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Can a dewar be rented?
LeahT
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I'm not really sure where this question should be placed and I will email NW today about it but I just wanted to ask if any of you have simply rented a dewar tank or if it's even possible. I'm in need of one and can't seem to find a website that simply rents it and I can not afford to buy one for $1,000+ And was wondering if you gals where at some point in the same position and were able to rent the dewar from here.
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If you just need to rent a dewar, you might contact your local vet or large animal vet. They likely know who's doing animal AI in the area and where to get supplies.
Basically, a storage dewar is NOT the same as the dewars you get sent with the vials in it. They only remains extremely cold for a very temporary time (couple of weeks) compared to storage dewars, because they are 'charged' with liquid nitrogen, and then the liquid is poured out of the transporting dewar and is shipped 'dry'. You can't ship actual liquid nitrogen because of risk of it exploding with all the movement etc.
Anyway, I feel like I'm going off on a tangent now, lol! But if you were interested in getting an actual storage dewar, I do have one for sale. The only thing is I am New Zealand, so postage cost would be around another $100 (so $500 total) as it cost me about $100 (from memory) to get the empty dewar shipped to me from the U.S.
This is a pic of what the storage dewar looks like (just with slightly different writing on it since it doesn't belong to that lab! ;-))
http://www.mistrymedical.com/graphics/products/large/exi210.png