CellarPro 1800XTS-ECX Cooling Unit #1294

Just got our new unit installed into the wine cellar. Everything is working great!

Just got our new unit installed into the wine cellar. Everything is working great!

My CellarPro has been wonderful. It keeps the cellar at 55 degrees effortlessly. Our bedroom is directly above it and it does not make enough noise for us to notice, and it is a 1965 house.

great service, fast and easy. I would recommend doing business with this company

Replaced a competitor's unit with the 1800 XTS since the old one was running all the time and not working effeciently in wine cabinet. The 1800 XTS works great by comparison. It is much quieter and more reliable so far. Highly reccomended.

Had to replace my 1 yr old 1800 XTS, after a fan stopped working. Since there are two fans, it was hard to tell that one wasn't working. The indication was I would get an HA2 alarm that the compressor was heating up. Had to keep a outside fan on the back to keep it from heating up until the replacement unit arrived. Their support service was excellent, fast and kept me informed. Back up and running with no problems.

Recently purchased and had this unit professionally installed in my basement cellar. Took a few days for the cellar to stabilize the temperature once all the wine, which had been sitting in a room at 72 Degrees for a few days. The unit was easy to install and is performing well. Runs quietly too compared to other units I've seen. I bought the drain line, bottle probe thermometer, magnetic air filter and the mounting clips as well. Some reviewers gripe about the nickel and dining and I certainly see their point. Cellar Pro could group them into a package and sell it, but the a la carte pricing works fine, buy only what you need. Their customer service was good. Shortly after placing my order, someone emailed me with a few questions related to my cellar needs. They were proactively ensuring I had ordered the right system for my cellar, limiting frustration and bad reviews post facto. In the end, when (not if) I expand my cellar, I will definitely be buying a larger system from CellarPro.

I recently had some problems programming our cooler. The guidance and service I received was second to none. Their concern for "getting it right" was apparent and helped me solve my issues. My wine is safe and I feel confident that I picked the correct cooler and company to cool and protect our wine.

Thank you, the unit is working very well.

Thank you for making my purchase a breeze, I really enjoyed the vast knowledge of your staff and the prompt responses for any questions I had. Thanks Again !

The cooling unit works as described. I just installed the unit a month ago, so I will do a further review after summer. Using the clips are a pain in the butt. The clips do work. Most of the weight is in the back. 1st full instructions would help. Slide in cooling unit. (If replacing a Breezaire unit, of the same size, it is a tight fit but it will fit. Remove the front screen if needed. Loosen the screws that hold the lip that the clips will mount to. 2nd Slid in the clips. Retightens the screws.
<br>Reinstall the front screen if removed. 3rd (If you can; block up the unit to the roof.) Mount the clips to the roof. Use a strong molly type or mount through the roof to the top with a plate on the top. (remove block if used) The clips should be included with the unit.
<br>What do they cost? $2.00 for both? Breezaire unit include the clips. Breezaire unit clips will also work. The rest of my thought are the same as the other 4 + stars.

I finally achieved the correct installation after having the HA2 alarm go off after 5 minutes.
<br> I am venting this unit into an attic space and I had to make more room for the unit to vent.
<br> I also made a hot air diverter so the exhaust would not be pulled in to the intake. I called for
<br>help on the weekend and two people called me back, even though they are not open on the weekends
<br>The customer service is outstanding. One gripe is the clips, which should be included with the unit.
<br> In my opinion, this is a blatant rip-off, these clips don't cost more than .50 cents to make.10.00 is ridiculous!
<br>Also, no clip installation instructions. The unit is quiet and does a super job.

Unit is as described but high temp alarm goes off if door is left open for more than 30 seconds

I did a lot of research before I purchased this unit. In the end, it is noisier than I thought, not as good as I hoped at recycling humidity and the machine kept setting off an alarm for overheating after only a few minutes of operation. My cellar is not very big at 100 cu ft but has about 40 sq ft of glass. i ended up having to get a replacement unit on warranty for which I paid paid $120 each way for shipping. I ended up selling the replacement unit,at a loss because i did not trust the capabilities of the 1800xts and I ended up buying a Wine Guardian cooler which was more expensive but has been flawless.

Love my unit, I works great

This is my 3rd wine room but my first Cellar Pro Cooling Unit. I have just recently installed it, so time will tell. At this time it appears to be cooling extremely effectively, but is noisier than past units and exhausts a lot more heat. This would not be a problem if it was exhausted into unconditioned space, which should have been expressed more clearly at the time of purchase or within the installation instructions. I just installed the unit a week ago, so I will do a further review in a couple of months.

I have had this unit installed for almost a year, and it has work flawlessly. It is super quiet and does a great job of staying within the two degree range of the setting. This unit is by far the best cooling unit I have used in the twenty plus years of my walk in wine cellar.

Pre-sales advice, follow up, invoicing was excellent. Installation to replace a vino temp unit went w/o major hitch. Unit seems to be operating well and maintaining temp.
<br>Real issue will be next summer when outside temps here in NC reach high 90's --
<br>Tks for the service, quick delivery and follow up.

I received excellent pre sale help picking out the correct model. It was shipped promptly and arrived in a very solid box, well packaged.
<br>Installation went very smoothly - the manual is well written and clear.
<br>It has been running for three days now cooling down my cellar - lots of bottles and lots of concrete. I expect it to cycle soon once it has reached equalibrium.
<br>Seems to be very made and very solid. A pleasure to buy American - it feels more substantial than Chinese (they can make some decent stuff too - but that doesn't seem to be the rule.

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.
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<br>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.
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<br>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.
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<br>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.
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<br>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.

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!

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.

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.