Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Genentech, Inc.
A great instrument to have in the lab!
Application Area: Dispensing reagents into 96 well plates.
"Easy to use multi-programmable instrument to aspirate and dispense reagents onto 96 well plate formats instantly at different desired volumes. Ergonomic and a great alternative to repetitive pipetting. Produces quality and reproducible results. Only con to its use is that it uses a lot more tips than the manual way of pipetting."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Genentech, Inc.
A great instrument to have in the lab!
Application Area:Dispensing reagents into 96 well plates.
"Easy to use multi-programmable instrument to aspirate and dispense reagents onto 96 well plate formats instantly at different desired volumes. Ergonomic and a great alternative to repetitive pipetting. Produces quality and reproducible results. Only con to its use is that it uses a lot more tips than the manual way of pipetting."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Siparadigm
Great results.
Application Area:384 Covid PCR
"Yes, yes, yes. Will save you up to one hour for 384 well PCR assays."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Aihong Thai
Excellent product! Good service. Can't work without this instrument.
Application Area:Public health lab newborn screening
"Simple and easy to use and to train staff. Eliminate hand repetitive motion injury. Efficient and trouble free. We have been using this everyday pipette for thousands of sample daily. No instrument down time so far. Good value for the money. Highly recommended."
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ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: NGM Biopharmacueticals inc
Awesome machine.
Application Area:Cloning
"This is a very solid reliable machine. Makes cell plating a lot easier with accuracy and reduced strain on arms and shoulders. Also provide flexibility by allowing to swap out heads for different occasions."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: RealSeq Biosciences
Great and indispensable to the experiments that we do in our lab on a daily basis.
Application Area:RNA extractions and library preparations for next generation sequencing and qPCR
"This single piece of equipment enables us to do high throughput library preparations on a 96 well and 384 well format. Super easy to use."
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ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Second Genome
Convenient 96-well liquid handler, with some learning curve.
Application Area:Liquid handling - assay prep, plate stamping
"I personally love this machine. The learning curve is slightly steep, though, as proper training and a good amount of practice is required before being able to use the VIAFLO 96 for more delicate or small volume tasks. The iPod-wheel style buttons are a bit funny but are intuitive after some practice. I appreciate that the heads are easily interchangeable. One thing I wish would change is that some processes require you to press the right button to save edits, which is a bit obvious and quite easy to overlook, which can be annoying when I'm trying to do things quickly."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Saves time, good product.
Application Area:Pipetting materials
"This instrument made life so easy in the lab, it was very easy to pipet materials. Customer service is very good as well."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: TCR2
Awesome instrument. I use it all the time. Very intuitive, easy to program and use.
Application Area:ELISA
"This instrument is very easy to use and the results are reproducible."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: New England Biolabs
Saves time and is very easy to use!
Application Area:High-throughput screening
"The VIAFLO has been a great addition to our lab. Previously, I spent a lot of my time using a multichannel pipet for high-throughput screening. The VIAFLO has saved me a significant amount of time in my workflows. It is extremely easy to use and I am able to work with a variety of plate types. The different size 96 and 384 heads allow me to use the VIAFLO for any high-throughput application in the lab."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Biogen
Easy to use, fast, and very precise.
Application Area:Bioassay and HTS
"Easy to use, fast, and very precise."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Arzivx Biosciences Inc
Very smooth handling.
Application Area:Cell Bio
"Viaflo 96 can use in the hood. Handling is very smooth. Multipippette also used for 384-well plates."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Novo Nordisk
Great equipment. Easy to use.
Application Area:Liquid transfer
"The use of Viaflo 96 really saves time in the lab and is making work life better as a technician."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Bode Technology
Automation provides consistency.
Application Area:DNA extraction
"The Viaflo 96 is a very user-friendly, small footprint solution for a simple but time consuming process. Also very useful for sample preparation where manual processing is variable from analysts to analyst but automation provides consistency."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Malvern Panalytical
Excellent product.
Application Area:Pipetting
"Excellent product that is really simple to program and use. Tips never fall off because of the grip lock."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Hamilton Company
Perfect for high throughput assays that require consistent volumes.
Application Area:Drug Discovery
"The pipettes are easily the most ergonomic. I'm able to use the pipette all day without any hand fatigue. The tips retain no leftover volume and are perfect for high throughput assays that require consistent volumes. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: CDC
Works really well.
Application Area:Sample dilution, washing ELISAs
"Works really well, easy to use, saves time, multiple uses."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: ATCC
My biologists love the machine.
Application Area:Production of 96 well plate replicates
"My biologists love the machine. They say it is easy to use and efficient. Tips are very expensive, and we hope the price could be lower."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Universal Cells
Programs have saved a lot of time.
Application Area:Cell culture, PCR set up
"Programs have saved a lot of time + operater wear for working higher throughput."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Easy to use.
Application Area:Pipetting setup of high throughput assays
"Great and easy to use."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Best multichannel pipettes.
Application Area:Pipetting setup of high throughput assays
"Easily the best multichannel pipettes."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: UGA
Saves time and money.
Application Area:Pipetting
"Awesome products! Easy to use and saves time and money."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: BD Biosciences
Different heads provide precision at different volumes.
Application Area:Buffer preparation for magnetic bead manufacturing
"I like the design of different heads to provide precision for different volumes. What I don't like is the process to change the heads. If I don't do it frequently, I have to go back to the manual. A simple cartoon or schematic on the device could help."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Scholar Rock
Easy to use and great service.
Application Area:Protein science
"Some people get nervous making protocols but being able to have them made by integra and on the fly, is great."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: GO Therapeutics
Must have for small + lean startups.
Application Area:Antibody discovery
"Fantastic product. Easy to learn and improved my workflow efficiency tremendously. This unit has allowed me to double/triple my work capacity."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
Viaflo 96: An absolutely fantastic pipette!
Application Area:Cell-based 96 well assays
"The INTEGRA sales person is looking after us very well. Before and after the sale. Very important: the sales person never ever put any pressure on us, to ensure that we bought from them. He always waited to hear from us, before contacting us again. Very respectful. Concerning the VIAFLO pipettes, we needed to change our old Matrix pipettes. Our 'problem' was that we needed new pipettes capable of handling cells within 96 wells plates without scratching the cell monolayer, or at least only at the very corner of the wells. This needed pipet tips with narrow ends. So before asking any pipet on demo, we asked for pipet tips from 6 different companies, including INTEGRA. In the mean time we also looked at the price for tips (which is far more important than the price of the pipettes). We then compared all the pipette tips we obtained. Half of the tips were just too wide at their ends and thus useless. Then we compared the prices of the tips and also studied any information we could obtain (technical information, etc.). We found that the INTEGRA VIAFLO pipettes seemed to fulfill our needs, at least on paper. We then asked for a demo. The VIAFLO pipette was very quickly delivered. We tested it over the course of a week: programing, pipetting, scratching the cells in our 96 well plates. We found that the VIAFLO very nicely did what it needed to do. We did not ask another brand for a demo. We ended up buying four 1250 uL VIAFLO pipettes and one 300 uL VIAFLO pipette. We have been using these pipettes for a couple of months now. We are all very satisfied with them and do not regret buying them at all."
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ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: IMCS
Great instrument!
Application Area:Liquid dispensing
"I would definitely recommend it to others. It gave reproducible results and was easy to use."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Boehringer Ingelheim
The device is very good for us in both time and money saving.
Application Area:Pipetting, washing, transferring
"The device is very good for us in both time and money saving."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Integrated Dna Technologies
Love it!
Application Area:RNA Processing
"Setup was easy, day to day use is simple, instrument was cost effective solution for our lab. Love it!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: DuPont
This was invaluable to our lab.
Application Area:Liquid handling
"Easy to use and very quick to learn."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Genentech
The ease of use and dependability is outstanding
Application Area:Liquid handling
"This instrument is one of the best 96 assisted pipetting head in the market. The ease of use and dependability is outstanding, it has saved us numerous times."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Genentech
Reliable and makes our life easier.
Application Area:Liquid handling
"Had our VIAFLO for 5 yrs. Has been reliable and makes our life easier."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: University of Chicago Institute for Molecular Engineering
Makes 96-well plate handling a breeze
Application Area:High-throughput staining of lymphocytes for flow cytometry
"The Viaflo96 allows a single user to comfortably and accurately process multiple 96-well plates across a variety of assays. Compared to other 96-channel options on the market, the Viaflo96 is the same price but a standard above with its bench top robotic capabilities that dramatically increase efficiency and consistency in liquid handling anywhere in the lab. The only price hurdle is the pipette tips, but overall well worth it for what the machine is capable of. Integra has provided great customer service throughout our experience, from demoing to purchasing and installing the unit."
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ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Okinawa Institute of Science
Best Practice for NGS!
Application Area:Dilution, transferring DNA samples, preparing DNA libraries.
"VIAFLO96 offers a wide range of pipette programs which can be performed intuitively and easily. We soon found this device is quite user-friendly. Handling 96 samples in a single step by the VIAFLO enables us to save pipetting time on many protocols and to increase our pipetting throughput significantly. We've used it to make DNA libraries for NGS in combination with low-retention tips. This benchtop system fits into our lab very well. We definitely won't go back to the way that we used to process DNA multi-sample by hand."
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ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Mountain View Hospital
Fantastic pipettes
Application Area:Clinical microbiology
"Fantastic pipettes. So interesting to see all of them in action"
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ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Crown Toxicology
Excellent pipette automation! Increases efficiency and accuracy!
Application Area:Solid phase extraction, dilution, elution
"The VIAFLO 96 Channel pipette is amazing. It not only increases efficiency and productivity, but also removes human error in regards to pipetting incorrect volumes or incorrect sample / solution / solvent. It is fully programmable, I personally run 3 methods on it, a main drug panel with an enzyme, an alcohol panel as well as a mixed panel. I run Solid Phase Extraction as well on all my samples, and this does 90% of the pipetting for me. It comes with 5 different 'Head' sizes for different pipette tips (volumes). I currently only use the 100-300uL and the 50-1250uL. The only time I need assistance from tech support was while doing validation. Other than that the instrument has been 100% reliable, and I've had mine for about 4 years and use it every day."
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ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: SiO2 Medical Products
Best purchase we've made for our lab
Application Area:Testing protein recovery rate on plastic articles
"This pipette is WONDERFUL. Our sample throughput went up 50% by replacing our regular 8-channel pipette with this 96 well pipette. The system is very easy to use and gives you many pipetting options not available with a regular pipette. Being able to customize my pipetting programs has made for much smoother, faster experiments. I tell the pipette which program to run, press go, and it does all the work for me! And the best part.... my hand no longer hurts from all of the pipetting we do!"
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Hoffman La-Roche
Easy to use, great time saver, even with 3D cultures.
Application Area:Toxicity studies/treatment of 3D spheroids
"Looked daunting at first but is very easy to use, even for someone who has never worked with INTEGRA products before. Programming works exactly like an INTEGRA electronic pipette, so it's a no-brainer if you've already used those. I use it with a specific 3D spheroid plate, so it has to be very precise for aspirating supernatant without disturbing the tissues, which it does perfectly. It has saved me a lot of pipetting time, I can now exchange media on 5 plates in around 2 minutes, which helps enormously!"
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: USDA- Meat Animal Research center
Never transfer solutions by hand again
Application Area:Transfering DNA samples
"I love using this. I have to transfer DNA from 96 well plates to 384 well plates. Used to take me all day making these plates by hand. This product cuts that time significantly. Now, I can make 20+ 384 plates in less than an hour. It's amazing."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Molecular Partners AG
Unleash the full potential of 96/384 well high-throughput screening!
Application Area:High throughput screening
"We have currently got two Viaflo 96/384 running in our high-throughput screening and expression lab. Introducing the Viaflo 96 device has enabled us to efficiently screen our drug products in 96/384 well format with high reproducibility. Handling the Viaflo 96 is as easy as using an iPod Classic with its innovative user interface. Minimum effort required to introduce new colleagues to the instrument. We completely rely on this great instrument!"
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Adimab
Highly recommended!
Application Area:Preparation of DNA for sequencing
"I would highly recommend this instrument. Currently, I use the VIAFLO for sequencing preparation. It is remarkable how much time it saves, from before doing everything manually to now having a 96-well head to aid in the work flow. It is very user-friendly and easy to program. I use this instrument every day for most of the day. The after sales care has been unbelievable. Anytime I have a question/concern, or if there has been an issue with the instrument (which rarely occurs) there was always someone to instruct me over the phone or someone was there the next day."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Novartis
Great value.
Application Area:Assay work flow
"Just a handy thing to have. Pipette, serial dilute or even wash a plate. Better CVs and fast turnaround for set up and use."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Genzyme
Reduces Ergonomic stress
Application Area:Liquid Handling for high ergonomic stress assays
"We have used the Viaflo96 to replace pipetting operations that were causing high ergonomic stress on operators. The implementation of this instrument has eliminated the areas of stress and increased the throughput on many of our key assays."
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Expert ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Exact Sciences
Quick and easy to integrate into your lab
Application Area:Assay reagent delivery
"The VIAFLO 96 is easy to program, easy to train on, and easy to use. The operators find the instrument user friendly, and appreciate the time savings found by using the VIAFLO 96 instead of manual reagent addition. INTEGRA installed the instrument and trained operators, and answered all questions. The instrument requires minimal amount of maintenance. The VIAFLO 96 is a great way to save time and does not require the full investment in time / cost for full automation. "
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: MeiraGTx
Great results.
Application Area:Cell and tissue culture
"The VIAFLO 96 is an easy to use option for adding some automation to your workflow. It is easy to program, and even easier to use on the manual settings."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Eli Lilly
The instruments portability and flexible heads make it a must-have!
Application Area:Mammalian Cell Line Generation for Pharmaceutical Development
"These instruments work incredibly well for our cell line generation platform efforts. They are easy to use in a manual fashion but have the added benefit of simple programming for more automated functions as well as that awesome flexibility of multiple heads per instrument. Since they are very easy to decontaminate and share among multiple tissue culture suites, they may be the most valuable automation addition in recent years."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Celcuity
Critical to our internal pipetting needs for our functional, cellular assays!
Application Area:Cellular biomarker testing
"We use the Viaflo96 for all of our cellular biomarker testing. The instrument is used on a daily basis, and we rely on the automated pipetting features for most of our applications. The reliability and ease of use of the Viaflo96 has been critical to the development, validation and implementation of our cellular, functional assays. We purchased a second head for the instrument as a backup due to the critical importance of this device in our daily operations."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: Saint Francis University
Application Area:academic lab
"The pipette was super easy to use and take care of. The customer service was awesome as well! We are thinking of getting more for the new science building that we are building."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: la roche
Application Area:nuclear chemistry
"It is easy to use and there is no impediment in using them at all they come with full guidelines. One of the multiple aspects of the VIAFLO equipment is that you can use it before and after each experience, without taking extra time to wait for it to cool down."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: Intrexon
Application Area:Drug Discovery
"The 96well Viaflo is very nice. We had some issues at the beginning but customer service was great and now it works really well. We use it a lot and it holds up well."
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ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Metabolon
Application Area:Bioanalysis
"Works with organic solvents/mixtures in a bioanalytical environment. Mainly used for non-quantitative transfers of organic solvents/mixtures. Custom programs for different assays are a great feature: easy and fast to program, great for method development and sample analysis phase."
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ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: SESVanderHave
Application Area:Molecular testing QA
"This is so much faster for our high throughput needs. The multi dispensing in 384-well format is the best thing ever made. It's so fast and efficient. I also recommend it if you don't want any mistakes in moving from 96-well to 384-well."
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ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Janssen Research and Development LLC
This pipette is very easy to use and saves a lot of time.
Application Area:Bulk liquid transfer
"This pipette is very easy to use and saves a lot of time compared to manual transfer. Service is very helpful and offered help and suggestions before they arrived to fix problem."
VIAFLO 96 increases productivity of sample preparation in microplates. It is used like a standard handheld pipette. It is hand-controlled but movements are supported by motors for an effortless workflow and precise targeting of the microplate wells.
The working volume range of VIAFLO 96 can be quickly adapted to the application’s requirements by changing the pipetting heads. The 24 channel heads are available in the volume ranges 10-300 µl and 50-1250 µl and the 96 channel heads in the volume ranges 0.5-12.5 µl, 2-50µl, 5–125 µl, 10–300 µl and 50–1250 µl.
VIAFLO 96 benefits from the innovative GripTip system. The special pipette tips, together with the unique tip fitting, form an integral system. It guarantees tips will not fall off during pipetting and provides a reliable sealing of every tip.
VIAFLO 96 can be used for sample transfers from reservoir to plate, plate to plate or within plates.
Features and Benefits:
• VIAFLO 96 is used like a handheld pipette and has an intuitive user interface, freeing staff from training time.
• Pipetting heads can be changed for an optimal instrument adaption to different volume ranges, increasing accuracy and precision.
• The innovative GripTip system provides a reliable sealing of every tip and guarantees that tips will never fall off, providing safe and reproducible assay preparation.
• Various pipetting modes are available for increased productivity and application customization.
Manufacturer INTEGRA Biosciences
4.8 / 5.0 | 56 reviews