless due to the failure of a very simple $2.00-or-less portion. Of couse, it helps if you can diagnose the issue your self, but at times issues such as this are not really that challenging to do. Don't be afraid of the appliance, just make sure to unplug it 1st. We certainly would create considerably much less waste if factors had been better-engineered, and we were much less inclined to basically throw away points that no longer work, as an alternative of fixing them.