33 Bottle Compressor Wine Cooler

• Temperatures reach as low as 39 degrees F
• Holds 33 bottles of wine
• Insulated glass door
• Digital temperature display
• Slide out chrome shelves

The good

Not cellar grade cooler for long term storage. Instead it great cooler for keeping your reds at the right temperature for several months instead of keeping them warm, and then trying to chill them to serving temperature in the fridge before serving.

Shelves are removable, so I took out three shelves. This left room for 10 horizontal standard bottles of wine, 4 horizontal large bottles of wine, and 4-6 vertical (open) bottles of wine and/or liquor.

No fans to circulate and make noise.

The not so good

rear "feet" are just stamped metal protrusions from the base, so you may want to get carpet/floor protectors.

The condenser coils are on the sidewalls and get slightly warm to the touch, so it appears that space needs to be left on each side for ventilation.

Power cord is too short. Compressor pitch is a strange pitch compared to the normal fridge, but is fairly unobtrusive.

Summary

Great value, good starter cooler for the money, especially considering it includes shipping. I would buy another for whites if I drank white wine.

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The pros; it's a compresser type fridge. It keeps wine much colder than then electro type. Nice fit and finish.

The cons; it's not "Energy Star" rated and it shows once a month! my electric bill went up 20.00 a month That with keeping the themostat at 58. Another problm is noise. When the compressor is on... not good.

Is it worth it? Well if one entertains alot. It adds a touch of elegance.

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After reading lots of reviews on the passive chillers, I decided on this model with a compressor. It requires very little air space around the unit to maintain cooling capability which was very important for it's final placement. The compressor does make enough noise to be heard. It is quieter than our full size fridge. Temperature seems to hold very consistent and it recovers quickly after the door is opened. The only negative is that the blue interior LED light turns off automatically after a few minutes. My we liked the way it looked with the blue light on.

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I purchased the unit 10 months ago. Last week the compressor stop working. I contacted the NewAir customer support and they explained that I have to ship the product back. Really !!! Where I am going to find box suitable to ship the unit? I proposed to have a new unit shipped and I will return the old one in the packaging, but they explained that this can't be done. It is too much hassle. I will throw it away and will never buy anything from NewAir again.

I should listen to the negative reviews in the first place.

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Don't take a chance with this company. I ordered this product based on the positive reviews on Air & Water's website. The unit arrived quickly but upon opening it I found that the gasket on the door did not create a tight seal around the frame there was a huge gap at the top outer corner that would allow warm outside air enter the unit, resulting in more costly, inefficient cooling. I tried stretching it and playing around with it but no luck.

While not ideal, these things happen no biggie. So I called A&W to send a replacement, and they were actually very accommodating and sent a new unit right away. They instructed me to use the box from the replacement to send back the defective unit (they provided a prepaid shipping label for the return). I therefore tossed the packaging supplies from the first unit (the box had been cut open anyway to take it out).

The second unit arrived a week later, and I was excited I finally had somewhere to store my wine. No dice! There was a huge dent on the door. There is no way that this damage occurred during the shipping process as all of the packaging (foam, box, etc.) was completely intact with no bends or holes. I can only assume that this defect existed at the time it was shipped.

I read a lot of reviews for a lot of products, and I'm not sure I've ever seen a company fail to send a good condition product when given not one but two chances. Air & Water/NewAir clearly does not have a proper quality assurance process in place. Both of these units had blatant defects that should have been detected prior to distribution. With the first unit, I thought it was a fluke. Upon receipt of the second, it's no coincidence this company simply lacks basic controls.

To add insult to injury, in order to receive a refund I was told that I am on the hook for purchasing a box and packaging supplies to send back the second defective unit. A&W would not reimburse me for the cost nor send supplies to me. Between emails, phone calls, taking pictures of defects, arranging fedex return pickups, and now the cost of packaging supplies, this has been a major hassle. Don't waste your time.

Incidentally, after doing some digging I found that Air & Water owns NewAir no wonder NewAir's product reviews are so positive on the A&W site but just mediocre everywhere else.