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: