Small Wine Fridge Advice

[hotwine]

"... more upright and less wide...."<P>Virtually all small wine fridges stand upright; have not seen any chest type. They're typically 20"-26" wide and vary in height depending on capacity. <P>I have both a Haier 34-btl and a EuroCave 260. Many differences between them. The most important single difference is stability of operation: the Haier's temperature runs up and down about a mean which the user sets using pushbottons on the top edge, and the variation is fairly extreme, something like +/- 6F for a total swing of 12 degrees; whereas the EuroCave is rock solid at the temp the user specifies with pushbottons on the top edge inside the unit. Instability of the Haier means I don't use it at all for aging wines, but rather for short-term storage only (a holding place for wines prior to moving them into the EuroCave or the cellar, or as a way-station between long-term storage and the dinner table).<P>Have never experienced frosting of the glass door on the Haier (unit is in the laundryroom); I ordered a solid door on the EuroCave, since it's in the garage and I have no need to display the contents.<P>Huge difference in price, of course.