CellarPro 1800XTS Cooling Unit

I began the arduous task of building a wine cellar on my own. I should mention first and foremost that the most important part of creating your own walk in cellar is to make sure you have it completely sealed and well insulated. I created an effective R value of 10 on my floor (with 2" foam) R25 on my walls and ceiling (batts of insulation covered with several layers of 3/4" foam board. I then used frp to finish off the entire cellar. The door is also insulated with a foam core. This of course has all been surrounded with a vapor barrier. All this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! I may have gone overboard with the walls and ceiling, but why not. I do have a southern facing outside wall so I wanted to be sure. When it came time for me to choose a cellar refrigeration unit, I was looking at a specialized application. I don't have a lot of extra room outside my cellar for a pass through type unit that would vent exhaust air in to a living space, so I needed either a mini split system, or a remotely ducted unit. I found the cost was far too excessive with the mini splits, including the cost of an HVAC tech to install. And most ducted systems are in the 3-4k range. So I saw the CellarPro 1800xts with it's remote duct kit interesting. The unit itself was quite well packaged. It is self enclosed and the rear duct kit option, while at 299.00, is worth every penny to those that do not want to vent hot air into a living space. All told, the unit, with the condensate drain, remote exhaust kit, mounting clips, tax and shipping was a bit more than 1500.00 shipped to my door. I opened the unit and ran it for 12 hours to ensure its proper operation before installing it. It gave me a chance to play with the controls and make sure everything operated properly. I was pleasantly surprised that it was pretty quiet. I've been in freezers and such in restaurants, and have noticed how loud they are. This unit was really designed well. Once I installed it, I made sure to have an air gap for the condensate line, and connected the booster fan to the hot air side. Then I plugged it in and shut the door. I monitored it for a few hours to ensure proper operation and see how low I could get the cellar down to. I set it for 53 degrees and it was holding that temp all night long. I also changed the temperature differential setting from 4 to 2. It runs about 30 percent of the time as I created a tight seal with rubber weatherstripping on my insulated door. All in all, my basement normally ranges from 64-70 degrees from winter to summer, and this unit will allow me to have a much smaller variation on the cellaring of my wine. I have been very pleased with the operation of it so far, and look forward to reviewing it after the winter, and during the summer months here in Chicago.

First one I found that actually works very well in Texas. Will update how it does over the summer, but so far, the best! Very happy at this point. Thank you Cellar Pro. I would recommend to anyone.

We needed to replace our cooling system for our 300 CU FT wine cellar and after an online search and a call to CellarPro we chose the 1800XTS unit. It has been in for over 2 months and we are very pleased with the temperature it is keeping the cellar as well as the minimal sound outside the wine cellar. It is always on the set temperature when I look in the window to check on it. We are very pleased and appreciated the professional manner in which our transaction was handled. The voice on the phone line couldn't have been more helpful to me.

I bought this unit in early spring but due to divorce delays (got my wine 2 years after leaving) lasting until Sept 25, 2010 I did not run the unit until Sept 21st. It is far quieter than my previous Whisperkool unit at my ex-cellar (which cooled well but seemed to run 75% of the time with R19 above and R13 in the walls). My insulation is total overkill now (R-50 everywhere except the doorway wall, R19) so the unit runs very infrequently and took less than half a day to get down to 55 degrees inside. I built a 6.5 inch thick door with R35 value.

This is a popular unit with the associated backog to get. Unfortunately, I was not informed about the back log until 2 weeks after my order and was given an expected ship date another 2 weeks out. After explaining my sistuation (a lot of wine sitting out), Keith helped resolve this and they shipped me a new, but repaired unit the next day. This was awesome service and the unit looks new (aside from the solder point on the condenser) and works fine (cooling 370 cft). The exhaust is also pretty quite, compared to the BA that I had, so I'm very happy with it and the service provided, not to mention the price can't be beat!

Just built a wine cellar for a client. Installed the 1800 XTS. Relatively quiet. Cooled the room in no time (about 320 cubic feet). Very Impressed plus it has a great warranty compared to cheaper units. I highly recomend this unit.