NewAir Wine Coolers - Cheap Home Cellars

NewAir wine coolers are made in China and are retailed in the USA by Air & Water Inc., a California-based company that also offers affordable cooling, heating and purification appliances for residential and commercial use. The company was founded in 2002. NewAir's wine cooler line offer inexpensive, stylish wine storage appliances in various sizes.

The storage capacity of NewAir wine refrigerators ranges from 12 bottles to 32 bottles NewAir Wine Coolers use thermoelectric refrigeration technology (also known as superconductor cooling) offering the benefits of less noise and vibration compared to compressor cooling.

NewAir Wine Coolers come in various bottle storage capacities:

12-Bottle model (NewAir AW-120E)
18-bottle (NewAir 181E and NewAir 180E)
21 bottle (NewAir AW-211ED),

28-bottle (NewAir AW-280E and NewAir AW-281E) and
32-bottle (NewAir AW-320ED) models

NewAir AW-120E 12-Bottle Countertop Wine Cooler

NewAir AW-180E Thermoelelctric Freestanding Wine Cooler, 18 Bottles

NewAir AW-211ED Dual Zone 21-Bottle wine cooler, freestanding

NewAir AW-320ED Two Temperature zone 32 Bottle Wine Cooler

NewAir AW-280E 28 Bottle Thermoelectric Wine Cooler

Main Features of NewAir Wine Coolers

Design: black cabinet with black or stainless steel-trimmed dual pane glass door, curved metal handle, non-reversible door hinge

Cooling Method: thermal electric (aka superconductor) technology. Find out more about thermal elelctric (superconductor) refigeration.

Number of Zones:

single temperature zone models: NewAir AW-120E, NewAir 181E and NewAir 180E, (NewAir AW-280E and NewAir AW-281E
dual temperature zone models: NewAir AW-211ED, NewAir AW-210ED, NewAir AW-320ED

Installation (Built-In/Freestanding): freestanding, venting is at the back, the coolers operate the best if they are placed in a room where the ambient temperature is 50 ‐ 80°F (10 ‐ 26°C). All units have front leveling legs.

Temperature Range: 50 ‐ 66°F (10 - 19°C)

Temperature Control: digital thermostat with one-touch buttons to set the temperature by 1 °F increments.

Display: blue LED digital readout, the coolers can be set to display tempearture either in °F or in °C.

Interior Light: low-intensity LED lighting (light switch is on the control panel)

Shelving: pull-out chrome-plated wire racks

Price Range: cc. US$ 120 - 400.

Warranty: all NewAir wine cooler models carry 1 year warranty.

Are NewAir Wine Coolers of Good Quality? - Common Complaints by Users

New Air wine coolers seems to be cheaply made. All models look appealing with the digital display and one touch control buttons and see-through door glass but the bottom line is that these aren't durable, long-lasting appliances that work without a hitch for many years.

According to owner reviews New Air Wine Cooler models have quite a few serious quality problems:

temperature fluctuation is too high
only cools down to 55 °F
interior fan works all the time
noise (caused by the moving fan)
flimsy shelving - the shelves come out of the slot easily when pulling them out
plastic interior lining is too thin
unit dies within 1-2 years

If you can't afford to spend on a better quality wine refrigerator then you can try a NewAir wine cooler model as a starter cellar (you might be lucky and get a unit that works without problems) but if you have time to save enough for a high-quality wine cooler/wine cabinet (EuroCave, Sub-Zero, Viking, Liebherr, Transtherm, Le Cache, Marvel) then do it rather than spend on low-quality units that die on you within a year or two.