Winter sea-and-land shipments into Russia and Central Asia can sit at −30°C for days. Units arrive with black or scrambled LCDs and brittle plastic — your buyer calls it a defect, files a return, and your brand takes the hit. It isn't a quality failure; the components fell below their rated storage temperature.
The whole unit — LCD and capacitors included — needs a storage rating down to −25°C or −30°C, the carton needs a cold-crack test on file, and sealed desiccant packing stops condensation while the units warm up. On arrival, let them return to room temperature for 12–24 hours before powering on; cold starts fake the "dead screen" across a whole batch.
Shipping to a cold market?
Tell us your route and winter lows — we'll spec a −25/−30°C storage rating, cold-crack-tested cartons and a warm-up SOP so your arrivals don't look 'dead'.
