I always liked the "Gentle Jane" from Instrumedics:
http://instrumedics.com.  I've used it, and it takes up only about 1 cubic
foot.  For your purposes, they now advertise a "Dewar Jane"

I have no financial interest in this company or its products.

Regards,

Fred Monson

Frederick C. Monson, PhD
Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging
West Chester University
West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, 19383
610-738-0437
fmonson@wcupa.edu


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> From: 	Rayner, Anne
> Sent: 	Tuesday, January 8, 2002 9:32 AM
> To: 	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	Low temperature freezing baths
> 
> Do any of you Histonetters out there have any experience of using freezer
> baths such as the ThermoShandon Histobath?  We are thinking of purchasing
> this or something similar to freeze tissue samples prior to storage but
> would like to know of any pros and cons from users. 
> Ideally we want something that takes up a minimum of space in our small
> dissection room - would we be better off with one of the "cold finger"
> freezing probes with isopentane or is a coldbath a better proposition?
> 
> We currently use liquid nitrogen in flasks but would like to eliminate the
> need to carry the flasks up 3 floors and through the lab.
> 
> Thanks in anticipation, 
> Anne
> 
> 
> Anne Rayner
> Chief MLSO
> Institute of Liver Studies
> King's College Hospital
> London SE5 9RS
> email: Anne.Rayner@kingshc.nhs.uk
> Tel: 020 7737 4000 Ext. 2237
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