FLUOstar® Omega Plate Reader by BMG LABTECH

"Use this to do Bradford assays and turbidity assays for protein biochemistry. Machine is easy to use and gives high quality data."

"I called the customer service with regards to an issue with managing protocols within the Omega software. Lorraine was amazing, kind and friendly and helped me solve my problem in less than 20 minutes! Thank you!"

"FLUOstar Omega is very simple and easy to use with many different applications from adsorbance to fluorescence or luminescence. It's great value for money due to the wide applications. Company is always ready to assist."

"FLUOstar Omega is very simple and easy for use and truoble shooting and also the company is always ready to assist after purchase. This machine is multi-functional and has been in good use, giving value for money."

"The intrument comes with preset programs that can be modifed based on user's needs or new programs can be be created by the user. It can be used for a variety of applications, from adsorbance to fluorescence to luminescence. We added two injection pumps, enabling us to perform tests requiring fast kinetics. No periodic maintenance or calibration are necessary. Given the high number of applications, the price is well paid."

"Simple programs, consistent results."

"A nice, multi-functional plate reader"

"We use the plate reader for a variety of absorbance and fluorescence assays. I found it easy to use with user-friendly software. The results generated were great and there is a variety of analytical tools within the software itself which make large volumes of data easier to digest. The best part is the support given from BMG itself; Sarah Dickinson has personally come to the lab on multiple occasions to help us set up new assays."

"The plate reader is very useful for the applications we wish to perform and the results are easily reproducible. The after-sales care by BMG Labtech is superb, Sarah Dickinson in particular has been a huge help to us and assisted us in the few queries we had with speed and great knowledge. I would thoroughly recommend any BMG Labtech products to anyone who is looking for a reliable and easy to use plate reader."

"Its easy to use, and sensitive. The service is superb and we are very happy."

"We were in contact with several companies before we decided to buy the FLUOStar Omega from BMG. The reps are excellent, give very good advice and do not try to sell you things you don't need. Also the after sales care was/is very good. The engineer came one week after the delivery and installed the device and the next day we had the full introduction with one of the specialists who even helped to set up our protocols and gave very good scientific advice for the next tests. The software is intuitive, but has loads of options and we are still working our way through it. Good thing that the specialists team is able to help you with any questions that come up. I also recommend taking a look into the well-written manual, because it gives good illustrated background information on the different functions. Overall we are very happy with the device, software, and service. It is a high quality device and was a good investment for our lab, we are looking forward to using it to its full potential."

"The product is very versatile and can pretty much cover all the assays for Fluorescence, absorbance and luminescence you will ever need to do. It is easy to use and the CO2 regulator allows for essays that take longer time to be performed safely."

"This piece of equipment is very useful, we use it regularly for our in-house validation assays. Easy to use, useful manual, good post-assay software to analyse the data."

"FLUOstar is a quick and easy to use reader. it is reliable and gives precise measurements. It is really robust."

"Yes very good results with great accuracy. The equipment is simple and generate a lot of data important for different applications."

"I believe this plate reader provides the best value for the money spent. The PDA detector for absorption measurements allows for monitoring 96 reactions at the same time, making data analysis the bottleneck of the experiment. The regular spectrophotometer is used much less right now! The ability to modulate the signal gain in fluorescence measurements provides a good flexibility for working at various concentration ranges of fluorescent compounds."

"The unit is incredibly robust with easy -to-use software that allow a wide range of customization and flexibility in setting up my protocols. Their MARS Data Analysis Software has been especially helpful in visualizing my data, constructing standard curves, applying my own customized calculation formula and many more; all done at a click of a button. I would also be remiss not to mention the 5 star after sales service; responsive and attentive to any of my concerns and questions."

"Very easy to use instrument / good price. We have 9 instruments in total including POLARstar and CLARIOstar."

"Very thorough machine and software, very customizable and flexible for the user - the manufacturers have really thought about it from the User's perspective and to ensure robust output for scientific representation. It may be a little complex at first when using the machine, but the after-sales support/training is very good and the representatives have good expertise and can help users with their experiment planning and analysis. An extra benefit is that they have future-proofed the equipment, you can always add more components (e.g. injector) retrospectively and expand the applications of this machine even more."

"We initially acquired the FLUOstar® Omega to analyze probes in multi-well plates. We tested several comparable products but for this purpose it was the machine with the best cost-effectiveness at that time. Meanwhile we established all kinds of assays on this machine ranging from simple DNA or protein quantification over cell culture analysis to enzyme kinetics. The very user friendly software is suitable for beginners as well as for advanced users and the user management makes it easy to separate different users. We now work with this machine for more than 5 years without any major technical problems, which speaks for the good manufacturing of this product. Minor problems were solved by the technical support immediately. In addition, they also helped us to develop customized protocols for our assays. The customer support always informed us about the newest assays which might be of interest for our research and which can be run on their machines. If we ever need a new comparable device we would consider BMG first to all other suppliers, based on our previous experience with them. "

"Fluostar Omega enables quite high quality results and is very easy to use. I recommend it to those who want to try it. Specifically, Fluostar Omega has easy set-up, convenient data analysis, excellent reproducibility and reliability, contributing to the convenience. BMG LABTECH provides good customer service and informative, helpful contacts and quick to respond to issues. Considering the all kinds of values, Fluostar Omega provides lots of benefits and is worth more than what we paid for."

"This is a robust, multi-purpose, modular microplate reader, with a built-in thermostat and shaker. The software is easy to use but highly flexible and allows one to create user-defined scripts, combining multiple measurements. The readiness and qualification of technical support is just outstanding."

"Fantastic instrument. Works reliably. Rapid assays."

"I love the ease of use of this instrument, modular set up, injectors, smooth operations and just "dialing in" the wavelengths."

"This has been an excellent buy for our research purposes. Multi-use and the best after sales care of any equipment we have purchased."

"The plate reader is excellent all round, one of the few with a dedicated O2/CO2 atmosphere control unit. The technical and sales team at BMG have been exceedingly helpful in facilitating our research, assay development as well as product evaluation, and after sales support. I highly recommend BMG products to existing and potential new plate reader users."

"It's an excellent plate reader and has the capacity to modulate O2 concentration. Immense flexibility and function."

"Besides typical applications for a microplate reader, I want to emphasize a novel application developed recently for these readers; you can purchase a preloaded micro plate to do Label-Free Analysis of your protein of interest, reducing time and expenses related to expensive labels. At present, the label free instruments (Like SPR, BLI) are quite expensive but with the superior spectrophotometric quality of BMG Labtech Readers you are able to do label free analysis in an easy and affordable way. The software is very intuitive and the readers are very robust. You have a bunch of analytes to choose from and the list is continually growing. The reader is also quite a good instrument to have in your lab as this multi mode capabilities allow you to make all the wide range of microplates assays available in the market."

"Very easy to use, software is intuitive and I've had a very good experience with our BMG rep. I like the fluid handling addition, letting us inject additional reagents into our plates."

"Easy software.  21 CFR 11 compliant.  I recommend FluoStar as a plate reader.  Easy to use luminescence accessory.  Password protected data and easy to perform calculations such as standard curves and Z'."

"The instrument is very easy to set up. Software is intuitive and user friendly."

"We have been very happy the Omega Prostar and with the service and support received from everyone at BMG Labtech."

"The FLUOstar Omega Multi-Mode Plate Reader is an easy equipment to use. It is user friendly which explains each step in the basic form. The software practically does all the calculations which has saved the lab a lot of time. I definitely would recommend people purchase this equipment, it’s brilliant."

"The FLUOstar Omega Multi-Mode Plate Reader is an invaluable piece of equipment in our laboratory. The ability to control the internal temperature as well as programming the software to take optical density readings every few minutes means that producing bacterial growth curves under various conditions is no longer a chore."

"It is a fantastic machine and good value for money."

"Good product, but not of much advancement."

"good plate reader for luminescence assay with easy software. two injectors for flask luminescence recordings. more injectors (around 10) would be great for dose-response curves."