The Arctic Cooling ARCTIC C2 comes packaged in a small blister pack that shows off the device itself and its 4 different AC plugs. The blister pack is actually a heat-sealed clamshell package which is any person’s worse nightmare. Indeed, opening the packaging can be quite a chore if you do not have the right tools in hand; usually scissors are good enough, but some people might decide to use a knife and, invariably, the risk of injury increases.

Asides from the clamshell package, a paper artwork is inserted into the packaging. Silver, white, grey and black colours are printed onto this paper and these are the typical Arctic Cooling colours. It’s a simple, attractive and effective packaging design.


The front of the packaging

The back of the packaging gives a thorough list of the features, specifications, usage and possible applications. A more complete set of information can be found on Arctic Cooling’s product webpage. Languages used here are English, German, French and Spanish. In all, Arctic Cooling provided all the needed information for the consumer to make a choice. A list of package contents could have been added simply to confirm to the consumer that no USB cable is included with the ARCTIC C2. Nevertheless, the latter could have been figured out by looking at the diagram demonstrating the device’s usage which states “USB cable of your device”.


The back of the packaging

Once the package is opened, the contents are easily taken out. Each of the AC plugs is locked into the plastic of the packaging, ensuring that they do not fall out of the packaging. The ARCTIC C2 wasn’t locked into the packaging, however. It accidently slipped out and fell to the ground when I opened the clamshell. Thankfully, no damage to the device was done


The contents of the packaging