TEMPEST® Liquid Dispenser by FORMULATRIX®, Inc.

"Its not easy setting up the instrument for first time use in terms of the software. The instrument works great after setup. Customer support is amazing in terms of help."

"The TEMPEST is by far the best liquid handler for HTS that I have ever used. I have performed multiple successful high-throughput screens with ours. It uses no consumables (tips), it dispenses without contacting the plate and primes the lines without waste by recirculating reagent. The TEMPEST dispenses are so accurate that I would routinely run 55-plate dispenses with just 2ml dead-volume and never had any fear of running out of reagent."

"We used the tempest dispenser for our drug discovery projects. It is a precious instrument for the dispensing of cells, biochemical reagents and detection mix for biochemical and cellular assays."

"The Tempest works well for bulk dispensing of multiple reagents. The only problem we had was with the stackers, which often got stuck with plates. The customer service team worked hard to remedy this issue."

"The Tempest is a precise positive displacement bulk reagent dispenser. In our experience, we see highly reproducible results in all of our assay reagent additions. Setting up dispense lists is easy and intuitive. Having the flexibility to dispense up to 12 reagents from a single dispenser allows us to design assays in ways we could not with single reagent dispensers in the the past."

"The instrument is easy to configure and offers a high degree of versatility for liquid handling tasks. Having the stackers and a time delay option is immensely helpful for biochemical screens and other applications. The software for plate teaching and creating protocols is very simple to work with."

"This is one of the best instruments on the market. This instrument has a small footprint that fits easily into labs. It can dispense twelve different reagents to any location and any volume on a plate, and even use barcode pick lists to direct the location and volume of dispensing. This instrument is a non-contact dispenser and we have seen our data quality improve by incorporating this instrument into our workflow. It is an invaluable piece of equipment, easily one of the best investments for a small volume dispensing lab. Enables DOE experiments as well. The one down side is for u shaped wells modifications need to be made to dispense speed to ensure the volume stays in the wells. We have found the support and assistance from Formulatrix to be excellent, and I would highly recommend this instrument. "