Hi, The most rock-solid robotic screening platform in my experience has been the Mosquito. It has a supply spend of ~$2000/reel of tape which has ~27,000 tips on it so it's roughly 9-9 cents per tip - so per plate with thee proteins on it it's about 3 bucks depending on how you organize the set up.
Not to say that other machines are bad, no - there are plenty of good instruments out there but in my opinion Mosquito has unbeatable combination of robust, repeatable set up, disposable tips and accuracy. In my career I've tried or owned about 90% of all devices out there (I guess that's the advantage of having several industrial positions in a row) and so I am fairly confident that this is not a biased comparison. Artem - Cosmic Cats approve of this message P.S. naturally I am not affiliated with TTP in any way. Caveat emptor. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Jinyi Zhu <jinyi.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear CCP4ers, > > Sorry for the off topic question. A friend of mine is considering > purchasing a crystallization screening robot and would like to know which > one would suit his need best. His lab would use the robot occasionally for > screening and have a limited budget. He also wants minimum supply purchases > for the robot. Could you kindly suggest some models? Thanks! > > Btw, I have personally used Douglas OryX, ARI crystal Pheonix, Mosquito > and Hydra II-Edrop systems. > > Best, > > Jinyi >
