Looks amazing with the light on

The Ivation 28 bottle wine refrigerator is a very nice appliance. I like the wooden shelves and the digital temperature control. The handle needs assembly. Somewhere in the instructions it mentions washers and screws. It did not come with washers. Washers would have made it much easier to assemble the handle. It is not as simple as it looks. Customer support didn't send washers either, so I just did it without. The temperature varies from the setting about 3 or 4 degrees higher at times, which might be because the room is at 79 degrees here in the desert. Overall a very nice unit.

This was a fantastic price. It holds a lot of wine and I love the wooden shelves. They slide out so you can see the bottles. I keep my reds in it. It keeps at a constant temperature of 59. It came on time with no problems.

Was running quietly when I first got it, but after a couple of months, the motor sounded really loud. I reached out for support and was told to unplug it and leave it off for a while and then plug it back in. I had already done that and knew it fixed it for a short time sometimes, sometimes not. So after they telling me to do it, I did and it worked, but it seemed that I needed to do that at least monthly, now I just got used to the very loud running daily.Would not buy this again or recommend it because of the problem with it and fact that support knew there was an issue and instead of doing the right thing and replacing it, told me to just unplug it for a while and then restart.

Not quite what I wanted, but returning it was unreasonable, given shipping costs and the fact that Amazon not not include shipping.Should have ordered directly from the company! MY BAD!!

Pros: the price was good, it's a nice-looking item, reasonably quiet, and holds lots of bottles. In addition, the customer service people were responsive.Cons: the item was missing washers for the bolts that held on the handle-- the arrangement to attach the handle was not well made and some of the cheap plastic on the inside broke, making it impossible for the bolts to hold. Although customer service sent new washers (and bolts) very promptly, the end result was that I had to use epoxy to glue on the handle-- happily, this worked fine and is not noticeable.Also, the compressor does kick on fairly frequently-- the unit will gradually warm up until it's five degrees above the temperature at which I set it, at which point the compressor will turn on. I infer from this that the unit is not extremely well insulated. The wooden shelves look nice, but they don't slide all that easily and the light is useless for any bottles not on the top shelf. Finally, while the shelves hold standard wine bottles very well, they do not accommodate bottles that are more than an inch or so longer.That said, all of these are relatively minor flaws, and, on balance, I very much like the unit.

This I'd a great wine frig! It is in fact a refrigerator not a cooler. A lot of people complain about the sound, probably because they are used to a cooler. I find this to be almost as quiet as a cooler. With way better cooling capability. There is a very small amount of noise when the compressor kicks in but it is negligible. The frig is very stylish and holds a lot of wine and keeps it at temp. The interior light is a plus for style, looks cool! I would highly recommend this product. Great for the price as well. Cheers!

bon produit

I can't believe that the current technology is still so noisy. Noisy again every 10 minutes. The noise is unacceptable.

Love the product

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I bought this model because it was recommended by a couple different sites and it sounded like no one should expect incredible things from a 20-30 bottle wine storage unit that costs around $300. Only just arrived (I'll update a few months from now), but here are my first impressions about some specific issues I was concerned about:1. Noise. Our apartment is a loft style, so I was worried to hear some reviews discussing how noisy their unit was. To be honest, I dont understand what the concern is about. True, it's a compressor unit (like any wine fridge that will actually keep your wines at the desired temperature), but I've had many mini-fridges that were much louder, and it's easy to forget it's even on. You can't hear it from the other side of the room--about 20 feet away.2. Space. I got the larger model because I saw several complaints on different Ivation models about not being able to fill the cooler to capacity. Maybe it is a new model or a manufacturing flaw, but I discovered not all the shelves have the same clearance. I assume this is so that fatter bottles can go in one shelf and thinner/longer bottles on another. I currently have 24 bottles in the fridge (and have left the last 4 spaces at the bottom unoccupied). That said, a) I did have to put one bottle backwards to make it fit. I'm sure a bit more rearranging and it would have stored properly, b) the top shelf is not as deep as the others, so not all bottles will fit there. In summary, yes, you have to be a bit strategic about how to fit everything, but unless you're hoping to store 28 bottles of Pinot Noir, you should be able to use all, or almost all the capacity with a bit of rearranging. And it's easy to spend more money on a smaller cooler.3. Cooling. I'm not a big white wine fan, so I probably won't be putting this cooler down to its minimum temperature. However, I'd read that some people had trouble getting it down to 55 degrees, which had me a bit worried. It's been on for three hours now, it's pretty full, and we're already at 59 degrees despite the room being a bit warm. I did let it cool down empty before putting the bottles in, and this may have been a difference.4. The smell. I know this disapates with time, but a lot of people complained about the smell out of the box. Indeed, it stinks. A lot. We have four very large windows, we opened all of them, and it still smelled a bit. However, the smell went away after about 2-3 hours. So just open it up on a day when you can leave the windows open, and you should be fine.5. Size. Some people had complained that it was too large. Amazingly, I own a measuring tape and actually checked it would fit in the space I had in mind. Guess what? It did! That said, if you're expecting the dimensions of a mini fridge, you'll notice it seems a bit narrow and tall. I imagine this was to fit the maximum bottles in the smallest space possible. And since I paid $300 for it (and the measurements are listed online), I'm fine with the result.In summary, it's not perfect, but the negative reviews on here are, in my opinion, a bit overblown. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a better option with this capacity around this price point.UPDATE: four months in, the cooler is still working the same as the day it arrived. It seems the changing temperature occurs because it's designed to keep your wine within five degrees of the temperature you set on the cooler. For this reason, I keep the cooler set to 53 degrees, and it always reads a temperature between 53 and 58 (i.e. average of about 55, where it should be). I've talked to my supplier and other wine enthusiasts, and it sounds like this is a pretty common occurrence and nothing to worry about.As to the noise, after living with it in a fairly quiet apartment, I can say you only really can hear the noise when all your appliances are off and the windows are closed. My desk for work is right next to it, and I haven't found this to be an issue at all.In sum, it still gets 5 stars and I think it's a great deal for the price.