Description

ARES Cool 10 cu. ft. Glass Door Combo Pharmacy Refrigerator/Freezer (-20°C) – Product Highlights

• ARES Cool proprietary brand: The ARES Cool line is ARES Scientific’s own medical-grade cold storage brand, designed and sold exclusively through ARES Scientific and backed by full distributor support, warranty service, and application expertise across laboratory, pharmacy, blood bank, and clinical markets.
• Dual-zone cold storage in one cabinet: A single upright unit provides an independent -20°C freezer compartment alongside a 2°C to 8°C refrigerator compartment, eliminating the need for separate units and reducing both footprint and energy consumption in space-constrained facilities.
• Glass door inventory visibility: The right-hinged glass door allows pharmacists, lab managers, and vivarium technicians to conduct visual inventory checks without opening the door, protecting temperature stability for vaccines, medications, biological samples, and cannabis extracts.
• Microprocessor temperature control: Onboard microprocessor management delivers precise, consistent temperature monitoring across both compartments, with audible alarms alerting staff to any deviation from set parameters critical for pharmaceutical cold chain compliance and GMP refrigeration standards.
• R600a hydrocarbon refrigerant: The eco-friendly R600a refrigerant is CFC-free and supports sustainability goals for blood bank cold storage programs, university research labs, and green-certified facilities.
• Keyed door locks for controlled access: Integrated key locks restrict access to temperature-sensitive contents, supporting controlled substance storage protocols, regulatory compliance workflows, and pharmacy security requirements.
• Compact upright form factor: At 23¾” W × 24″ D × 65″ H, this unit fits through standard doorways and integrates into pharmacy dispensing areas, nursing stations, vivarium support rooms, and cannabis processing and extract storage facilities with minimal infrastructure modification.
• UL/C-UL listed certification: The unit carries UL and C-UL certification, affirming compliance with recognized electrical safety standards for laboratory, pharmacy, and healthcare environments in the US and Canada.
• Low-maintenance defrost design: A manual-defrost freezer compartment paired with a cycle-defrost refrigerator compartment minimizes staff intervention while maintaining optimal humidity and temperature stability for specimen storage and sample preservation.
• Backed by ARES Scientific warranty: The PH-ARS-HC-RFC1020G includes a two-year parts and labor warranty plus a three-year compressor parts warranty, with the full support infrastructure of ARES Scientific behind every ARES Cool unit.

Frequently Asked Questions – ARES Cool 10 cu. ft. Glass Door Combo Pharmacy Refrigerator/Freezer (-20°C)

What is ARES Cool?

ARES Cool is ARES Scientific’s proprietary line of laboratory and medical-grade cold storage equipment, designed and sold exclusively through ARES Scientific to serve pharmacies, clinical labs, blood banks, vivariums, research facilities, and cannabis operations that require reliable, professionally supported cold storage solutions.

What applications is this refrigerator/freezer combo used for?

The ARES Cool 10 cu. ft. Glass Door Combo Pharmacy Refrigerator/Freezer (-20°C) is used for storing medications, vaccines, blood products, biological samples, reagents, cannabis extracts, and other temperature-sensitive inventory across pharmacies, hospital nursing stations, clinical labs, blood banks, university research labs, vivarium support areas, and pathology departments.

What temperature range does this unit maintain?

The refrigerator compartment maintains 2°C to 8°C, consistent with USP <1> and standard pharmaceutical refrigeration guidelines for medications and biologics, while the freezer compartment holds -20°C for frozen specimen storage, plasma, enzyme reagents, and other materials requiring sub-zero preservation.

Does this unit require special electrical, plumbing, or ventilation?

No plumbing or special ventilation is required; the PH-ARS-HC-RFC1020G operates on a standard 115V outlet, making it straightforward to deploy in existing pharmacy dispensing areas, lab cold rooms, nursing stations, or vivarium support spaces without facility modifications, though adequate clearance around the unit for airflow is always recommended per manufacturer guidelines.

Is this unit suitable for pharmacy or blood bank use?

The ARES Cool combo unit’s 2°C to 8°C refrigerator range aligns with standard pharmacy cold storage and blood bank refrigeration temperature requirements, and its UL/C-UL listing supports use in regulated healthcare environments; for detailed guidance on pharmaceutical cold storage monitoring and compliance, ARES Scientific provides additional resources to help teams meet applicable standards for their specific use case.

How does ARES Cool compare to other laboratory cold storage brands?

As ARES Scientific’s own proprietary cold storage brand, ARES Cool units are positioned as purpose-built alternatives to generic undercounter and upright combo refrigerator/freezers, offering microprocessor temperature control, R600a eco-friendly refrigerant, keyed security, audible alarms, and the backing of ARES Scientific’s full cold storage product line and distributor support network — rather than an off-the-shelf consumer appliance repurposed for lab use.