Cooper Cooler Rapid Beverage Chilling Appliance

by Cooper Cooler

Product Features

• Fastest way to rapidly chill contained beverages from soda to wine
• 90 times faster chilling than refrigerator for cans, 20 times for wine
• Automatic touchpad with preset times; No Spin button stops rotation
• Also rapidly warms beverages: baby bottles, red wine
• Measures 11 by 15 by 8 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.7 x 10.7 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008DHTB
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,794 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Invented at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, this rapid beverage chiller is billed as the fastest way to cool canned or bottled drinks. The Cooper Cooler is able to accommodate containers of all sizes, from wine bottles to soda cans to plastic juice bottles and is said to chill wine 20 times faster and soda cans 90 times faster than the refrigerator. An easy-to-use touchpad lets you set the cooler to preset chilling times for bottles, cans, or wine and has an "Extra" button for folks who want drinks chilled to ice cold (34 degrees F). Also the fastest way to warm beverages, this appliance is great for heating baby bottles evenly without destroying any nutrients or warming red wine bottles that have been stored at cellar temperature.

Our tests on a bottle of warm sparkling cider produced a cooled-down beverage in a brisk 3-1/2 minutes. Drinks rotate as they chill for a more consistent temperature but shouldn’t jog or explode carbonated beverages. However, contrary to the Cooper Cooler’s claims, our bottle did fizz over when we opened the cap. Choosing the "No Spin" option on the touchpad will ensure that carbonated beverages aren’t overshaken. The Cooper Cooler is great for parties or for use in an office kitchen, RV, or boat and is covered by a 1-year limited warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

Never run out of cold beverages again. Great for entertaining, free up valuable refrigerator space. Rapidly chill your beverages when you want, how many you want, and to what temperature you want. Fastest way to rapidly "chill on demand" from room temperature (77 F) to refrigerator temperature (43 F). 1 minute for 12-ounce aluminum cans, 3.5 minutes for 12-ounce glass/plastic bottles, and 6 minutes for 750ml wine bottles. For cans, the Cooper Cooler is 90 times faster than a refrigerator or 40 times faster than a freezer. For wine bottles, it is 20 times faster than a refrigerator or 10 times faster than a freezer. User just adds ice and water to the Cooper Cooler. The patented chilling process perfectly safe to immediately open carbonated drinks--will not foam over or explode upon opening. Cooper Cooler can rapidly chill most single-serve beverages and 750ml wine bottles in varying sizes and container materials like aluminum, glass, and plastic. Largest diameter that fits is 3-1/2 inches. Removable front lid cap allows for long-necked bottles to fit with the lid down. NO SPIN button for rapidly chilling non-cylindrical containers and also useful for the wine drinker who feels that rotating may agitate their fine wines. In this mode chill times will be a bit longer than rotating and spraying. For beer and soda we have the EXTRA button which doubles the normal chill times to chill beverages to "ice cold" 33-34 F. Easy to setup, use, and clean up: user adds 2 trays of ice (approx. 30-32 ice cubes), 2 cups of water, and plug in to a 110v outlet. Easy to use automatic touch-pad timer is pre-set with beverage chilling settings. Simple clean up, just unplug, dispose of the ice water bath and dry. UL approved. Can also be used to rapidly warm wine bottles and baby bottles by just using hot tap water. Can warm baby bottles from 43F to 80F in 1 to 2 minutess without the formation of "hot pockets" and without destroying vital formula or breast milk nutrients.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The George Foreman of fridges., November 17, 2003

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Shawn Kresal (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooper Cooler Rapid Beverage Chilling Appliance (Kitchen)

This device delivers on its promise: it honestly does chill your soda/beer/wine orders of magnitude faster than the fridge or the freezer. The downside is that it does not do the chilling by itself: water and ice must be supplied. The directions recommend two trays of ice and two cups cold water, which is more than enough for getting a 12-pack to 38F. My experience was that it took 25% longer using only one tray of ice. The device makes a tiny amount of noise, say 1/10th that of a dish washer, but they brilliantly have a "no spin" (quiet) mode should you be using this in an office/baby nursery/library. The button layout and design are extremely well thought out. Press "Can", or "bottle", and "spin" or "no spin".

All appliances should be this effective and easy to use.

62 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cool but doesn't chill..., December 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Cooper Cooler Rapid Beverage Chilling Appliance (Kitchen)

So I got the Cooper Cooler for my office. It seemed so cool and slick. And the description said it brings soda cans down to 34 degrees in a minute. Doesn't get much better than that right? WRONG!
The little detail the editorial forgot to mention was that you have to put ice-cubes (YES, ICE CUBES) in the device in order for it to cool down your soda. Well, I've got a news flash for you - if I had ice cubes handy I could put them in my soda and be done with it. And ice cubes are much cheaper than this device.

So bear in mind this cooler is only useful if you have a real fridge near by and want to cool things fast. That's the only valid use-case. There you go.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really works, chills drinks fast and easily, great for wine, June 2, 2003

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Wright Now (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooper Cooler Rapid Beverage Chilling Appliance (Kitchen)

I was skeptical at first that it would work, but I got one after I saw it featured in Kiplingers magazine. It worked as advertised. Chills my beer/soda cans quick in one minute and my bottles in three and a half minutes and like they say, it dosen't fizz over which I was really skeptical about. Glass bottles can sometimes rattle a bit but this dosen't seem to be a problem since its still not fizzy. Also great for chilling my wine quickly to the proper serving temp. I never really noticed the taste difference until I used my Cooper Cooler to chill my white wines to the recommended temperature in the mid-low 50s (only took three and a half minutes!!!) vs refrigerator temp which they say is too cold for most white wines. I was surprised that the difference in serving temp had an impact on the wine's taste, flavor, etc... It can sometimes groove the wine labels, but I don't care, but FYI if you collert the labels they have a no spin mode which dosen't sping the bottle. Real easy to use b/c of the electronic touch pad with easy to understand beverage chill settings and clean up is a snap, just empty the ice water bath in the sink. I store my wine outside the fridge now to make more room for other stuff since I can quickly chill my wine whenever I need it like when guests come over or whatever. Really recommend for the wine drinker b/c it can chill your wine quickly to the proper serving temp and great for the person who throws allot of parties since it can chill just about anything! Great conversation piece at parties.