[Histonet] Low temperature freezer

2016-07-19 Thread Tamara Howard via Histonet
Richard - We learned last year (the hard way) that chest freezers are more likely to survive a flood than are uprights, if that is any help! The compressors tend to be near the top of the unit in the chest freezers. I think the footprint may be the main deciding factor for many labs; we just

[Histonet] Low temperature freezer

2016-07-18 Thread Cartun, Richard via Histonet
Our ancient "SoLow" -80 degree C. freezer died over the weekend. What do you recommend as a replacement? Do you prefer a chest vs. stand-up? We use it primarily for tissue storage. Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & The Martin M. Berman, MD Immunopathology