Agilent BioTek BioStack Microplate Stacker by Agilent Technologies

"This equipment is super good if you are dealing with multiple plates at the same time. It saves lots of your time once you set it up. "

"This stacker was one of the best investment this laboratory has ever done. It is easy to use especially when one is handling a dozen of plates at a time. It is fast and easy to operate. We have been using this equipment for 6 months and We never had any malfunctioning issues. I would recommend this equipment to everyone who does heavy ELISA work. I had recommended already for all my colleagues working in similar field. "

"The stacker was set-up and aligned with our Biotek Synergy Neo by the Biotek service person and away we went. It is very easy to use. The plate loading takes a little time to get used to, but overall a great stacker for our high-throughput screening core plate reader. "

"The BioStack Microplate Stacker in conjunction with the plate washer allows me to load Elisa plates into the stacker and have the plates washed and re-stacked in the same order. The time spent washing and stacking the plate allows me to complete other things in the lab. "

"The stacker is something we use almost every day for the last 5 years or so, and has only ever given us problems when we accidentally pour buffer into it! When we treat it reasonably, it works like a charm. Occasionally though, we would have a plate fail to drop down, and our service tech Marius explained that this was because we were using it with break-away plates rather than the solid plates it is usually used with. He came up with a solution of putting tiny pads on the ends of the feet that take a plate down from the stack, and this worked wonders to solve that problem. Thank you Marius! "

"The Bio-Stack is used with a e406 plate washer. The stacker saves time and automates the process of Washing ELISA plates. There are seldom problems with the plates stacking or restacking and various 96-well plates are used with no problem with plates from different manufacturers. I would recommend the Bio-Stack."

"Great product that is easy to use. The self-cleaning sonication function is great for keeping the inlet and outlets cleared of debris for even washing. The stacker is very simple to set up and use."

"It is invaluable when running serology. We are able to load the plates onto the BioStack and walk away, freeing us up to work on something else while the plates are washing. We used to have to sit in front of the plate washer and load plates on one at the time."

"It's a stacker that can integrate with a number of BioTek's instrument. It's fast, portable, easy to integrate. One thing that can be improved is its appearance. It doesn't look very high-tech. "

"Occasionally the plate stacker and microplate reader will not initiate communication, but a simple restart is generally all that is required and then once going the two seems to be bulletproof and allow me to run multiple plates and replicates back to back!"

"Yes, I achieved reproducible results, but the stacker component can be difficult to set up if the alignment of the plates are not exactly perfect. Overall it was good for saving time and being reproducible once it was set up right. Also, customer support was good, but again the stacker component needs to be on a very level surface for it to operate correctly. "

"it is user friendly, helps to process large number of plates"

"When the instrument was initially set up, we had a lot of issues with the stacker not placing the plates on the washer correctly. The plates would then crash and it would disrupt the run. A month later, a new washer was connected to the stacker and the stacker now works perfectly, no plate misplacement."

"The Biostack is very easy to use, it becomes second nature. It allows us to set up our plates for washing then I can walk away while it washes! I will re-plan experiments (to another day) if this instrument is not available when I need to run multi plate Elisas, because it makes that much of a difference to your work day. It cuts out hands on time freeing you to do things as they wash not stand there while they wash."

"It's a fast pate stacker and it works just fine with other BioTek Products (we have it hooked up to a 406). It presents and removes plates, but also can reshuffle, which is great if you want to automate an entire ELISA workflow."

"The stacker is very helpful when you have a large load of plates. I am using strip-well 96 well plates which are not recommended by Biotek but the stacker works well with these types of plates a swell as solid plates."

"Thanks to Biotek Biostack, automate washing is becoming easier than in the past; Fast processing and walk away automation for all types of microplates, "

"Very durable. No issues for 5 years so far. Easy to operate and handle."

"This stacker is very simple to program and operate through a PC based software. It is a very reliable machine. Its open format allows for easy cleaning and maintenance and the release mechanism is up front and easily accessible for rapid removal and installation of the stacks. "