Waring Pro PC100 Wine Chiller Review

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(More customer reviews)The problem isn't with the unit taking a long time to chill a bottle of wine, the problem is that it doesn't chill a bottle of wine.
I put a bottle of room temperature Chablis in, and selected Chablis from the list of white wines. The unit said it would chill it to 46 degrees, and indicated that the starting temp was 77. That was my first concern, because the bottle was room temperature, and room temp was 70. The unit took more than 30 minutes to get the bottle to the desired temp (according to the units thermostats), but when I opened the bottle, the wine was probably a bit warmer than a pinot should be served at. I turned the unit off, placed the bottle back in (using the accompanying sleeve both time, btw), and this time the starting temp read 61 degrees. In other words, it disagreed with itself...
Soo...I chilled it again, for another 20 minutes, and upon reaching 46 (again) the bottle was no cooler than it was before.
I don't understand how these are selling. They are probably good for bringing room temp reds down to the appropriate serving level, but this simply does not chill white, rose, or sparkling wines to the desired temperature. So it's great, I suppose, for someone who doesn't have a wine refrigerator, or a cellar, but who wants to drink red wines at the appropriate temperature. It's terrible for anything other than that.
This is as disappointed as I've ever been with a product before.

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Professionally engineered and elegantly designed, this tabletop wine chiller makes it simple to serve wine at the proper temperature, ensuring optimal flavor. The unit offers precise, preprogrammed temperatures for 33 varieties of red, white, and champagne wines. Its thermo-electric Peltier module with CPU control provides constant temperature, while the unit's MCU library for cooling includes a microprocessor internal database of 26 types of red wine, white wine, and champagne. For convenience, the unit's LCD backlit screen ensures easy reading, and its streamline body includes a 3-1/2-inch-diameter chilling chamber that accommodates most bottles. A must-have for wine lovers, the wine chiller measures 8 by 6 by 9 inches and carries a one-year limited warranty.

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Cooper Cooler HC01-A Rapid Beverage Chiller, White and Grey Review

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(More customer reviews)When I saw this, I knew right away from my college beer drinking days that this would work very well. We used to buy crushed ice and lay hot beer cans on their side and spun them until cold. The drawback: you had to spin them yourself. What I wouldn't have given to have access to a device that provided the fastest and most effective cooling possible.
Pros:
-Works very well (but only if you load as much ice as possible)
-Works very quickly
-Small
-Handles cans, beer bottles, wine bottles, and even odd shaped stuff like juice boxes that you don't want to spin
-A surprising number of settings to suit your taste
-Did a lot of research. As of 8/1/2006 could not find anything even remotely close to this good.
-Spinning IS NOT shaking, so soda and beer do not explode
-Uses ice, not a liner that needs 8 hours of freezer time, both convenient and a space saving option
-Items are not submerged under icy water like other competing units, so you don't have to dredge for your drink in cold water
Cons:
-No power off switch... in standby you get flashing lights on the front which is annoying
-Relatively loud, does not appear to have slow roll option to reduce noise
-Paper labels on wine bottles get beaten up pretty badly, bits of paper come off (bottle becomes unsightly)
-Draining water requires you to unplug at the wall and carry to a sink (unlike my espresso maker which has a lift out chamber)
-Requires a power source, not portable unless you are handy and build a battery with gusto (which I can do, but most wouldn't try)
-Wine bottles tend to drip a little on the counter as the cold ice water is pumped on them, so we have to put a trivet or thick potholder under the front two feet to help discourage dripping on the counter.
I am considering adding a "roll" switch so that I can turn the unit off without unplugging which is an easy modification anyone can do (one a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 1, or really cheap and easy).
Bottom line: Despite cons, I recommend this item. Had it a year and still going, popular at parties.

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Revolutionary Cooling System's Cooper Cooler rapid beverage chilling appliance quickly chills beverages from room temperature to cold drinking temperature.User adds ice and water into the Cooper Cooler, selects the container setting, and it automatically does the rest.Patented process chills by rotating the beverage while simultaneously spraying it with ice water.Will chill a 12 oz beverage can from 77 degrees to 43 degrees in about 1 minute. Has EXTRA chill setting to chill beverages down to 34 degrees. The process does not alter any beverage property like taste, composition, or cause carbonated beverages to fizz over of explode upon opening.Excellent for use at parties, in recreational vehicles, dorm rooms, and office break rooms

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Vacu Vin Rapid Ice Silver Can Chillers, Set of 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)Works great at keeping cans cold, but not for several hours, no way, maybe 30 minutes or so. But who keeps a can full that long anyway. Will cool down a warm can (room temp), but not make it cold. I like mine, but use it on cans right from the fridge to keep them cold.

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The Rapid Ice Mini cooler consists of a non-toxic, flexible gel inside multi-layered foil. The VacuVin Mini Cooler actively chills drinks in 5 minutes and keeps them chilled for hours. Come 2 in a pack.Materials: Plastic, Foil, Non-Toxic Gel

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