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LUNA-FL™ Dual Fluorescence Cell Counter by Logos Biosystems

"The Luna FL is very easy to use. We use it in the laboratory to count cell lines and PBMC but also to develop our CRISPR cas9 transfection protocols. The Luna FL saves us significant time for many of our work. I recommend it."

"This instrument has really taken the guesswork out of counting cells in dissociated tissue preparations. Implementing the acridine orange/propidium iodide fluorescent cell counting kit with our dissociation protocols greatly simplifies the accurate counting of live and dead cells where manual/brightfield techniques relied too heavily on user judgment. The instrument is easy to use, provides reproducible results, is very reliable, and budget-friendly."

"This instrument is very easy to use. It has several functionalities that allow applications in several fields (cell culture, transduction, etc.). It saves a considerable amount of time and provides good reproducibility of counts. The after-sales service is top-notch, and the value for money is more than adequate. I recommend it without hesitation."

"Super easy to use, as a masters student this has saved me a lot of time when preparing samples and ensures my results are reliable every time."

"I like the reusable slides, they are very easy to clean and I like the fact that I am not polluting that much with the experiments I perform at work. The results of the cell counting with AO/PI staining are ready within minutes! I definitely recommend this machine."

"The equipment is very easy to use and has highly reproducible results. It is fast and you can acquire several data from just one measurement (total cells, alive, dead, % viability, size, images...)"

"Luna-FL is now an essential tool in our laboratory. We can check tranfection efficiency and cell viability in a easy way."

"This device is a very useful and fast tool for counting cells. Staining of cells and counting by the device is done in under 2 minutes and delivers accurate results. It is very small and perfect for labs without much space. It has many features and can be used very variable. The fast and easy application is the asset for me."

"Fast and easy cell counting after pbmc isolation. Recently had to update the software which didn't work at first, after contacting the helpdesk they sent a detailed and well explained step by step instructions on how to trouble shoot this issue. Amazing after sales care and fast responding customer service. The counter itself is very easy in use and the option of adding custom staining's is very handy."

"I use the Luna and reusable slides. It's reproducible and easy-to-use. I count my primary cells. You can adjust with programs the cell larger or if you use trypan blue, have the percentage of viability. And directly see of the screen which cells is count or not. Also count the cells GFP positives."

"Figuring out the right settings for our samples was a bit tricky, but it has been a piece of cake once we got the settings right. The customer service was also a great help with this and always quick to respond."

"We use this cell counter in a L2 laboratory and it is so easy and rapid."

"Our everyday savior, the user-friendly luna, has revolutionized our lab work! The device's impact is twofold: it not only boosts efficiency but also ensures reproducible results, elevating the quality of our research across various analyses."

"We use it as a cell counter. It has many functions, it’s very fast and takes up very little space. It uses very little sample and gives a lot of information."

"The LUNA-FL™ Dual Fluorescence cell counter is highly effective, delivering reproducible results. It's easy to use with great after-sales care, making it a valuable investment for reliable cell counting. I highly recommend it."

"With disposable counting slides, the cell counter is quick and straight forward and does not require prior training. With ability to directly visualize florescence with ease makes it ideal for every cell biology Lab which essentially is all life sciences labs. It's absolutely value for money and I'd highly recommend."

"Very easy to use and like the additional features."

"We use this equipment in a L2 laboratory and the use is so easy and rapid. We have not anymore to waist time counting."

"This is an amazing product - very easy to use and Good value for money. Paired with the Logos Biosystems Photon slides cell counting has become very quick and convenient in our laboratory."

"We use the Luna Fl for cell counting and morphological distinctions between cell populations. It is very easy to use and fairly customizable. Customer service is great, very responsive. We have had some issues with reproducibility in consecutive counts, but overall a great machine."

"We are pleased to have such an amazing instrument in our lab. Using Luna cell counter made our tasks very easier and speed up our work."

"I have been using this product in our lab ever since I joined the lab in 2020. This is probably the fastest and easiest-to-use cell counter."

"Very easy to use and reliable"

"This instrument was recommended to us to get fast and accurate nuclei and cell counters for molecular biology assays. The purchase process was fast and easy, the instrument arrived promptly and in good conditions and so far it has been easy to set up and use."

"Very effective, quick cell counter with multiple counting options."

"LUNA-FL is the perfect low throughput sample counting instrument our lab needed. Instrument is very versatile in applications (fluorescent and bright field counts) and easy to store due to its compact size. Easy to use with an intuitive user interface. Great for counting all types of cells. Very happy with this instrument overall."

"Small and powerful instrument. Can count various cells lines with trypan blue or fluorescence mode."

"Intuitive and easy to use. Reproducible mammalian cell count and viability with acridine orange and propidium iodide. User can choose between disposable plastic and reusable glass chamber. Not the best choice for GFP transfection assay if your signal is weak."

"This is one of the top two devices in our lab. This greatly saves time for cell counting. When we bought the Luna cell counter, the company sent us a technician who demonstrated all the features of the device. The instrument is very easy to use and even calculates the cell seeding dilution. We use disposable counting chambers, which also saves time and resources. We have had the counter for over a year now and have never had any problems using it."

"Simple tool to use, great output. Cell counter is very easy to use and nearly no instructions are needed. More, it's gives you really fast output and you're able to manually check the results. Its size is perfectly fitting in our lab and its very easy to allocate. One of the most useful instruments that we have in the laboratory."

"Easy to use and navigate"

"This is super easy to use when we count our cells in the lab. We work with primary human hepatocytes, and we get accurate reproducible cell counts. This is a staple within our lab space!"

"Best product I have used so far for cell counting! Very convenient to use. I saved a lot of time using this, instead of counting the old school way."

"This product consistently works well, and is easy to use. Very simple to teach new employees how to use. The LUNA-FL at my lab is used dozens of times a day and continues to produce fast and reliable results. Can't live without it!"

"I and my colleagues love having the Luna-FL in our lab. Great little machine that makes keeping cultures of various cell lines breeze. Straightforward to use and accurate."

"The counter is user friendly, fast and accurate. Saves time when you can count your GFP activated cells instead of FACSing them."

"Really nice device that enables you to automatize your cell counting. Perfect for time saving but also in term of reproducibility (no differences between users compare to manual counting). The AO/PI mix used with the Luna-FL is perfect to count primary cells."

"Robust equipment which provides fast and reliable results for our lab`s daily needs. Extremely satisfied with its performance. Great device and easy to use."

"Super useful to have in a lab! Easy to use, providing reliable results and saving time!"

"Easy to use and really fast ! Disposable plates are really pratical for contaminated cells (with bacteria for example) !"

"The LUNA-FL is very easy to use and gives reproducible results for cell counting, especially for the "difficult" single cell suspensions, prepared from fresh tumor tissue. Here, the use of the LUNA-FL is crucial for counting as it can distinguish very well between live cells / dead cells and cell debris. For all our applications (e.g. organoid seeding), an accurate cell count is essential. Also, I like the tagging option to analyze the cell count as well as the possibility to save the data on a USB stick for later."

"Fast and easy to use"

"I have been using this LUNA counter for one year, it’s simple and easy. it comes with the reagents. The accuracy of the cell count is very important with the viability of cells. It is easy for multiplex samples."

"Precise counts. They AO/PI dye mix doesn't stain debris, thus allowing accurate viable cell count which is a prerequisite for single cell analysis. We have been using it in the lab extensively and are happy with the results, we've recently ordered our second machine."

"The cell counter is easy to use and saves time especially when you have numerous samples. The machine is accurate and the results are reproducible. Slides are a bot expensive but absolutely worth it. you can get reusable slides for cost saving. Can do multiple cell types and methods of counting."

"We achieve high quality result, and quick. It's easy to use, easy to see. It's value for money because slides is cheaper than others. So fashionable color!!"

"Fast and user friendly"

"This cell counter is very easy to use. It gives fast and accurate counting results. Has both brightfield and fluorescence counting which becomes very useful when working with transfections."

"I was able to obtain good agreement between the PI channel of the Luna FL and my own manual haemocytometer counting of nuclei stained with DAPI at a fraction of the time. One caveat would be false 'viability' given from background staining of AO on tissue debris but it could be useful in determining the level of debris from the isolation."

"Excellent device, produces reliable cell counts and saves you a lot of time with a good workflow."

"Other cell counters (trypan blue method) sometimes detected debris, but Luna fL can use AO/PI, so it does not detect debris. The reproducibility of the AO/PI method is high, which is very useful for experiments. It would be great if there was autofocus, as it would be troublesome to manually focus each cell count."

"It's a really nice product that enables you to automatize your cell counting in no time, and that is extremely easy to setup and useful for saving time during your experiments"

"Good value on money, time saving and ease to use. Saves both time and money"

"Easy, fast and very precise!!"

"It's a great tool for counting cells in a suspension. In contrast to old counting methods such as the Neubauer method, this product facilitates the counting around world. Counting can be done faster, and more accurately and the operation is straightforward and therefore easy to use. The only disadvantage is, that it's a little expensive. But the high throughput is definitely recommended and worth the money."

"Great product! Easy to use and very reliable device."

"After I started using Luna, other cell counters were just not as good. It is simple, easy, and very reliable. We usually count different types of cells like tumor cells or cells in co-culture and our results are always reproducible. Luna is a must-have piece of equipment in our lab!!"

"Nice too to count immune cells and cell line. Brightfield and fluorescence available!"

"It is a very easy and user-friendly instrument for cell counting. It gives you lots of information and you can also calculate the volume you need given a cell concentration. Great service and easy to use product."

"My lab is studying the underlying mechanisms driving tumor growth in endometrial cancer. A lot of the work is studying the genomics of the disease. As a result, we perform great bits of analysis on cells, but also nuclei, which are hard to effectively count with trypan blue. The Luna-FL Dual Fluorescence Cell Counter has given us reproducible data and high-quality cell count."

"The Luna-FL is the most accurate automated cell counter that I have used. It is very use friendly and can distinguish easily between smaller cells and debris. I have only used the instrument for brightfield counting thus far but am looking forward to using the other functions in future experiments. The customer service is also top-notch"

"This cell counting equipment is very easy to use and the results are accurate. Our whole lab uses only this one cell counter, and I nearly use it every day. I found this machine very convenient for it takes only half a minute to accomplish cell counting."

"It's a very easy to use, straightforward machine which covers our range of experiments."

"It is a very easy and user-friendly instrument for cell counting. Easy to perform and provide us accurate and reliable results and the experiment time can be shortened. "

"The cell counter is easy to use and reliable. I am mainly using it with brightfield mode (with trypan blue). My colleague use the fluorescent mode quite extensively. No more manual counting for cell passaging, electroporation etc. Really satisfied. One can also adjust the cell size and other counting parameters. Great!"

"It is a very easy and user-friendly instrument for cell counting. It gives you lots of information and you can also calculate the volume you need given a cell concentration. Great service and easy to use product."

"This device is very convenient for testing mammalian cells. The experiment time can be efficiently shortened because it automatically measures the number of living cells without using a hemocytometer when measuring the number of cells."

"Marvellous instrument! Easy to use! Easy to perform and provide us accurate and reliable results"

"Easy to use and handle, cells can be counted without any problem easily. Stains such as trypan blue and fluorescent stains can be used. Live and dead cells are differentiated easily."

"The product is very easy to handle and very effective in counting cells and calculations"

"Excellent and reliable instrument! Worth the hype! I was confused about counting the cells for my test and most of the time I didnt get accurate calculation. But after encountering this cell counter, it is so much easier to get accurate readings quickly. Thank you to Logos Biosystems for providing us with such an amazing cell counter."

"Very easy to count various cells. and a user-friendly product."

"Simply excellent. We are all excited about that, it's fast and easy to use, good job!"

"The cell counter saves us so much time now that we don't have to use a hemocytometer. It is great for training undergraduate research assistants as well as graduate students and maintaining the similar method and unbiased count all around. It is quick, effective and accurate. The results are highly repeatable, allowing for streamlined cell work. The value in the cost is primarily the time we save by using this product, allowing us to perform longer experiments with more cell populations."

"Luna-FL Dual Fluorescent Cell Counter combined with Acridine Orange/Propidium Iodide Stain made counting cells very simple. Using this system, we are able to accurately count the optimal number of cells for use in DNA extraction for many DNA sequencing Library Prep procedures. Very easy to use and accurate."

"Very good technology and easy to use"

"Our team works in onco-haematology on acute myeloblastic leukemia. Many therapeutic advances using targeted therapies have been developed. We have focused our main project on the persistence of leukemia stem cells within the hematopoietic niche. The devices allow us to monitor the proliferation and viability of co-cultures very easily. The results are fast and very reproducible."

"This product is convenient, with a small footprint, and easy to use"

"Very good product, the dyes used for for the viability are very reliable for the cell counter with trypan blue."

"Really easy to use, user-friendly interface. The cell counting is fast and precise. A big plus for the ability to preview counted cells and mark dead / alive one. Good price-quality ratio."

"Works well and quick, however some of the technicalities are not so straightforward. Despite some of these factors, the machine is intuitive and gets the job done quickly."

"Easy to use, saves us time and offers good quality. The consultant Dr Eberhardt was also professional and patient to teach us before use."

"Easy and convenient to use, I like the option to use disposable chips. accurate"

"The device is easy to use, I mainly use it before cell seeding or to check for my culture's viability and survival. The results are reproducible and the device provides fast results. The accuracy seems to be great as well."

"Easy to use, fast, and reliable LUNA cell counter instrument"

"Excellent automated cell counter. Very easy to use. Gives brightfield and fluorescent images of live and dead cells. Love the ability to count cells based on size so that cells of interest within the total population can be ascertained. Extremely helpful when discerning monocytes/dendritic cells from lymphocytes"

"Very fast and reproducible method for cell counting."

"Very user friendly. Reliable"

"Easy to use!"

"A very convenient and compact instrument, easy to use. Saving a lot of time for counting cells, counting is extremely accurate."

"This cell counter is very easy to use, data storage and output are also very convenient, the only point that can be improved is the use of consumables, I hope they can introduce a reusable slide."

"I love how easy to use is Luna, I love how fast it counts and probably the feature I love the most is the capability to see previous results and counts. I think we all forget to take notes at some point, but to know the data will always be available immediately is a relief."

"I love LUNA, easy, fast method to counting cells."

"Brilliant automated cell counter that does both bright field and fluorescent cell counting, allowing for fast and accurate results! The small size means that it can fit anywhere in the lab, and it even has the ability to count GFP transfected/ infected cells which has been very useful for my studies! Would highly recommend!"