24" Wide FlexCount Classic Series 174 Bottle Single Zone Stainless Steel Right Hinge Wine Refrigerator Reviews

05/20/2020

This Allavino YHWR174-1SWRN seemed like the best cooler value for our collection of 120 wines (almost all reds). It's a good looking unit that mostly fills our expectations.

Ordering was easy. Shipping was "challenging" -- paid extra for "white glove" -- after 10 days delay, the first guy shows up and wanted to drop it off in the driveway -- NO -- another 10 days pass -- second guy shows up and carted it in with no problem. It was in good condition and set-up went well.

CAPACITY: Claimed 174 bottles is not possible if you have a lot of Cabs. Maybe Pinots and Cabs mixed. The taller shoulders on Cab bottles make it impossible to place them alternating in the racks. We weren't able to organize our collection as we'd like to and ended up putting bottles wherever they would fit.

NOISE: Runs noisier than expected -- about 35 dB, vs. 30 dB for our refrigerator. FWIW, that's 50% louder.

COOLING: Cools as expected. However, the built-in thermometer registers 2-to-4 degrees warmer than a calibrated thermometer that I placed inside (mid-level). Adjust temperatures accordingly.

OTHER: The blue led lights are useless. You have to press a button to turn them on, and they don't offer enough light to actually see the bottles. The lights also turn off automatically after about 3 minutes -- there's no way to adjust this time, so you can't turn them on for a "mood".

I'd recommend with reservations.

10/10/2018

I needed to replace a much larger unit that I chose to leave behind at my last place. I have almost 200 bottles and this unit holds 174 of them. I really like the shelf units as they pull out far enough to see the rear storage. The unit came fully assembled and was handled very well. It came VERY fast as well. Thanks Bev Factory

05/23/2018

Really a great Wine Cooler. Runs loud when you first plug it but once it gets going it runs really quiet. Unit looks great and built solid. The shelves pull out farther than a lot of the coolers on the market and the wood shelves look great.

We have had it for about 1 month (purchased in April 2018) and we love it. We would definitely buy it again and highly recommend it - especially in that price range.

07/16/2017

I got this fridge last year and I wish I had gotten it sooner. The telescoping shelves are a must! It's much quieter than the other ones I have bought in the past. Fat bottles are a a little bit of a pain, but I blame the wine manufacturers for that. You can put them on the bottom and top shelves anyway.

10/24/2016

I bought this based on the high quality racks that were advertised. This is indeed the case. The racking system works well for a variety of different bottle sizes. The wood trays work well and the ball bearing slides work well. Shelves are placed at several different increments, so that some larger 750mL bottles only fit in certain spots, but that is fine. 2 complaints: 1) it is noisier then I expected. It is louder then an ordinary refrigerator. 2) The temperature seems to fluctuate a bit. I set it to 60, but it often reads 58 or 59. Did not measure temp, but does not seem right.