Customer Reviews

Hamilton Beach 80255 Thermos Wine Chiller

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I was given one of these about a year ago, I tried it briefly and it's been collecting dust in my closet ever since. It does chill wine. In fact, it does it pretty well. Unfortunately, it also has inside it a loud fan which is always on. Picture a quiet evening for two, a candlelight dinner and this gizmo sitting nearby that looks like a miniature nuclear power plant cooling tower and sounds like a hair dryer and you can see the problem with this thing. It's just too darn noisy! Also rather ugly, imo. A more pleasant solution would be to keep the wine in one of those wrap-around gel packs for chilling wine that you keep in the freezer until needed.

I live in the desert southwest where it is difficult to keep your wine at the ideal drinking temperature in the summer months of 100+ degrees outside. For anyone who likes to enjoy their favorite wine on their patio in the summer, this wine cooler is a must have.

This wine chiller does a good job at keeping your wine chilled at the proper temperature. Operative word "keeping". It takes quite a while for it to chill down to the desired temperature; i.e. a bottle of red wine takes about 1 hour. The best technique is to chill the wine first, in the freezer or with an ice sleeve for 5-10 minutes, then put it in the Thermos wine chiller to put it at the "proper" temperature. Additionally, this chiller runs on DC current, not batteries; and is not silent, it makes a low humming sound while it's running. It is more convenient than an ice bucket, keeps the wine at the correct temperature, but don't expect it to chill your beverage quickly.

It takes longer to cool that is advertised. It keeps the wine chilled fairly well. Thought it was a little too much to pay for what it does. If you are having a dinner party it would work well.