You can hear your wine cooling

This wine cooler appeared to be on the upper end of quality with good storage capacity. The humidifier reservoir (a small plastic bowl which sits on a self) is used to keep the corks from drying out. As as substitute, you could put a small child's plastic cup filled with water and advertise this as a special feature. The temperature controls the frig at +/-2 degrees F of set point and appears to function well. The problem with this unit is the noise. Once the temperature has warmed past the set point by 2 degrees, the compressor turns on to begin cooling. This will stay on until the temperature is -2 degrees from set point. This unit is loud. I have been in friends houses with wine coolers and never heard the units operating. With this cooler you know it is cooling because you hear it. Certainly not as loud a a margarita machine but still very annoying from any where in the room. This cooler is simply too loud for paying $500.