Cooper Cooler HC01-A Rapid Beverage & Wine Chiller, White

My son loves this for his after soccer game token beer!

This is great, can definately reccomend

Este producto lo vi en una reseña por internet y estuve ligeramente escéptico hasta que lo probe por mi mismo. Es excelente cuando quieres enfriar bebidas para las visitas no tarda mas de uno a tres minutos dependiendo el tamaño del envase.

I've been reading the reviews on this product for a while now and I feel like they have not done this product justice. I have had this product for a while now and its become one of my favorite products. Being a teenager living with my family you can imagine that there may not always be room in the fridge for your drinks and its frustrating. My first solution was to buy a mini fridge however they can be vary costly and having to pay for electricity it will cost me more in the long run. This product was my ultimate solution it had yet to fail me after hundreds of uses and it does not take to much maintenance to keep up. I will recommend not leaving water in it for extended periods of time as it gets really dirty and nasty at the bottom. I've also learned that you can improve the original use of the product to make drinks cold during hot weather by using dry ice rather than regular ice to super cool the drink quickly. This is a great product for a gift as its great for cooling circular bottles cans and wine bottles alike. Everyone loves cold drinks from an ice chest now you can have a cold ice chest quality drinks in just minutes! I highly recommend this product especially if you dont always have room for drinks in the fridge this helps you make space so you can keep all the food in the fridge! I give this product a 10 out of 10

This review will go over Functional vs. Practicality vs. Limitations. The combined rating is 4-stars. Functionality: Does it do what it claims to do, and does it do it well? Yes, absolutely it does. After properly loaded with ice (2 cups) and cold water (2 cups), you are able to achieve cooling of one (1) (uno, ONE) can or bottle of beverage. It is capable of in 3 minutes (standard cycle) chill a 12 oz bottle of drink to refrigerated temperature, or in 6-min cycle (Extra Cold Setting) cooling that same beverage to ice cold temperature. The device delivers this. It is rather noisy (be warned). It does not rock and shake, it is stable on the counter. It is loud. It runs on 120v AC power via the included adapter. Another model comes with a Car adapter to run off your car's battery for tailgating. As far as Function, it is 5-stars. It delivers as claimed. Good job! Practicality: It's a whole different ball of wax. First, it takes 3-6 minutes (cold to ice cold) to produce 1 bottle of drink. Have a small gathering of friends? 3 or 4 people? Maybe 5? For a set of 4 people you will need 6 cups of ice and (still 2 cups of water). It will take 24 minutes from end to end. After minute 4, the first person has already consumed his beverage while the other people waits and stares. You cannot possibly have all 4 people enjoy a 6-pack of rare microbrew together. So, no, this device is NOT designed to serve mass consumption. Only 1 bottle at a time. Two, it takes a lot of ice. 2 Cups of ice is not a problem for someone with automatic in-fridge ice maker with plenty to spare. If you are not equipped with auto ice maker, it will take 1 full try of ice or maybe 1.5 trays to chill 1 bottle of beverage. You are far better off just pour the drink into a glass with ice cubes. (I get it, you don't want to dilute the beverage). Two bottles, 4 cups of ice. Three bottles, 6 cups of ice. Four bottles, you have some ice remaining you don't need a refill. Point is, for a couple of people at home you will be consuming 4 cups of ice to make 2 x 12 oz soda cold. Practicality is low for those constrained for ice and time. But if you have plenty of those two, then, sure, no problem. Wine? Perfect. A lot of us don't have a wine cellar or cooler at home. I do, but, it holds only 24 bottles of wine. What this device allows for you is to keep your wine in a cool basement for storage, and chill it to cold temperature prior to serving (white wine, of course. For reds you want to serve cool but not cold). Either that or you have to pre-chill your wine in ice for 30 minutes. Assuming you know already which bottle is going to be served. Like many of us, you ask the guest to select the wine they want. After selected, you serve. This device will do very well here. My guest will point to the bottle of white that they want to drink (Riesling or Pinot Gris or Moscato or whatever right?). Then I can chill it with Cooper Cooler in 6 minutes with 2 cups of ice. Obviously won't be putting ice in wine glasses. EXCELLENT practicality here. For many of us without a wine cellar and our wines are in room-temperature storage, the Cooper Cooler will make it ready to serve in 6 minutes. BUT, BUT! There is a problem! Know the bottle size/shape of your wine! Cooper Cooler will ONLY accept Burgundy or Bordeaux shaped wine bottle. Basically it is a skinny (or skinner) bottle, 750 mL. It will NOT accept a Champagne bottle shape. I am not talking about chilling champagne, I am talking about regular wine being sold in a champagne shaped bottle--one with a wider bottom. Strictly speaking, 2.75" width bottle is what it will accept. The wide bottom 3.25 or 3.5" bottles will NOT work. Go to the wine store and pick up a couple of bottles and you will see. The wide bottom is VERY popular these days and they will NOT fit in the Cooper Cooler. I have to serious deduct points here. Because those wide-bottom wines are very popular these days (not like it's a specialty bottle). And many of my favorite wines are sold in Large Pinot bottles or Champagne-shaped bottles. This is major setback for this device. Lastly: Limitations. Very interestingly that the spinning action does NOT cause carbonated beverage to explode. This applies to cans or bottles. Nope, it will not explode. Trust me on that. Spinning is safe. Shaking is NOT! Despite that, only a very specific subset of bottle sizes and shape and length/girth will fit in the Cooper Cooler. Some very long necks will fit but barely (e.g. Corona long neck). Wide bottoms will not fit. Champagne (actual Champagne) will NOT fit either so don't think about last-minute chilling to serve Champagne. It consumes lots of ice in exchange of time. It will not serve large parties. The spinning and water running over bottle actions will cause the label to become wet and stripped off by the wheels that spin the bottle. It's not an issue unless you want to save the label on that wine bottle. (Ever come across a great bottle of wine and you want to remember it? Save the label? Add it to your scrap book?) Cooper Cooler WILL (yes, it will) ruin that perfect label. As the bottle spins (and it is super wet), the roller (rubber wheels in contact with the bottle) will strip off a line across the wet label where the rollers are over 6-minutes of constant rotation wet and cold. So, there's that limitation as well. The Cooler can be rather noisy when running. But it generates/serves as a great conversation piece (bragging) showing off to those who have never seen it before. So, in summary. Function (claimed purpose) is 5-stars. Practicality is 2-stars, Limitation is about a 3-star but ultimately deducted to 2-stars because the Cooler will not accept very common, current-day wide-bottom wine bottles defeating its purpose (no deduction if said wide-bottom bottles are only found on boutique rare wines). So, in the end, a 3-star is the best I can give it! Thanks for reading!