[Histonet] RE: undercounter crushed ice makers?

[Cooper, Brian]

We had one at my previous institution.  Most of the techs (including me) preferred the large, solid blocks of ice to the crushed stuff, except when it came time to make margaritas.  Then we were all over the crushed stuff!  

The solid blocks hold moisture at the surface better than the crushed ice, and they stay colder longer.  Crushed ice doesn't hold a flat surface when you add water to it (even when you compact it), and we seemed to constantly be pushing the blocks down into the slushy abyss.  Maybe I didn't give it enough of a try, and I have been accused (rightfully so) of being set in my ways!  Not an issue here though--we have a freezer full of big ol' blocks of ice . . .     

Happy Halloween Histonet!!!

Thanks, 

Brian D. Cooper, HT (ASCP)CM | Histology Supervisor 
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles 
4650 Sunset Blvd MS#43- Los Angeles, CA 90027 
bcooper <@t> chla.usc.edu 

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 3:16 PM
To: Histonet
Subject: [Histonet] undercounter crushed ice makers?

Does anyone use an undercounter crushed ice maker they are happy with? We are looking into this for microtomy ice trays.

Tim Morken
Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center Box 1656
505 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143
USA

415.514-6042  (office)
tim.morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org<mailto:tim.morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org>

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