Whynter BWR-171DS 17 Bottle Stainless Steel Dual Zone Built Wine Refrigerators-Elite Series with Seamless Doors

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1. Joshua Verified Buyer – 18 March 2024

   I had this wine cooler

   

2. H. Livingstone Verified Buyer – 7 April 2024

   Such a great little wine fridge! We’ve had it in place for several months now, and have had no issues with build quality. We plugged it in, switched it on, adjusted the temp, and it’s done just what it should. We don’t hear it switch on or off, and we spend quite a lot of time near it, either sitting at the island or in the nearby dining area. It looks wonderful, and the two zones is a wonderful feature. One of my very favourite parts of our kitchen renovation, and definitely worth the money.
   

3. JFC Bibliotheca Verified Buyer – 5 June 2024

   I had this put into the kitchen about 2 months ago. We originally planned to have a 15″ unit installed but ended up with a design that gave us room for a 12″ unit. No regrets getting this. It holds 17 standard bottles and has a really nice looking facade. I had a built-in KitchenAid unit in our last house and this is by far much nicer. We love having the dual zones for different wines. So far we’re very satisfied with it.
   

4. Frank L. Verified Buyer – 6 July 2024

   I liked the style and fact that it is 2 zone. I dislike that it only lasted a little over a year. The compressor went and the fridge stopped cooling. I contacted the company and they wanted almost the cost of a new fridge to fix the old one. Doesn’t make any sense. I ended up buying a new fridge from another company. Don’t buy a Whytner
   

5. Fitch Verified Buyer – 23 July 2024

   The case is prone to dents and dings, which is really OK since it’s meant to be under-counter. The brushed metal on the front, however, is sturdy and robust. I had the unit free-standing in the corner, and it was relatively loud, compared to my main Whilrpool fridge. It also really does hold 17 bottles, and is good for cans as well.
   BUT. about 6 weeks after a recent move, and 6 months after I bought it, it no longer cooled. The warranty covers repair shipping to California for only two months, and after that, shipping to California is on me. Likely will be in the hundreds to properly ship something this heavy.
   Stay away from this humming hunk o junk.
   

6. TangoZulu Verified Buyer – 5 August 2024

   I am very satisfied with this unit, except for one small complaint – you have to be careful when pulling out the racks, as they are not very well restrained, and if you are not careful, they can come all the way out unexpectedly (and ruin a perfectly good $5 bottle of wine!). On the positive side, this unit is well made, and (importantly) it is very quiet. It is a true refrigerator, not a solid state cooler, so I was a little concerned about the possibility of noise, but it makes only a soft purring sound when the compressor is in operation. We had it in the bedroom while waiting for our kitchen to be completed, and we hardly noticed it even a few feet from the bed. The controls and display are intuitive and effective, without unnecessary complexity. The light can be controlled by the door, or turned on permanently, which was a nice touch. Temperature control is accurate and consistent. If the racks were a little better designed, I would give this 5 stars.
   

7. Maciej Labinski Verified Buyer – 29 November 2024

   I bought this unit when we were remodeling out kitchen. The unit is visually appealing and fits snugly in my 12″ wide opening. The unit worked properly for a while but then all of sudden, wouldn’t cool our wine. I reached out to customer service (Lexie M. with Whynter) and rec’d a prompt reply asking some questions and provided troubleshooting tips. After several emails back and forth, we concluded that I wasn’t going to be able to fix whatever the issue was. Lexie helped figure out a solution to ship the unit back to be fixed (or replaced if a fix wasn’t possible). While I was disappointed the product stopped working, I am happy with the level of customer service and their ability to find a quick and reasonable solution. Thanks!
   

8. Richard H Verified Buyer – 9 January 2025

   So far is a great product. I bought this when renovating my kitchen. For now I has it run for three weeks and works perfectly. I bet once is installed under the counter the noise will not be heard to much. The coldest zone is great for beers bottles. The product arrived super fast. Packaging was fine, no scratches on the unit.
   I would recommend this product to a friend.

   Update review after 5 years of continuous working.
   I noticed that the unit was running all the time. I thought it was one of the fans but both are working. I might need to call a technician. I thought the life time of this product would be at least 10 years. Guess I was wrong.
   

9. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 14 January 2025

   Bought this wine fridge and the winter ice maker at the same time. The pump on the ice maker went out after a year and a half. I bought the extended warranty so I was able to buy the pump and put it in myself and they reimbursed the cost of the pump. Would have been several months to ship it to them 30 miles from me and have it fixed and sent back. 4 years later the compressor on the wine fridge goes out. They want $200 to fix it, $70 to ship it back even though I could drive it there and my cost to pack it and ship it to them. Can’t walk it in or pick it up. Stupid. And no I will not buy another winter product again. It’s all crap! Don’t buy!!
   

10. John K McElmurry Verified Buyer – 24 January 2025

    I’d love to be able to rate this for real; but after having to return 2 different units because neither would never cool, I can’t. The first was shipped upside down(product box was upside down inside idealwinecoolers.com shipping box)and it never would cool even after sitting unplugged for 2 days. The second arrived damaged and the refrigerant was venting out when it ran (but never cooled)to the point you could smell it when the door was open. Sadly this cooler looks great and was the perfect fit for our space. Wished either of them had worked. The only upside is that the return process was flawless.
    

11. Iza Verified Buyer – 10 February 2025

    The cooler came in nicely packaged but upon removing the box I noticed that the back top corner of the cooler has been damaged. It looks like a heavy object fell down on it so the steel is bent. Kind of really makes you wonder, because obviously the carrier didn’t damage it and the producer must’ve packed a damaged cooler in the box and felt ok to send a damaged product to a client. I was a little worried that the cooler wasn’t going to work because of damage and I would waste another week or two on waiting to have my order filled (which means extending my wait for having a finished kitchen since my countertops can’t be put in till the cooler is in place). Surprising the cooler still works. It is actually really quite, since I was worried about noise because a lot of reviews for wine coolers seem to point out how loud they are. Also another thing to note is on the back of the cooler there is a wonderful sticker that says: Warning: This product may contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. So that’s always comforting to read…

    

12. Tony Verified Buyer – 11 March 2025

    Makes too much noise
    

13. Norm Verified Buyer – 16 March 2025

    Unit seems to be delivered as re-package unit.

    Scratches and dents
    Not happy
    Also cannot chage different temps on upper and lower , every time try to adjust it adjust both upper and lower
    

14. Gary Verified Buyer – 1 April 2025

    The first one I received had would not keep temperature in either top or bottom section. Had a replacement sent out, same issue with temperature and the compressor was very loud. Very disappointing.