CellarPro Remote Probe / Bottle Probe #1434

The Bottle Probe is a plug and play attachment for my cooler. It is simple to install provides for greater efficiency of my Houdini 1800 cooler. I find that my cooler cycles on and off much less. I highly recommend this simple attachment.

I ordered the probe after I had the cooling unit for about 2 years so I wasn't positive that the probe would work so I sent an email to Cellar Pro before ordering. The email was returned quickly, on a weekend, by Bruce. He was very helpful. The probe arrived within a few days and was extremely easy (once I found the hole it plugged into) to install. Really no installation, just plugging one end of the probe into the side of the cooling unit.

Great product, for a glass enclosed storage it is a must. Keeps the temp much more stable with way less in and off of the unit

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The remote probe has helped reduce the unit's on/off cycles, which will help the overall life of the unit. A little legwork goes into setting up the probe - you need to have a wine bottle and isopropyl alcohol. I wish these items were included because they would have sped up the installation process instead of going to the store to get isopropyl alcohol. I chose to drink a clear glass bottle of white wine to see the liquid's color.
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<br>The hardest part was figuring out how to install the probe in the bottle so that the bottle could lay flat. I could not find any directions on this, but I ended up removing the probe from the plastic plug, inserting the plug into the bottle, and then inserting the probe into the plug. Better directions could have been provided to prevent the headache I encountered with the setup, but the product worked as intended once the setup was done.

The bottle probe had the desired effect: the unit (CellarPro 4200 Vsi) runs a little longer each cycle and drops the humidity in the cellar a few percent. Temperature is steady as a rock at 56 degrees F. Humidity ranges 65-70%.

Easy to install and solved my problem. I own a LeCache Contemporary 1400 which holds 180 bottles. the temperature of the bottom rack was consistently 5 degrees warmer than the top rack. All bottles are now maintained at the same target temperature after the installation of the probe. My only complaint is that instructions were not included with the probe, requiring two calls to customer support. It does seem that the probe ought to be included with the purchase of the cabinet as I am sure most users have this problem, and may not be aware of it.

The probe definitely reduced the frequency of the on/off cycle of the cooling unit. However, before using the probe, it took about 1 minute to drop the temp inside the cabinet from 58F to 54F. But even with outside temp at around 60F, temp rose quickly back to 58F and the unit turned on every 10 min. Now the problem is opposite. Takes 1 hour to cool the bottle (placed at the bottom) by 1F! And then it remains for hours off.

I am seeing better temperature regulation since adding the probe. Very happy.

Probe definitely works and triggers cooling unit to run. However even with temp limits reduced to 1 degree, the unit runs forever and drops 10-12 degree below and never turns off. My impression is the probe works but either my cooler isn’t set for a probe or the size is not sufficient to be of value. I hope to return and remain on an air cooled system.

Probe definitely works and triggers cooling unit to run. However even with temp limits reduced to 1 degree, the unit runs forever and drops 10-12 degree below and never turns off. My impression is the probe works but either my cooler isn’t set for a probe or the size is not sufficient to be of value. I hope to return and remain on an air cooled system.

An excellent addition to my wine cellar holds at proper temperature. Great service and professionalism from staff, also very knowledgeable about products.

This was a great addition to our wine cooler and the long cord makes it so nice to be able to move around if needed. CellarPro has friendly staff and technical support was helpful too and suggested we install this to help with some of our thermostat errors.

I just tried this out for the first time. I like the fact that it has a nice and long wire so you can move it to another part of the room easily. So far I have used it for air temperature, and it works well. I may eventually try it out with liquid, but for now, all is well.

There are many mixed reviews online as to the best way to regulate wine temp. If you have your cellar set to cycle the recommended +/- 2 degrees F (or 4 differential) based on air temp, the actual "liquid" temp is more likely to stay at a constant temperature given the amount of overall thermal cooling mass in the cellar. Additionally, you have the safeguards of the cellar thermostat to alert you quicker that there may be a problem if the temperature gets too high for instance vs waiting much much longer for the liquid temp to get out line. With a bottle probe, you are allowing the actual wine to increase and decrease continually by the +/- 1 degree F (or 2 degrees) vs allowing the air temp to keep the liquid temp more regulated and stable, which stability is more important than the actual temp setting itself. However, I did purchase this item so that I can periodically cross check the actual temperature of the liquid by plugging and unplugging the probe (which is easy to access in the front left) so I know the actual liquid temp....since the thermostat on the cooler is measuring air closest to it. Would be great if the cooling system would show both air temp and liquid temp while letting you still choose which to regulate the on/off.

Bottle Probe works as advertised reducing cycling on hot days. Had to contact Cellar Pro to find the bottle probe jack which is on the left side next to the electrical chord rather than on the front as pictured on the web site.

After installing a CellarPro cooling unit in a fairly small wine cellar, the unit was cycling too often just based on air temperature. Purchased and install the remote bottle temperature probes, inserted it into a small wine bottle filled with water/alcohol, and now the unit operates much better and wine temperature is more even.
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<br>As other commenters have pointed out, this probe should be part of any cooling system from the start.

Works well and eary to install. I like the long wire connection that lets you place proble away from unit. Can not undersatand why every one would not be ording one, Should probably just be bundled with cooling unit.