Hi, It's a good setup for a smaller volume lab. The racks hold 10 slides and the dishes slide together and link into a chain or can be used separately. I have used the dishes for antigen retrieval and they haven't cracked or warped. I haven't regretted the purchase.
Cheers, Amos Brooks On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:00 PM, <histonet-requ...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:41:00 -0400 > From: Emily Brown <talulahg...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Histonet] setting up for staining > To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> > Message-ID: > <CAP=XX1zDs1d24p4Gww3yAf60P5Z+xhdzu= > xg4yyfjwafkit...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello! > > My lab doesn't really do staining (H and E, Masson Trichrome) too often > (maybe once a week), but I'd really like to have a set of dishes with all > of the plastic bins and what not. Unfortunately, this costs $500 for just > one row. > Has anyone tried the newer set-ups like this > https://us.vwr.com/store/catalog/product.jsp?product_id=4790248 > > It's remarkably cheaper, but I wonder if that's because it's not as good. > We don't have a lot of money, and convincing my boss to even consider this > will probably be difficult. I've been using three glass dishes and pouring > reagents in and out of them; it's time to move on to an actual set where we > can store the reagents in the dish. > While I wish we could buy the cool Tissue Tek version (since everyone else > has it), it's not feasible at all considering the cost. > > (Also, Ann, stop lurking I know you're reading this!!) > > Emily > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet