Oster 12 Bottle Wine Cellar
$69.99 + $5 shipping
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As a frequent patron of the Internet’s greatest twice-weekly wine deal site, I’ve amassed a massive mass of bottlebound inebriants. My little glass friends roll in faster than I can drink them, which for me is saying something since I’ve already had two liver transplants, with a third scheduled for Fall 2009. And ever since my ferret tore up the styrofoam cooler that served as my “wine cellar”, I’ve had nowhere to store the bottles except on the floor of my garage.
Now, that works fine except when I run over them with my car. After three or four slashed tires and splattered Cabernets, I said to myself, “There has to be a better way.” So I embarked on six months of fevered, late-night invention sessions, of rigorous testing and meticulous engineering in search of the perfect wine storage unit. At the end of it all, I had created…a bigger styrofoam cooler.
Then somebody gave me the Oster 12 Bottle Wine Cellar for Christmas, and I was all, “Dag.” Because if I’d known this thing existed, I’d’ve skipped the Thomas Edison midnight-oil bit and just bought one. Would’ve saved a lot of time, and maybe my marriage. But hey, no use crying over spilled Liebfraumilch. Now I’m guzzling to the sweet sounds of the Oster 12 Bottle Wine Cellar, with its electric cooling system and five slide-out chrome shelves. And wherever my ex-wife is today, I bet her wine is further from optimal temperature than mine is. Justice tastes almost as sweet as a properly-stored wine.
Warranty: 90 Day Woot Limited Warranty
Authorized for SquareTrade Extended Warranty
Features:
* Holds 12 bottles of your favorite wines, so you can have a variety of bottles ready to serve
* Thermo-electric cooling system provides consistent cooling without harmful emissions
* Selectable temperature settings, great for storing any type of wine
* Smooth-touch blue LED electronic temperature controls
* Partially mirrored glass door provides a view of the wine collection
* 5 slide-out chrome shelves make it easy to view and select your bottle
* Exterior blue LED temperature display
* Interior LED light displays wine without affecting interior temperature
* Recessed door handle
* Height: 24”
* Width: 12”
* Depth: 20”
* Refrigerator Shelf Construction: Wired
* Temperature Control Type: Electric
In the box:
* Oster OW0912H6H 12 Bottle Wine Cellar
* User Manual
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I have one of these that's branded with a different name, but pretty much exactly the same. I won it in a golf tourney raffle.
It's pretty small and it definitely needs some sort of flat shelf to hold cigars. With it being narrow, it's tough to find something that will fit. I tried to use tupperware and it failed miserably because they were all too wide.
I fired mine up last summer and struggled to get the RH up high enough. I may try again this spring.
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Guys...DO NOT use a 12 bottle wine fridge as a humidor.
1. They are too small (think about it
:-))
2. They have serious condensation issues. Whether the drain plug is opened or closed. Even with an Oust fan. They are just too small to get good airflow.
I started out with a 12 bottle fridgerdor and it almost ruined every cigar I had in it. I hadn't opened it for about 2 weeks and when I did, an awful stench hit me in the face. My beads had become soaked with water AND the box of cigars that was sitting on the bottom was wet. The sitting water had stagnated or something.
Get a 28 bottle or bigger, my friends. Trust me.
:-)
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