Disappointing Freezer

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Medicine
Research Specialist

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Company:

Eppendorf New Brunswick

Product Name:

New Brunswick C760 Innova

Catalog Number:

U9410-0002

This is a huge capacity chest freezer that I badly wanted to love. It is taller than most of our other chest freezers so you can fit more samples in there with having a smaller footprint. The tragedy of this freezer is that I think I got a dud. Unfortunately, within a year of purchase the compressor went out! I could not believe it! Luckily, it was still under warranty so I was able to get a new compressor installed free of charge. However, it was quite a hassle and I had to get a loaner freezer so I could save the samples that were already stored in the broken down -80. It is my hope I don’t have any more issues with this freezer but I am concerned that if it went under once it might go under again.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Biorepository freezer

Protocol Overview

Samples are stored in labeled racks in this -80 freezer

Tips

Have freezer hooked up to external alarm system

Features Summary

Very large capacity for small footprint

DOI or PMID #

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Summary

The Good

Huge storage capacity

The Bad

I got a bad compressor

The Bottom Line

Risky purchase. Great warranty. Huge hassle for repair and samples were put at risk.

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