Inalto 45 Bottle Wine Fridge/Chiller IWC46 $249 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ Bing Lee

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cooni on 12/06/2025 - 09:28 binglee.com.au (377 clicks)
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I've been looking at wine fridges for a while and heard this one advertised just now. Seems like a genuine deal, easily ATL, typically $479.

As a really rough guide, looking for something less than $10 / advertised bottle capacity seemed to be a good deal. This one is advertised to hold 45 bottles but more realistically you might get 40 in it (as with all wine fridges).

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I was lucky enough to pick up a Liebherr for a steal off Marketplace so personally I'm passing on this one, but for anyone else looking, make sure it at least has an internal air circulating fan. A lot of models just rely on passive convection and are no good. The one review on Inalto's website seems to show a fan. Aside from that, not sure what the real world difference is between these lower end models and something like a Vintec but honestly, it's a fridge that runs warm isn't it?

EDIT: Scratch that, I do not recommend this fridge at all. It does not have a circulating fan.

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  FlyerOne on 12/06/2025 - 09:40

  I'm thinking of using one of these as a dough prover. Is anyone here using one for that purpose?

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    cooni on 12/06/2025 - 09:41

    How much dough are you proving at a time and what temp did you want? Isn't a cold prove in the fridge good enough?

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      FlyerOne on 12/06/2025 - 18:20

      5kg for pizza dough sometimes. I want to prove it for 24 hours at 17-18C per AVPN guidelines if possible. I normally do just do a 24 hour cold bulk prove, but sometimes the fridge is full and a container holding 5kg of dough uses a fair amount of space.
      I'd use it more for sourdough though so I can have a consistent overnight proving temp.

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    Hinee on 12/06/2025 - 09:47

    My first thought was for fermenting beer - I'd love a glass door so I can see how active the brew is. 18 degrees is pretty much perfect.

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  Jaspa7 on 12/06/2025 - 09:42

  +1

  good advice on the internal circulating fan.
  would add, most models are peltier-cooled (as opposed to normal fridges which run compressors) - so expect terrible efficiency and delta T's of only 30deg (i.e 45deg day -> 15 deg beverages).. and sucking ~300W-400W continuously to achieve that

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    cooni on 12/06/2025 - 09:42

    Oh yes that too. Usually it's the smaller models that don't have a compressor and indeed are even worse.

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  ForkSnorter on 12/06/2025 - 09:48

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  Do you just use these so your wines won't spoil? Or are you actually expecting the flavor to improve over time? I'd be skeptical about the latter.

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    Archaleas on 12/06/2025 - 09:56

    +1

    You see the funny thing about wine is………

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      ForkSnorter on 12/06/2025 - 10:23

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      Yeah maybe one in a hundred wines sold at the bottle shop might improve slightly in taste after a few years, but even then it could just be confirmation bias. And how would you even know? Most of them are designed to be drunk immediately. Not really worth it, in my opinion. That is, unless you're just collecting nice wines on sale to drink one day and don't want them to spoil.

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        cooni on 12/06/2025 - 10:56

        Maybe these aren't intended for the $10 specials at Dan's…

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  bgh80 on 12/06/2025 - 14:31

  I am keen for a fridge like this just for storing beers and soft drinks rather than wine. Would like something like this rather than a traditional bar fridge because of the glass and nice looking wooden racks.

  Is it ok to use a fridge like this for that purpose?

  I see the range of temps is between 5 and 18 degrees. Would this unit suffer for running it at it's extreme lower range 24/7?

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    cooni on 12/06/2025 - 16:14

    Yeah I don't think it's suitable. There are plenty of bar fridges with glass doors that would suit better.