Bulbs & Fittings Ideas

I had always wondered what kind of power these units draw and I finally bought one and, being an engineer, I could not help myself but to measure. Since the unit changes power level based on fans on or off and the internal Peltier device power level, etc., you cannot just measure the current at any given time and multiply out to get the yearly cost to run. I have a plug-in watt-hour meter that tallys a cumulative kilowatt-hour usage over time: this would then account for the on and off cycles for a true-cost-to-run analysis.

With the unit in a low humidity steady state 68 degree room and the unit temperature set at 50 degrees, interior led light off and opening the door once for 10 seconds in the test time, it hit 0.43 kilowatt-hours at the 25 hour, 40 minute mark. A little math tells me that in order to run it continuously for a year with one door opening per day, the power draw would be 146.758 kilowatt-hours. At a typical 10 cents per kilowatt hour, that would add up to a cost to operate of .68 per year, or about .22 added to your monthly electricity bill.

.22 per month is pretty reasonable and makes me wonder why they do not advertise this on the box or in the literature. They say only that it is a 70 watt device, which is not a continuous rating according to my test (a device that draws 70 watts continuously would cost .32 per year to operate!).

Otherwise, it’s a cool product – no pun intended!

First time trying this product, and my FIRST wine cooler ever. I do not drink a lot so this is perfect for my pinot noir and expensive colognes. Living in southern CA, it does get pretty warm all year round so this wine cooler keeps my expensive fragrances safe. I accidently left an expensive bottle of cologne in my car one day and it ended up spoiling the whole bottle, the cologne smelled foul afterwards so I realized if I am going to enjoy my fragrances they need to be stored in consistently cool temperatures. Storing them in my drawer or closet is not good enough because it gets pretty warm in my apartment, especially spring/summer and I like my wines like I like my colognes, high quality, but with quality comes a price I am willing to pay.

I chose the 8 bottle size because I wanted to hold both my small collection of fragrances and a few wine bottles, so I removed the bottom shelf(slides in/out) so the bottom half of the cooler is capable storing the colognes and the top half I am able to hold 4 bottles of wine which is more than enough for me.

Easy plug and use, the controls are nice, self explanatory. I keep my wine/fragrances at 60, though you can set it as low as about 40 if I remember correctly. At 60 it is extremely quite. There is also a control to turn on the interior blue light which makes the cooler look even more ostentatious, if you want to show off or find your way around inside. The door is very light weight and closes gently.

After a few weeks of use, I feel this is worth the price for storing your expensive fragrances and wines.

I love this wine chiller. It is SUPER QUIET and works very fast! The best part is that there is no assembly!!!! Just take it out of the packaging and plug it in! It got to 46 degrees within 10 minutes and started chilling my wine. I love this wine chiller, and it is nice that is a aesthetically pleasing to the eye.