Customer Reviews

Koolatron WC04 Compact Thermoelectric 4-Bottle Wine Cooler

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I bought this for my husband, who loves red wine. This is the perfect size - not too big at all. Keeping 4 bottles cool is perfect for us. It keeps the wine at the perfect temperature and we can always change it to "white wine" temperature if we want. I also love the blue lights inside, which you can't see in the photo...it's like a nightlight in our kitchen! I highly recommend this...

Update Nov. 2010:
Bottle next to the cooling vent is slightly cool (at lowest temperature); the others aren't. There's a lot of condensation inside, so you have to dry the puddles every few months.

It kinda serves its purpose, but I thought it would be better.
First off, the plastic looks and feels cheap; it scratches easily. Also, the sticker in the control panel wasn't properly adhered, so I pulled it out a bit to strech it, and now it doesn't stick properly. The good thing about the unit being plastic, is that it's very light.
As for the cooling properties, the wine bottle next to the cooling vent, cools wonderfully; the one next to that one, is OK; the third one, not so much; and the bottle farthest to the vent doesen't cool at all. I always use the bottle next to the vent, and then move the remaining a space closer to the vent, so they'll cool while we drink the one I took out.
It's not as quiet as advertised (it says "ultra quiet"). It's actually a little louder than my fridge; but it's not that bad. We have it the kitchen, next to the fridge, so it doesn't bother us too much.
I bought it because it's a real spacesaver. It can be mounted horizontally under cabinets, which is how we use it; and it can also be used freestandind vertically or horizontally.
I bought this cooler less than a month ago for $129.99, and now it's $89.98, so I guess it's not selling all that well.

I bought this to save space in my kitchen. The wine cooler worked great for about a month and now the cooler has stopped cooling. The fan still goes but it doesnt work. I would suggest spending some more money and get a good one.

Just like one of the other reviewers...my unit worked for about a month then just stopped working. Fan keeps going but no cooling. I might just as well have saved my money and bought an expensive wine rack for all the good it does. Dont buy...get a better quality unit.

We purchased two of these units to stand upright inside a buffet server. The problem is that they generate a good deal of heat, and therfore we couldn't close the doors of the server without getting a substantial build-up of heat inside. We actually solved the problem by attaching some plastic tubing and venting it out the back of the piece of furniture. This required some creative thinking and extra expense and work, but hopefully it'll be OK. The fridges themselves seem to work just fine, it's just the problem with the location we chose to use them in.

I took the time to read many reviews on many different chillers and selected the Koolatron. I had read some that said it was loud and am surprised- maybe they got a lemon. I love this item. it is VERY quiet, barely a hum, and that can only be heard late at night when there is no other sound in the house. I mounted it under a cabinet and it looks good. Only downside of it is that it was a little difficult to mount. Had a problem with one of the mounting screws not lining up, but was finally able to get it. It holds the weight of four bottles inside and chills them. The light inside looks good. The bottle closest to the compressor gets colder than the one furthest away but you can rotate. I would certainly reccommend this item, and found the lowest price here. It was twice as much elsewhere for same item.