7500 Fast Real-Time PCR System by Thermo Fisher Scientific

"The product is a cutting-edge technology and efficient for its tasks, but it is not very cost effective. Nevertheless, the results are easy to interpret. Customer service could be better, and distribution should provide more on the maintenance of the machine."

"Great unit very user friendly. Great ease of results reading. Very fast and efficient."

"The software needs to be more user friendly. For example, you have to enter all the sample IDs one by one while in excel you can do that in a couple of minutes. It does not give you the option of importing from excel. Overall it is a very good product. "

"Ease of operation is incomparable to any other analyzer. It enabled me to get quality results from various types of forensic specimens without any major issues."

"The 7500 FAST system is easy to use, give reliable and reproducible results. The SDS software is easy to use and is really good for data analysis. Both Standard and Fast cycles can be used depending on the experimental needs. To reduce cost, PCR volume can be reduced to 10 ul. I used recommended master mixes for this machine and have always obtained good and reliable results. "

"This product is versatile and has a large throughput for a real-time PCR platform. It allows for multiplex reactions for several different targets in the same reaction well. It is easy to program and gives results in a time frame which is beneficial for the patient."

"The Applied Biosystems 7500 PCR cycler is very easy to use and it takes approximately 2 hours 19 minutes to complete a run. The software is very easy to link to our computers and links to databases where your patient’s files are. The cyclers have a very long life and my laboratory has not had any problems with their effectiveness or fitness for purpose. The quality of the PCR products from the cycler is very high plus contamination is significantly reduced compared to other cyclers which have also been used by the laboratory and other units in the department. It is very sensitive and in terms of training to be deemed competent to use the cycler, it is relatively easy from an operational level. The engineers are very quick to respond to any queries."

"It is very easy to use after the instructions from the application specialist. In the “fast PCR” mode you have the data after 40 min. The after sales service is very good and helps even with small problems. The Software for the instrument is easy to use and you can install it on more than one computer."

"Fast and accurate, it provides reproducible results. User friendly and a good workhorse. "

"This machine is easy to use. Also, it's fast to learn but a little difficult to find out how to do efficiency PCR."

"The system is easy to use and it is compact.  However, an automated tray on the device and some method for touch screen interface would be great."

"Very intuitive-- easy to use and to find and label wells with different reporters. It's also very easy to customize and save templates. Machine plates can be switched out from 96 well to 384 well plates very easily. Temperature gradients are very useful for optimization."

"The machine itself is easy to use and produces good results. However, we have encountered problems with the machine losing connection with the computer since we purchased this equipment 2 years ago. This results in whole data sets being lost, all the calibrations needed resetting and a lot of down time waiting for engineers to come in. Applied Biosystems upgraded the computer they supplied with the machine less than a year after we had it in a hope to negate these connectivity issues. This worked for about 6 months, but now they've started up again. So I'm generally not particularly impressed with the system as a whole in terms of reliability."

"Easy to use and easy to manage data. I would recommend this system."

"Great thermocycler; easy to use; both conventional and fast PCR."

"it is really easy to use and the software is friendly to use for people without training for most of the analysis."