SPT Thermo-Electric Wine Cooler with Heating, 8 Bottles

• 8 standard bottles/23-liter capacity
• Digital controls with led temperature display
• Environment friendly (refrigerant free)
• No vibration (bottle sediment is not disturbed)
• Adjustable temperature range: 51 - 64-degree f
• 8 standard bottles / 23L capacity
• Adjustable temperature range: 51 ~ 64F

Where do I start? Our experience with Sunpentown has been awful, including a series of emails filled with semantics where nothing was accomplished.

We purchased this wine cooler for white wine. From day one, this unit has never gotten colder than 57 degrees F despite how cold you set the temp. Typically, it ranges between 59 and 60 degrees F.

In our emails with Sunpentown, we were asked questions such as "what temperature is the house set at?" and "How much space is around the unit?". Are you kidding me? What temperature is our home? Did we buy a wine cooler or merely a metal box with a handle to store our wine in? Our home is a cool 76 degrees in the summer. This should not affect the function of the cooler.

In the item description of this unit, it is called 'compact' for 'counter top use'. Why would we buy a compact unit that cannot be placed in a compact space? The representative pointed to the word 'freestanding' in the manufacturers description, which is NOT mentioned in their Amazon listing. He defined it as 'the unit sitting by itself with nothing around it." Oxford Dictionary defines it as 'not relying on or linked to anything else.' As in, not mounted or attached to anything. So Sunpentown is creating their own definitions for words that didn't even appear in the item description. For testing purposes we have the unit 'freestanding' with 36" on either side, 8" in the back and 12" on top. It is still 60 degrees!!

I suppose the real problem is the technology, though they're not admitting it. It's thermo-electric, so there is no compressor. Having said that, I'm going to take a wild guess that it probably warms red wine just fine. But that's not why we bought it!

This has been our worst Amazon purchase experience. We have gotten nowhere with Sunpentown, and after the email shenanigans with them we are outside the 30-day return period with Amazon for this obviously defective item.

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I bought this cooler because it fits in a cabinet in my living room. I was worried that it had few reviews, but took the chance, because of its size and price figured I couldn't go wrong. To my surprise, it works very well. It's quiet and keeps it temperature well, and its appearance is very clean, so it would go well with many decors.

I might just buy a second I think I can manage to fill it, too.

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Stay far, far away from anything manufactured or "serviced" by Sunpentown.

After five months of owning this piece of garbage, it just stopped working. Just went dead, for no apparent reason. Rather than honoring their warranty and sending me a replacement, they made me SEND THE UNIT back to them, at a whopping price of almost $40 in postage. (Looking back, I was a complete fool for falling for this.) Then they alerted me that the unit had arrived "damaged" but out of the goodness of their hearts they were willing to send me a RECONDITIONED unit for $70. How long do you think the reconditioned unit would have lasted if a NEW one lasted only five months?

I'm now on a one-man crusade to make sure nobody else makes the mistake of buying these terrible products. They're garbage and the company that sells them is unethical. They dealt with me in very bad faith. Do yourself a favor and look for something more solid, with better craftsmanship and most importantly, a company that STANDS BY ITS PRODUCTS AND ISN'T DEVOTED TO RIPPING OFF CONSUMERS.