8 degrees or just 8 on the 1-10 scale that many of them use?
(I always remember the recommended fridge temperature as 40F, which avoids the confusion.)
(I always remember the recommended fridge temperature as 40F, which avoids the confusion.)
8C is a perfectly fine temperature for a wine fridge. And they usually have thermostats because a wine fridge is a luxury item. As opposed to keeping people from getting foodborne illness.
Be careful what you wish for.
When buying my current fridge, I specifically tried to go out of my way to avoid complexity, but the opening for my fridge is an odd size so my choices were limited. The only fridge I could buy that didn’t have a bunch of crap that’s was guaranteed to break (ice maker, water dispenser [seriously? aren’t most fridges right next to a faucet?], LCD-covered glass panel, etc) that also had a thermostat had a digitally-controlled thermostat. No knob or physical buttons, just a capacitive surface for temperature adjustment and some LCD screens showing the fridge and freezer set temps. (Not the actual measured temps, that would be too useful, just the set temps.)
In hindsight, I probably should’ve just gotten one with a regular dial, but I was a bit fixated on the “real” thermostat. So now I’ve got that to look forward to breaking in 4-5 years and figuring out where the hell to source a discontinued fridge LCD panel from.
Same reason you'd keep a container of filtered water in your fridge.
Maybe if I was on a well I would need to filter my own water, but then I definitely wouldn’t trust that job to a fridge.