Allavino VSWR172-2 FlexCount II 24" Wide 172 Bottle Dual Zone Wine Refrigerator

I have two wine refrigerators, this is by far the best for the money it holds 160 various size wine bottles and keeps them at my desired temp. Highly recommended. Allavino is a great product.

Awesome

We have had a very good experience with this cooler. The temperature zones do their job. The rack just below the controller holds our Pinot bottles perfectly.

This is my second FlexCount wine refrigerator. Needed it because I filled my first one! Great for safely storing/aging bottles of good wine. The black cabinet with the blue led lights looks great. Dual zone keeps the white wine cooler than the red. 172 bottle capacity gives you flexibility for the various bottle sizes. I recommend the white glove delivery service. They even took away the shipping trash.

Wow! The packaging on this cooler was so impressive, entire unit completely covered in “cut to fit” styrofoam. Unpacked unit, leveled it, added handle, wiped it down and strapped it to wall for safety. Waited 24 hours before turning it on. Set temp for upper and lower zones. Unit reached settings in about 5 hours. Waited a couple of hours hours before adding about 24 bottles. Added 24 more the next morning. Will repeat adding 24 at night and then 24 in the morning until I run out of bottles.
Really nice looking unit. Very quiet as well. My unit sits on ceramic tiles and I can barely hear it running. The shelf glides slide in an out with little effort. My only want at this time is to find nice Label Hangers to hang on the 1/4” wood shelf slats. Love this unit so far!

First of all this is a gorgeous wine fridge. It's very well made, it's quiet, and I'm glad I bought it. My only complaint is that the "FlexCount" shelves that they tout so much need to be explained a bit better. I have several different shaped Champagne, Prosecco, Cava bottles, so I was excited to be able to use this "almost any size bottle shelves." However, what they fail to mention is that those types of bottles (if buying dual zone) need to go on the very top shelf, where there is plenty of room. If you try to put bigger bottles on any of the 4 shelves below it, they can't shut without running in to the shelf above it. The flexcount video would have you believe that those bigger bottomed bottles can go on any shelf. They can't. Same with my larger red bottles, they either have to go on the very top shelf of the bottom portion, the very middle shelf (2 tier) the very bottom shelf of the bottom portion (2 tier). FlexCount does fit a lot of different shapes and types of bottles, but let's be honest, it's never going to be perfect in any wine fridge. If every bottle was the size of a Bordeaux bottle, life would be simpler with wine fridges, but they aren't. I would recommend this though. It's a fantastic wine fridge and I get tons of compliments on how beautiful it is.

I have only had the cooler a week but so far so good. The bottles fit well, do not bog the draws down and the draws open and close with easy.

so fay it is all ok, the unit will really only hold this number if it is the perfect size bottle. we have found that most white wine bottles will not stack as close as needed to utilize the space. even some reds are oversize enough that they will take two spaces.

We had a 50 bottle wine fridge and the unit worked fine but was very hard to use. It was a Kenmore and the shelves were very difficult to pull out as well as they were not very deep. We found we could only fit about 30 bottles in it at any time.
My wife wanted to upgrade and we looked for a long time with most decent units pricing out around $2500. A critical feature we needed was shelves that were smooth to pull out, on rollers or ball bearings .
We also wanted a quiet unit and one with shelves DEEP enough to put two bottles in depth wise.
This unit arrived and we LOVE IT.
Quiet, sleek looking and works perfectly . The shelve are a dream and my wife was so excited she wished we had gotten it years ago.
Every time my wife takes a bottle out of this fridge, she says "ahhh" instead of "^%&^^%$" the damm shelves don't work."
Its a great unit at any price but an EXCEPTIONAL unit at this price ! Wow

This is our first large capacity wine cooler and are so far pleased with it after 5 days of use. The shelves are good and solid, and allow for easy placement of varying bottle sizes. Some of the real larger ones, I have turned the labels toward the sides as they do just barely scrap the shelf above.
The unit is placed in our Dining room where our old 30 bottle unit sat. It is fairly quiet, but louder than the old unit when the fan kicks on. We have an open floor plan from the Dining room to the Living room, so I do hear it running, but it's not annoying.
I would say though, that if you have expensive bottles that need to be kept at a steady temp, then this unit may not be for you. I have noticed some, what I consider to be, large temperature swings. I have seen the temp display ready 50 degrees and then 55 10 minutes latter. It dose seem to keep a steady temp of 53 which is where I want it. To keep the red wine temp, the lower section, set to 53, I have to set the thermostat to 51. Since you have to have at least a 9 degree temp difference between the upper and lower section, the upper section for our white wine is cooler than what I originally set it for.
So far, I am happy with it with my simple wine tastes.

The cooler is very nice. Well made, and the shelves slide very easy with almost no labels rubbing. The temperature isn't as stable as I would hope. The cooler seems to fluctuate sometimes up to 5 degrees and that isn’t good in my opinion. I have 125 bottles inside so it should be more stable but I see on the cooler WHITE side 5 degree fluctuation and the RED side only about 3 degrees change. The compressor seems to be quiet but you know when it is running, it isn’t loud but you can hear some fan noise. I have had this unit only 2 weeks but so far it seems ok.

We bought this product based upon reviews. We couldn't be happier with the quality. If you don't have two strong humans to lift the fridge and another person to slide out the pallet, pay the extra $$ for the white glove service. Trust me. Handle assembly was easy. Don't worry. Appearance is beautiful even freestanding as ours is in the kitchen bordering the dining area in the great room. I still wish manufacturers would give just a quarter inch more height on every shelf because of bigger bottles from certain vintners. But, overall five stars.

product cools precisely. I've put a thermocoupler in both zones and it reads less than 1 degree variance. The shelves slide in and out with ease and don't bow or sag when all the way out and fully loaded. The only small minuses are that it is a bit louder than what I read in reviews. I read "whisper quiet" and other such remarks. It is not loud, but it is a little louder than my home refrigerator. It is beautiful, well crafted and comes very well packed and it performs beyond expectation. I'll keep it forever!

I have only had the unit for 2 weeks and it is working well. The only misunderstanding I had was that the shelves were adjustable. They are, but only by removing shelves. Otherwise the spacing is as it is.
But not a big problem given the number of bottles it stores.
I worried about the noise level but so far it has proved to be quieter than my refrigerator.
Looking forward to seen how it continues and how long it lasts. My last cooler was 9 1/2 years.

I currently have this fridge about 80% full and it works really well. It maintains a relatively constant temperature and is also reasonably quiet. It arrived well packaged, in excellent condition.

Looks great. Quiet.

This refrigerator is the best. It is the size of a normal refrigerator and the flex-count storage racks are brilliant! These work with all size bottles for very efficient storage - far better than wooden racks. You pay a little more for these but they are worth every penny. Also, the drawers pull out far enough so you can see the bottle labels in the back row. The controls are intuitive and simple. Even better the packing and shipping is first rate. This is a great product.

Very quiet, nice size, holds all of my different wines.
I have it completely full at the moment. I love the functionality of the shelves and the control panel is very easy to use.
I did exactly as the instructions stated when I first got it.
Works GREAT!!
Very satisfied!!!

This fridge does an excellent job at keeping the correct temperature to drink. Very easy to load with the different size bottles that we have. We are very pleased with the two temperature zones. Would have given 5 stars except it is a bit more loud than our previous model.

This brand is by far the best designed wine-frig I have yet to purchase. It is arguably the only brand whose claims regarding bottle count per shelf is honest and accurate. I own two of these now and wish I could replace three other large wine-frig units I bought. Long-term reliability is important to me as well, but I will have t wait a few years to comment on that aspect.

Love this unit

I am storing 100+ bottles in this unit. The shelf space is wide enough to store any size bottle including those oversized pinot bottles. The unit is really quiet, much more quiet than a normal fridge. The temperatures fluctuate quite a lot, but if the unit is set properly you will not see any issues. I would definitely recommend this unit.

purchased several wine refrigerators in the past and this is the best so far!!

After reading reviews and researching wine coolers I decided to buy this unit. It arrived in perfect condition a few weeks later. It fit perfectly in between two other refrigerators and it is the quietest of the three. Best of all, it holds all our wine perfectly! I also bought it on sale, Perfect!

This product fits my wine collection for both red and whites. We drink more red than whites so the bottom section stores a larger quantity of reds which is a good fit for us. Easy viewing of the wine with the smooth slide out shelves
The unit is very quite operating.

What first pulled me to this brand is the rating that it received for energy consumption when compared to the other major wine cooler brand. Having had other wine refrigerators in the past that would cause my utility meter to spin, finding a quite, reliable and cost effective refrigerator was important to me.
The unit keeps the wine exactly where I have the temperature set with very little variation. It is so temperature sensitive that if I keep the door open for more than a couple of minutes, it quickly comes back on to maintain the temperature.
The cabinet is solidly built and the door seals firmly when closed.
The only thing that is different about this unit is that the bottom needs to be set four degrees warmer than the top. It works fine, but from a heat rises and cold drops stand point it seems like reversed logic to me.

I had an old Avanti wine fridge for years that was sold as a 166 bottle unit, but I had a hard time fitting 100 bottles in there because I had to remove a bunch of shelves to make some of my bottles fit. When I saw the description of this model, I figured I'd check it out. I'm very happy we did! The shelves fit all my bottles and they seem stronger than the wood shelves that were in my old fridge. Now I can keep all my bottles in the fridge instead of having a few cases sitting next to it. Other than that, it looks great and is holding temperature well so far, so I'm very happy.

My biggest concern was whether or not I would have been able to use either zone for reds and the temperature settings worked out perfectly for me and that makes me a very happy customer. I do wish the shelves came out a little bit more but at the same time I can store the few larger bottles I have. Nice work and thank you.