DS-11 Series Spectrophotometer/Fluorometer by DeNovix

"I very often achieve high quality and accurate results in comparison to other equipment my lab has used in the past."

"Straightforward and easy-to-use application."

"I'm mostly posting this review because I'm so delighted with how easy this spectrophotometer was to set up, get online, install updates and get users trained on it. I work with many more complicated instruments and setting this up was a rare, absolute delight to unpack and get using. Looks like its maintenance will be minimal, which I also appreciate."

"Device is very easy to use, with ready to use apps. Measurements are reliable and very fast. All you need in the field of Molecular Biology."

"The product is very easy to use and takes up very little space on the benchtop. We wanted to move from the Nanodrops and Ocean Optics we were using previously to one stand-alone system that would meet the needs of both our Life Science and Chemistry programs. Less reagents, less waste, and no cuvettes are also big pluses for us. Simple for the undergraduate students to use, everything is touch screen on a stand-alone platform. No more benchtop computers and wires getting in the way on already crowded benchtops."

"The new version of the kinetics APP does not allow me to blank once and take measurement of multiple samples, which is critical to my workflow. However, this function is allowed in the previous version of the APP. We wonder if there is an option to downgrade the APP to an older version."

"Really easy to navigate, intuitive controls and quick response. The bench top size is just right. "

"Easy to use and pretty accurate. Super intuitive UI."

"It is easy and simple to use. Has many applications for many items. It is important for any lab."

"The instrument is easy to use and the sales representative was always quick to respond."

"Easy to set up and start to use. The touch screen and various installed apps make the initial use of the machine super fast."

"This is a superb stand alone (no PC needed), spectrometer optimized for quantification of nucleic acids, ideal for molecular applications involving DNA or RNA."

"The reading is quite consistent over different sample dilutions. The sample requirement of 0.5 ul makes it a valuable add-on. The instrument has a very handy and easy to use interface."

"Very accurate measurement of nucleic acid and protein. Better than other big names for much lower price."

"Instrument has just recently been purchased for use in our lab. So far, feedback is very positive regarding ease-of-use/intuitiveness of graphical interface and accuracy of quantitation. The cost of the instrument is very affordable compared to similar instruments from other vendors. The level of customer service from DeNovix is A+."

"Great reproducible and reliable machine for nucleic acd quantification."

"The device is easy to use. The interface is really intuitive and one can understand it pretty fast. Connectivity is great. Samples are measured quite fast and set up is not needed."

"This easily ready-to-use equipment is amazing. I would recommend getting the trial period before ordering so you can see if it would be the right fit for your lab."

"The product was ready to use out of the box! That made it easy on me and I did not have to do any calibration! I would recommend buying this product."

"When implementing a new method, we struggled to determine best practices and appropriate settings for the machine. We were able to get in touch with one of their customer support technicians, Ben Capozzoli, and he was amazing! By far one of the best application specialists I have worked with, he is knowledgeable and offered us great insight into possible sources of error. Thanks to Ben, we were able to figure out a working protocol for our novel solution, and the machine is working as intended."

"The equipment demo was helpful and helped us finalize the decision to purchase. The equipment is easy to use and totally good value of money."

"Really easy to navigate, intuitive controls and quick response. The bench top size is just right. "

"Easy to use and pretty accurate. Super intuitive UI."

"High quality data. Extremely robust and diverse instrument."

"High quality product yielding trustworthy results. This product is so user friendly. Great addition to the lab."

"Really great instrument, good service. I had used it in a previous lab and loved it. No notes, a quality product."

"The instrument is very easy to use. The interface is user friendly. The footprint on the bench space is small."

"An amazing product, very easy to use, and consumes very small volumes of the precious sample. Measurements are accurate and reproducible. The design and the user interface are pretty and modern (touch screen). Before we bought it we always went to other labs who already had it, so I think it's a necessity for every lab."

"Very effective, easy to use, and good results in rapid time."

"Easy to use, fast and dynamic range of measurement. Excellent and robust analytical tool for PCR and protein concentration. Wide range of pre-loaded applications, and a wide range of acceptable sample sizes. Good for projects of any size."

"I work for a Forward Biolabs Member company and having this instrument in lab to measure protein concentration has been very helpful. The DS-11 is easy to use and provides accurate results."

"DS-11 is very quick and easy to use. If anything goes wrong with the equipment, customer service is kind and responsive."

"Easy to use, fast reads for plasmid DNA, good linear dynamic range for high and low concentration samples, cuvette and fluorometer integration works well, don't love the touch screen but works okay, a lot of value compared to a new nanodrop."

"Our PCR technician loves this instrument, and it has held up to constant use in the last year. We just bought an additional one for another research lab. And, fire engine red!"

"This is a good machine! It can be adapted to work with a computer or a keyboard or just the touch screen depending on your comfort level with technology, and all of the applications come pre-loaded and ready-to-go. Connecting it to our site's server has been a little tricky, but for basic usage, it works well."

"I have been using this device for a about a year now. GFP worked great with the OD600 micro volume but this time we are having problems using it for TEVsh. Gave negative numbers and when called for help they only asked for a copy of the data to tell us that it did not work. Kind of disappointing. Other than that, it works great."

"The DeNovix instrument is easy to use and is a great product for the money."

"Good value for money, accurate measurement."

"The instrument is very user friendly and functions much like an android cellphone. I haven't yet used the wifi capability, but will be very soon and am looking forward to it. The emission/excitation wavelengths could be more inclusive, as the wavelengths we were using with our previous instrument were not available."

"We are very happy with the new DeNovix machine. Easy to use, reliable and overall very helpful for everyday lab work."

"Very user friendly."

"Accurate and user friendly."

"We bought this unit after relying on another lab's machine from a competitor for far too long. It's a workhorse and having it WiFi enabled is great. It's been a hit since day one and the service from our vendor has always been super."

"This instrument is really very easy to use and easy to learn, clear and intuitive interface, quick response to commands without hanging. It also looks very modern and fits into other equipment in the laboratory. We hope that in the future it will delight with its impeccable work too."

"The instrument is great for people that have restricted lab space and do not wish to buy multiple instruments. I used the DS-11 FX+ for quantifying DNA and RNA, and to determine the turbidity of bacterial cultures. It worked great! For turbidity though, it didn’t work as well in the microvolume mode, but it was great using cuvettes. I haven't had the opportunity to use the fluorometer yet, only tested it with the kit that comes with the instrument, but it seems to work fine."

"Great stuff to work with. Gets a little bit trickier when working with genomic DNA. Going to try it with fluorescent labeling."

"It's easy to use."

"Works well for DNA quantification after mini/maxi prep and to quantify fluorescence intensity of proteins."

"Value for money 10/10. Easy to use and easy to handle. I will recommend it."

"I was satisfied with the results. We were using instrument for DNA/RNA quantification without fluorescent kits, sometimes for NGS library prep from 0.5 ng/ul with sucsesfull results. Regular update of instaled software, wifi onboard. Recomend."

"As a user I have found it to be useful. The instrument has a very east to use interface, its is quick to generate output and provide reliable results."

"It was easy to use. The results were reproducible and of great quality."

"The product is appropriately effective in analysis of drug samples in pharmaceutical formulation and gives accurate and consistent results."

"Instruments look great and is great to use. Much reduced in size compared to their competitors. That gives an edge in terms of lab space saving and price management."

"The device is really easy to use with several advantages over other devices. The results are accurate and reproducible. However, The device recently had issues but they are fixed now."

"The machine is very easy to use, it's intuitive. I'm happy that it has a touch screen, and the ability to transfer data via WiFi."

"Easy to use, compact and great features, easy transfer of data, customer service is excellent!"

"The instrument is quite smart and compact, very easy to use and accurate result were obtained in in different samples. The DNA concentration reading along with 260/280 ratio is quite impressive."

"The DeNovix spectrophotometer was easy to use and provided high quality analysis of our low-volume RNA samples. Samples were used for production of cDNA and qPCR downstream with confidence. Data export to email option was great, as this is shared equipment."

"This instrument is simple to use and has various functions."

"DS-11 Series Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer is very easy to use and the results are reproducible. It's easy to teach even to undergraduates and school students who visit our lab. It is sort of a workhorse in our lab."

"The equipment is very good and it has good repeatability as I have rechecked the sample twice or thrice and the results are almost the same. Easy to operate and handling of the equipment is also very convenient. I think with this many specifications, it will be difficult to get similar equipment for the same price."

"The most user friendly instrument I have ever used. I did not have to spend days reading the manual."

"Great spectrophotometer for quantifying DNA and RNA. Only 1 uL of solution is required, which helps save your sample. You can also export screenshots over wifi. It's like an iPad and a spectrophotometer in one."

"The instrument is user friendly and gives reproducible results. There is a great option to use cuvettes with this instrument which is useful for measuring bacterial culture at OD 600 nm. We love the instrument."

"This reader is as fast as it is accurate. It is very convenient for the user and honestly, surpasses all competition. E-mailing the report makes it's use so smooth."

"I like the instrument, the most user friendly instrument I have ever seen. DeNovix's spectrophotometer can not be compared with other spectrophotometer. Android system make this instrument so cool like our mobiles. I have checked many RNA and DNA samples, results are reproducible with a small variation only."

"Our lab has recently purchased a DeNovix DS-11 spectrophotometer. I have used it for my miRNA quantification. It is a very simple and user friendly instrument. The best part is its sensitivity. It's a great value addition to our lab. The instrument has the android touch screen which makes it more user friendly and also trendy when compared to nanodrops from other companies. I think all labs should have this instrument."

"This instrument is very user friendly as it is coupled with android based applications. One can tap icons on the display and go ahead for quantification of DNA/RNA/Protein respectively. While performing tests, if you land on any errors, the instrument has an option to resolve the error on its own. This default setting ensures the user conducts their experiments without fear of ruining the instrument. We can save the data and retrieve it in excel format whenever it is required. This information saved in instrument can be mailed and develop the graphs for the same using other software available online. Or, you can just select the samples and tap of graph option which will develop the graphs on screen. These can be saved as JPEG screenshot and can be accessed. The accuracy and instant quantification makes this instrument a boon to researchers who struggle to get accurate and consistent results. The price of this instrument maybe costly but its worth having it."

"Very easy to use all-in-one product with simple operating methods. It's easy to use, stable and robust. It´s the best partner in the lab!"

"We really love the ability to get results by only using 1 microliter of liquid (1 microgram of protein) when before we had to waste at least 0.5 milligrams of protein ( 1 milliliter of liquid) to get absorbance results. It has saved us more times than we can count with quantitation of various liquid concentrations. We don't know how we survived before without it!"

"Extremely easy to use all-in-one product with simple operating methods and the most accurate DNA quantification I ever obtain in my entire reseach years!"

"Does everything well and easy for staff and students to use."

"I can't say enough good things about the system. It's easy to use, stable and robust. We have had a wonderful experience with the ds-11. We have wonderful support and interaction with the entire staff. We are wild about the system and its applications"

"Great product for the price. Accurate measurements."

"The instrument is reliable and gives very reproducible results. The advantage of being able to use different sample ammounts is very useful. Overall a very good investment."

"We have been using it for two years. Very dependable, accurate and easy to handle. Perfect product!"

"It is useful for easily checking protein concentration. We are also using it for protein assays to determine the protein contents in cell cultures of human cells and yeast cells. Rapid response and easy use. Only a little sample is needed. High reproducibility for protein assays."

"Easy to use, consistent results, works all the time. Awesome customer service from sales reps, thank you Larry!"

"We use the fluorometer mode in our research. The accuracy and reproducibility of the system is excellent."

"We are using the DeNovix spectrophotometer in our lab in Poland, and we are very satisfied with the ease of use and ease of transferring data (no computer!)"

"Easy to use & reliable."

"The DS-11 Spectrophotometer is arguably the best tool for fast nucleic acids measurement (minipreps to maxi, and RNA for qPCRs) - this is the most efficient machine for them."

"It is very easy to handle and values are very accurate, really liked the instrument."

"Easy to use and low maintenance equipment. Results are fast, accurate, and reproducible. It is well worth the price based on the wide range of capabilities."

"Very easy to use and for downstream processes. You can rely on the reading."

"The DS-11 FX+ has helped with making my work easier and faster. It can give good readings for much higher concentrations of peptides than other instruments I have used and is very accurate! The instrument also has a great user interface!"

"This product is relatively easy to use. There are a couple of caveats. I like the Android system however I am an Android user. I could see an Apple user finding the interface confusing. It took us a little bit of trial and error to get the thumb drive working. Don't have a DYMO printer or a WIFI printer and setting up a networked printer seemed like a lot of work. The thumb drive export is perfect. It makes a .CSV file that opens easily and is easily manipulated in Excel. One thing to note is that only a FAT32 formatted drive will work. Rather than these couple of things the DS-11 is accurate and super fast two things we were missing in our cuvette spec."

"This was my first time using this instrument. It has a very easy and accessible interface. I found it to be user friendly for beginners as well as advanced scientists."

"The machine shows highly reproducible results and easy to use. The machine requires very less place and portable. Value for money."

"Very intuitive. easy to use. 1ul drop is enough to get an accurate measurement. Great for my precious low amount RNA samples."

"Just received my Denovix and loved how easy it was to use. It is a very helpful and reliable instrument. It achieves reproducible measurements."

"Really easy to set-up and use. Comes with pre-loaded assays so I can use whichever reagents I need to, and I can create my own. Export of data is simple and provides a nice succinct view of pertinent data. Even the stopwatch/Timer is frequently used on this machine (unexpected)"