Pipet Tip

CEO Max discusses the different factors to consider when deciding on which micropipettor brands to purchase, and when it makes sense to purchase nonsterile tips.

LPS can partner with your lab to get you the equipment you need, when you need it, at the best price, and in the most efficient manner!

In this post, we list the traits we think define a great supplier. See if you agree. Also, Max tells not one but two War Stories! Finally, we de-mystify how to select the right tip for your application and pipettor.

CEO Max discusses a revolutionary instrument for measuring pH. Also, he provides some interesting information about sterile consumables, explains why LPS does not sell our products on Amazon, and raises concerns about potential tariffs and their impact on lab supply costs.

Our pipet tip classification system helps eliminate guesswork when selecting the correct tip for your brand of pipettor.

- Proprietary vs. “Universal” tips.

- What are the most common reasons tips “don’t fit?”

- Devising a classification system for pipet tips.

- Why tips for pipettors larger than 3ml (“macro” tips) are so hard to classify.

- Using this classification system to search for the tips you need.

Is this the position you have been put in by your pipettor manufacturer? Have they convinced you that if you do not use their brand of tips no matter what the cost that you will be (insert gasp here…) introducing error into your experiments that may jeopardize your results? Why take the risk. Just accept this and bury your head in the sand. It makes your wallet much more accessible to them!

How do you save money on pipet tips without jeopardizing your test results?

Would you be willing to jeopardize your results to save money by buying pipet tips that are inaccurate or contaminated? The answer is easy because the cost of introducing error far outweighs the money saved. So what is the "safe" choice? Here are the primary ways labs make the best choice: