Product DescriptionVinotemp VT-21TEDS Thermo Electric Digital Black w/Stainless Steel trim Dual Zone (21) Bottle wine cooler. The new Vinotemp 21 wine cooler allows you to accurately control the temperature of your wine with two zones for red and white wine that can be set individually. With the innovative thermo-electric cooling system, which involves very few moving parts, your wine will be protected from unneccessary vibration. More importantly, Thermo-electric cooling does not use ozone depleating chemicals such as CFC's or HCFC's so you will be sure that you are doing your part to preserve the environment. For increased enery efficiency, the VT-21 uses dual paned glass windows, a technology that has been proven in the construction industry.
What Others Say
Junk
This unit is a piece of junk. First, when I opened the door it made a clicking noise. Second, the shelves are extremely flimsy. The wooden shelves slide into the side of the fridge. The top shelve was about a half inch short in width and kind of sagged after putting three bottles in. Third, the center control panel was crooked. I measued the control panel and it was off by an 1/8". You could see by looking at the unit that it was off by a little bit. I was so disappointed with this unit I returned it. I purchased the unit from Best Buy as they have it for $249.00. I would not recommend buying this unit. Just another piece of junk built in CHINA!
BUYER BEWARE!
We have no beef with Amazon.com - in fact they were very accomodating and quick to replace our first Vinotemp wine refrigerator, with a SECOND Vinotemp wine refrigerator (and they Fed Ex'd it at Amazon's cost).
In both instances, the Vinotemp refrig arrived with a big dent in the back of the refrig. We couldn't detect any indentations in the surrounding styrofoam so we concluded it was leaving the VINOTEMP factory like that (nice quality control, Vinotemp!). Also, since we only saw a photo of Vinotemp VT-21TEDS Thermo-Electric Digital Dual-Zone 21-Bottle Wine Chiller, Black and Stainless online, we weren't aware of how cheap it looks up close and personal. The fact that both times we received a damaged VINOTEMP was actually a blessing in disguise.
We ended up buying a Haier wine refrigerator ... Read More
Disappointing on many levels!
As mentioned in other reviews here the shelving is a big issue. Not only do the shelves only slide out when the door is fully open beyond 90 degrees (which is really not a big deal), but they are difficult to slide out when 2 bottles or more are on the shelf. Sometimes the wood shelf caves under the weight of the wine and bows out such that shelf is off track. In order to remove or place bottles of wine in here - I'll often have to remove all the wine bottles in the shelf above it!!
The next big issue is the temperature - definitely not as cool as I expected it to get for the white wine section. Another reviewer provided the explanation though, lack of a compressor means the unit will only cool to 25 - 30 degrees below ambient ... Read More
Don't Buy This
The only way I could be more disappointed in Vinotemp VT-21TEDS Thermo-Electric Digital Dual-Zone 21-Bottle Wine Chiller, Black and Stainless is if it didn't even cool the wine; well, it didn't even do that well. Bottles come in different lengths, this only allows the standard size (no, I am not referring to the larger lower cost bottles). The shelves are horrible, causing the bottle (note that I stated BOTTLE, not BOTTLES) to fall (thankfully, I guess, only one bottle fits on a shelf - 21 bottles? What a joke). Put a wood shelf in that is only 3/16" wider then the narrowest point and it will FAIL. There goes my favorite Merlot :-(.
If you buy this, you will be so sorry. I loved the looks of it, the sales pitch that it held 21 bottles, that it could allow two different temperatures and then I find it was only a sale ... Read More
A tad short
Since this unit does not have a compressor, one thing to keep in mind is that this unit will only cool to about 25-30 degrees below the ambient tempurature. We keep our air at about 80, so the the unit will only cool to about 50-55 degrees.
We replaced an old trash compactor. This unit requires a small stand about 4" tall to properly fit under the counter top. I built mine with an exhaust fan to force the air out through my stove exhaust. Allowing me to finish out the fit without large gaps.
Keep the lights off inside. They look cool but they are bad for keeping the wine. As a matter of fact, I tinted the glass door to keep the ambient kitchen light out as much as possible. I wish the manufacturer would have used ... Read More
