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Purchased the Whynter WC-211DZ 21 bottle wine cooler for a couple of reasons. It was sized right to fit in a space just below my kitchen counter top and the reviews giving Whynter products more favorable ratings over competing products. The Whynter is working well keeping both zones at my 58 degrees F setting which is my preferred setting for red wines. I would rate the quality of the Whynter good but not great. The slide out shelves feel kind of cheap. For this price point I'm still waiting for a product with slightly higher quality. The Whynter is fairly quiet although you can hear it running. As another reviewer mentioned the Whynter is designed for normal size bottles. It outputs a little heat out the side vents but nothing drastic. At this point I'm happy with my purchase. I will report back if I have any longevity problems. Update 11/19/2011: The unit is still going strong. No real complaints. As I mentioned in the earlier review the only minor annoyance is that the shelves don't accommodate every bottle size but I usually can figure out a way to get 99% of bottles loaded. Update 2/11/2012: I started noticing that the unit has been making a noticeable noise and the LED readouts are losing some of their segments. A quick internet search reveals that others have been having some similar problems with the LEDs. I'm still looking for confirmation on the noise. I'm wondering if the fan is failing or its something else. The warranty is one-year so it appears I'm out of warranty. I will contact Whynter on Monday to see what they suggest. I'm dropping my rating from 4 stars to 3 stars as a result and will update again once I figure out the remedy for the problem. Update 10/8/2013: I've lowered my rating on the wine cooler from 3 to 2 stars due to some of the "design" problems (e.g., fan noise, LED failures) mentioned in my 2/11/2012 update. It may be possible that Whytner has updated the design of the unit to accommodate fixes to these issues since my purchase was in October 2010. The unit finally died and I replaced it with the slightly more expensive Whynter BWR-18SD 18 Bottle Built-In Wine Refrigerator. The quality of the compressor-driven BWR-18SD is an order of magnitude higher than the WC-211DZ. It's quieter, compress-driven versus thermoelectric, and the shelving is high quality. It does store fewer bottles and is only a single-zone wine-cooler but it looks (and sounds) much better under my counter.