Bottom line: Don't buy Haier. I purchased a 60 bottle wine refrigerator on April 18, and it didn't even turn on. A&E, Haier's designated servicers, have twice misdiagnosed the problem and ordered the wrong parts. A & E has failed to follow up on ordered parts, and if I hadn't made repeated complaints, I probably still would have never heard from them.

The final straw came June 8, when, after I confirmed that the part HAD arrived and confirmed the appointment, the local scheduler cancelled the appointment, claiming the part---that was sitting in my living room--hadn't arrived.

As a result, 60 days later, and my refrigerator STILL does not work. Haier refuses to exchange or refund my money, saying A&E has to "officially" say the product is unfixable.

Well, I officially say that Haier and A&E have delivered the worst product and service I've ever experienced. Bottom line: Don't buy Haier. If you must, only buy it from a place where you can return the product immediately.

This wine cooler is great - lots of space and we really like the LED readout. It has a nice look to it. The temperature seems to stay fairly stable at what we set it to, however when the unit does turn on, it is LOUD. Sounds like a wind tunnel. The owner's manual indicated that it could sound like "boiling water". It's louder than boiling water, believe me! We can hear it in our family room one room away. Thankfully, once the temperature gets back to the preset temp, it becomes quiet again. It is louder than our large regular fridge in the kitchen.

Also, it's advertised as a 60 bottle cooler - but we only count enough space for 55 bottles.

Even though it is not a dual-zone cooler, it pretty much functions as one with the upper shelves being about 5 degrees warmer and the lower shelves 5 degrees cooler. We keep the reds at the top and the whites/sparkling ones at the bottom.

Other than the noise, we like the cooler and it functions well. Looking at other reviews on the Internet for similar coolers from this manufacturer, it seems the noise factor is something mentioned by more than one individual.

Don't buy this unit. After running a Haier wine cellar for ~4 years, I lost my entire wine collection. Why? Vibrations. After pulling bottle after bottle of wine and finding that they had gone off, I began investigating why. At first I thought it was temperature fluctuations, or the fact that the tinted glass may not be UV resistant. However, the final answer came when I tested for vibrations. And there are *a lot* of vibrations in the interior. I lost 60+ bottles of premium wine; don't make the same mistake.

I spent a long time online trying to find something to store my wine in. I live in an area (SF bay area) that has pretty cool winters, but summers can get very hot, and in an apartment without AC, I was worried that my wine would get messed up if I didn't get something to put it in. There are several different avenues one can go down when searching for wine storage. If you have a lot of wine (like 15 cases or more), renting temperature controlled storage makes sense. Also, if you have a house or are pretty well settled in, then some of the other wine storage cellars with capacities in the 150-200 bottle range start to make a lot of sense. (For example, check out the Sub-Zero units - wow!). That said, those larger units are *expensive*, and if you want something to keep a smaller number of bottles in, or move often, then such an option makes little sense. This is where the Haier 60 bottle cellar comes in. It's not tiny, but in a pinch (and hopefully with a friend) you can definitely move it. It holds enough wine that most collectors starting out won't feel like they run out of room too fast. It's quiet - a bit louder than a cube type dorm fridge, but not as loud as a full size fridge. It holds it's temperature fine, with an easy to read digital LED indicator. Best of all, the price, just shy of $500, is definitely something to be happy about. Kudos to Amazon for adding shipping for just $9!!! I had the fridge delivered to my door, and wheeled into the room where I put it, for a fraction of what you would spend from another retailer for a much smaller fridge. Pretty amazing. I've now had the Haier for about 3 months, and so far no complaints - no frost, fogging, rattling, failures, etc. If you're thinking of a mid size fridge to store your wine, and don't want to spend a ton of money, this is an excellent choice!

I bought this cellar over a year ago. You can't beat the price and delivery from Amazon.

Note from the other reviews - you can fit 6 bottles per shelf. 5 fit in a row front to back (it also helps to alternate each bottle in a different direction, not all my bottles are the same size). The 6th will fit length wise in front - also nice for showing the label through the glass door.

9 shelves x 6 bottles = 54. There is a shelf below the last standard shelf that fits 3 more bottles. And space below that for 2 or 3 bottles (I have one 1.5L + one bottle on the very bottom.) I then gently place 2 bottles on the very top rack, above the 6 bottles. This will give you a total of 60 to 62 bottles, without removing any shelves to keep the cooling constant.

The compressor can be noisy, but once at your set temp, it doesn't activate that much.