Equipment guides
48 guides — Budget, Best Value, and Premium for each.
Research lab
Analytical BalanceBest value: Mettler Toledo XS205
from £400save 91%
→Laboratory AutoclaveBest value: Tuttnauer 3870EA
from £4.5ksave 76%
→Automated Cell CounterBest value: Beckman Coulter Vi-CELL XR
from £8.0ksave 71%
→Benchtop CentrifugeBest value: Eppendorf 5810R
from £800save 91%
→Benchtop MicrocentrifugeBest value: Eppendorf 5424
from £800save 75%
→Benchtop NMR SpectrometerBest value: Magritek Spinsolve 60
from £35ksave 63%
→Benchtop pH MeterBest value: Mettler Toledo SevenCompact S220
from £1.2ksave 68%
→Biosafety Cabinet Class IIBest value: Thermo Fisher / Forma Scientific 1300 Series
from £3.0ksave 80%
→CO2 Cell Culture IncubatorBest value: Thermo Scientific Heracell VIOS 160i
from £4.0ksave 72%
→Confocal Fluorescence MicroscopeBest value: Zeiss LSM 880
from £80ksave 82%
→Cryogenic Storage Dewar (Liquid Nitrogen)Best value: Chart MVE HEco Series
from £2.5ksave 71%
→Dry Block HeaterBest value: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Barnstead) Digital Dry Bath
from £350save 72%
→Flow CytometerBest value: BD Biosciences FACSCanto II
from £12ksave 87%
→Benchtop Freeze Dryer (Lyophilizer)Best value: Labconco FreeZone 4.5L
from £4.5ksave 76%
→FTIR SpectrometerBest value: Thermo Nicolet Nicolet iS50
from £8.0ksave 82%
→Gel Documentation System with UV TransilluminatorBest value: Bio-Rad ChemiDoc XRS+
from £8.0ksave 71%
→Gel Electrophoresis SystemBest value: Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN Tetra
from £400save 82%
→HPLC SystemBest value: Agilent 1100 Series
from £5.0ksave 89%
→LC-MS Liquid Chromatography Mass SpectrometerBest value: Sciex 4500 QTRAP
from £75ksave 79%
→Magnetic Hotplate StirrerBest value: IKA RCT Basic
from £450save 69%
→MicrocentrifugeBest value: Eppendorf 5425
from £800save 75%
→Microplate WasherBest value: BioTek Instruments 405 TS
from £3.5ksave 72%
→Mini Laboratory CentrifugeBest value: Eppendorf MiniSpin
from £250save 71%
→Orbital Shaker (Benchtop Laboratory)Best value: New Brunswick (Eppendorf) Innova 2000
from £1.2ksave 71%
→Overhead Stirrer LaboratoryBest value: IKA RW 20
from £800save 67%
→PCR ThermocyclerBest value: Applied Biosystems / Thermo GeneAmp 9700
from £1.0ksave 87%
→Microplate ReaderBest value: BioTek (Agilent) Synergy H1
from £8.0ksave 82%
→Jacketed Glass Pressure ReactorBest value: Parr Instrument Company 4560 Series
from £4.5ksave 76%
→Real-Time qPCR MachineBest value: Bio-Rad CFX96 Touch
from £8.0ksave 75%
→Laboratory Recirculating ChillerBest value: Thermo Fisher / Neslab ThermoFlex
from £2.5ksave 71%
→Rotary EvaporatorBest value: Büchi R-200
from £2.5ksave 83%
→Rotary Vane Vacuum PumpBest value: Welch Vacuum DuoSeal 1400
from £600save 79%
→Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)Best value: JEOL JSM-6010LA
from £40ksave 89%
→Shaking Incubator (Laboratory Scale)Best value: New Brunswick Scientific / Eppendorf Innova 44
from £4.5ksave 76%
→Tube Rotator MixerBest value: Thermo Fisher / Barnstead Labquake
from £200save 76%
→Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer (-80°C)Best value: Thermo Fisher / Forma TSX Series
from £4.0ksave 78%
→UltracentrifugeBest value: Beckman Coulter Optima XPN-100
from £15ksave 82%
→Ultrasonic Homogenizer (Sonicator)Best value: Branson Ultrasonics SFX250
from £2.5ksave 71%
→UV-Vis SpectrophotometerBest value: Agilent (Varian/Cary) Cary 60
from £5.0ksave 77%
→Laboratory Vortex MixerBest value: Scientific Industries Vortex-Genie 2
from £150save 67%
→Laboratory Water BathBest value: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Precision, Haake, Neslab) Precision GP 05
from £400save 78%
→Ultrapure Water Purification System (Milli-Q Type)Best value: MilliporeSigma (Merck) Milli-Q IQ 7003/7005/7010/7015
from £4.0ksave 78%
→Pilot lab
High Shear Homogenizer (Pilot Scale)Best value: Silverson L5M
from £8.0ksave 71%
→Pilot Scale BioreactorBest value: Sartorius/B. Braun Biostat C
from £35ksave 81%
→Pilot Scale Pharmaceutical Freeze Dryer (Lyophilizer)Best value: Millrock Technology Revo
from £55ksave 70%
→Pharmaceutical Pilot-Scale Spray DryerBest value: Büchi B-290 Mini Spray Dryer
from £45ksave 64%
→Rotary Tablet Press (Pharmaceutical Grade)Best value: Fette Compacting P1200
from £75ksave 74%
→Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) Skid - Pilot ScaleBest value: Repligen (Spectrum) KrosFlo KR2i
from £22ksave 66%
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