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LUNA-II™ Automated Cell Counter by Logos Biosystems

"Great simple cell counter. Fast application and Replication of data is high. Very straightforward for use. Basic software for routine applications/workflows. Ideally could have a function to edit certain cells from device screen and edit tags, remove debris tagged, or add missed cells. Also could be nice to have dilution factors other than whole number."

"I can’t believe in my previous lab we needed to count the cells in the traditional way, a lot of precious time being wasted. When I use the LUNA-II to follow the growth of my EXPI cells, normally I measure the same slides in duplicate only moving the slide a little to have another field to count and the results are always reproducible. In the protocols you can set up the counter using different parameters, like the diameter of your cells, factor of dilutions, so at the end you have just to write down your concentration and the viability of the cells, which is showed in the folder of results. When I arrived in this new lab, there was already the LUNA-II, for this reason I don't know how much the cost was, but for sure is worth since in less than 5 min you have your measurement! You only need to mix the correct amount of Blue staining dye with an aliquot of your cells, charge it on the slide and ready to measure! It’s fast, reliable, and efficient!"

"Easy use and very efficient, a great instrument for our daily lab work."

"It's very easy to use and quite efficiency. One tip is that you should count the cells quickly after treatment with trypan blue the result will be better. After-sales service is also good."

"LUNA II is really a user-friendly device, very easy to use and reproducible over a large set of samples. The interface is well designed, and users can always check the results on the image. We can upload several dilution programm which makes it easy to work among several persons from the lab. The customer service is quick and efficient."

"Very easy to use, Fast reading. Data is reproducible. Works good if cell number is at least half million/ milliliter."

"Rapid, effective, and precise. "

"I have been using this instrument for a year with multiple cell lines. It gives accurate results and I verified with manual count as well and the counts were matching. It is time saving and easy use and counting slides are very useful when counting n number of samples."

"Superb results within a minute with high accuracy and precision."

"Very good, easy to use!"

"The cell counter is extremely easy to use. Can set up your own protocol with counting parameters suited for your cells of interest. There is also an option to image the cells. Counting is quick and accurate. The cell counting slides are also relatively inexpensive."

"This machine is amazing! All I need to do is set the protocol and click the buttons. With this machine I did my experiment fast and efficiently. I also think the results are believable."

"Intuitive interface makes it easy to handle. by optimizing the cell counting conditions, one can easily count different type of cells within minutes. Also, compact size is good to place it in narrow lab space."

"Best cell counter I have ever used. Easy handling, defininig protocols and efficient counting. Saves you time and money. Result are very accurate. You dont need your cell counting to be too complicated and Luna II Automated Cell Counter is very intuitive. I do recommend!"

"LUNA™ Cell Counting Slides is the ultimate counting experience. These slides are easy to use and retain the highest level of cell counting accuracy."

"It is very convenient to use, with a built in protocol, I don’t need to scramble for that tissue and a pen to calculate. Significantly improved ‘quality of life’ when compared to the haemocytometer based cell counting. Even better for record keeping since data gets stored in the machine available to be retrieved when mishaps (spilled HCl on your labnote record) lead to loss of data. Best thing is the time it saves, and it is cheap."

"The LUNA II Automated Cell Counter is wonderful! It is extremely useful when you have to count a lot of cells everyday. You will save a lot of time, and it is really easy to work with it. You can easily define your protocol in very few steps, and then, you can efficiently count your cells. Really useful!"

"Very handy instrument. Makes the process of counting cells much easier than doing it manually. However, we have had a persistent issue with our cell counter regarding the autofocus. The counter will often loses focus and gives poor readings. This has been seen to by Logos, though, and there have been visits by an engineer to help solve our issues."

"Luna cell-counter provides our Laboratory with an optimal and easy to use cell-counting machine. It's high accuracy enables us an excellence performance when it comes to seeding of cells. The use is very intuitive and uncomplicated."

"This is a really great and convenient machine. It's easy to learn it and always give me accurate results."

"Especially when counting many samples while seeding cells or harvesting cells for experiments, the LUNA is much faster than with a Neubauer chambers. The device seems to provide reliable results for the cell types we use without the need for a complicated calibration or setup."

"I love this equipment! I used to only find manual cell counting reliable but I was pleasantly surprised by the LUNA cell counter. The results are always accurate and reproducible. Overall I would recommend!"

"The LUNA cell counter is a great instrument. It counts cells very quickly with very reproducible results. I also really enjoy the ability to mark cells on the image and zoom in and out to make sure that all cells have been counted. Overall a great equipment and crucial for my experiments!"

"A small instrument for easy cell counting."

"With this product I obtain similar results as the ones I obtain when counting cells manually, but in a matter of minutes. Moreover it is really intuitive and easy to work with. I strongly recommend it!"

"The system is quite effective. I use it mainly for cell counting and imaging, obtaining quite specific and reproducible results that help me a lot when doing experiments and cell cultures. In short, a great product that helped me a lot in this time during cell studies."

"Helps me save a lot of time counting cells."

"The cell counter Luna II is a very intuitive device to use, fast and with high reproducibility of results. Totally recommended."

"Very easy to use product, fast and accurate. I use it for cell counting with or without trypan blue with different cell lines. Easy to change measure parameters for adaptation to different cultures."

"It is so easy to use and you make the most of your time. Can't work without it now, you get fast and clear results."

"Luna II Automated Cell Counter is a must have in your laboratory. It is really easy to use, intuitive and time-saving, giving reliable and reproducible results."

"Luna II is a must-have in my lab, as it provides accuarate cell viability data in a fast and user-friendly manner. A time-saver!"

"Luna-II is very easy to use and makes my job easier."

"It is a very practical device and very easy to use. Compared its count with that of the camera, with excellent results. I'm delighted."

"The Luna Cell Counter is incredibly easy to use and program. It makes counting cells significantly easier, and it is very quick. Previously, we used a hemocytometer to count cells but this equipment is faster, more accurate, and allows us to adjust the protocol without any hassle. I love using the Luna Cell Counter and find it to be an excellent tool."

"This product is great. I was able to customize the settings to account for big cells and small cells separately, as well as factoring in trypan blue staining for dead cells."

"It is very simple and easy to count cells with."

"The LUNA-II cell counter is a really amazing and useful tool. It allows cell counting to be a straigthforward process, minimizing the amount of time invested in cell maintenance."

"LUNA-II Automated Cell Counter is very convenient to use, and I quickly achieved satisfying results with this instrument."

"We've utilized two of these cell counters in our labs and their ease of use and functionality is second to none. Whether we're working with hybridomas or vero cells, we get consistent results."

"We purchased this cell counter from BioCat after looking at a few different models online as well as using a week to demo it in our lab. The menu is simple to use and understand. It is easy to update the software version from the website. It is a lot faster than manually counting using a hemocytometer and removes counter variability. Set cell numbers for different cells lines to seed flasks and plates can now be standardized. By purchasing the reusable cell counter slide we can reduce our plastic waste and they are easy to clean with dH2O and dry using a tissue. Being able to switch to the cell screen to see what it counts as a cell (circled in green) and as trash/ debris (circled in red) with the option of increasing the magnification is great to determine if the settings need to be changed for a specific cell line. Automatic cell counters like this are a life saver when needing to seed multiple cell lines for an experiment. The Luna II was the cheapest automatic cell counter that I found, and we haven't regretted it!"

"We purchased the Luna II to replace our normal cell counting on hemocytometers. Once we optimized the settings for our cell size, shape, and color, the Luna II could give us the same estimated densities in 15 seconds rather than 5 minutes. We are also able to stain our cells with trypan blue for viability counts at the same time. This time-saving machine is also accurate in distinguishing plant cells from junk and giving close approximations to the ones we typically make with glass hemacytometers."

"Really easy to use with great results. Love the auto focus feature."

"Achieved satisfying results with this instrument. Most convenient compared with the conventional method (hemocytometer). Quick result producer."

"This machine is very easy to use and is very useful for counting cells. The results are reproducible, accurate and fast."

"Saves time and is effective. Gives consistent count and reliable result. It's really helpful during cell counting procedures."

"Time saving during preparation of my lab work, instrument interface is easy to use and it’s a worthy investment."

"This cell counter is very easy to program, pull up saved protocols, and has yet to give me any issues in the 2 years I've had it for. The only finicky bit is getting the focus so the machine registers all the cells. The slides are also very convenient."

"This machine is a very powerful and useful automatic cell counter. As it counts both live and dead cell populations, our time is conveniently conserved."

"A highly efficient instrument in terms of consistency and reproducibility. Gives instant cell counts within few seconds with quality data."

"Fast and accurate, reproducible and easy to use."

"Incredibly easy to use. I'm mostly interested in viability of cells, so the live and dead cell counts are a life-saver."

"This product is compact (even the design looks good) and the interface is so intuitive. Made precise cell counting and viability assessment so much quicker. Good value for its price."

"The instrument is intuitive and easy to use. It saves a lot of time in cell counting, however, the results are not always reproducible. We also had problems with the post purchase support, since we were not able to order some spare parts a short time after the equipment was purchased because the company did not have a distributor in Croatia, but that problem has been fixed in the meantime."

"Easy to use, gives reproducible results and consistent cell counts."

"Great cell counter. Easy and immediate to use. Has some cool features like automatic dilution calculation and cell size measurement. The instrument is also very light and small, easy to find a spot for. Definitely recommend!"

"This instrument is very easy to use, makes counting cells a breeze."

"Very good, user friendly and fit for our purposes."

"We purchased he LUNA II for counting purposes. It comes with two reusable slides and a box of 50 disposable ones. The counting is quite accurate and very easy to use. The accuracy was checked with separate haemocytometer counts of each cell line being counted on the LUNA II cell counter and was found to be very close and well within the error rates of the haemocytometer. I am very impressed. Would highly recommend this product to other labs."

"LUNA II is a very useful automatic cell counter. Recently, I measured cell viability using LUNA II. Because it counts both live and dead cell populations, on time was conveniently confirmed. Cell size measurement is a very cool feature. I am so satisfied! Will recommend it to everyone!"

"With the LUNA-II Cell Counter you can count your cells in less than a minute. It's not only pretty fast but also very easy to use. Mix your sample with dye, load it into the chamber and you can start counting. Highly recommended."

"Luna II is a great cell counter. Very easy, user friendly, and fast. Automatic dilution calculation and cell size measurement are very cool features. I am very satisfied and highly recommend it."

"When I was told we were receiving the LUNA-II I instantly got excited! Super easy to use and such a time saver. If I had to pick between the LUNA-II and anything else I'd always pick LUNA-II!"

"Really easy to use the product, very intuitive. Also gives reproducible results. Quick and easy, I recommend!"

"Easy to use. Shortened the time to do mammalian cell counting and the results are very reliable."

"The Luna II is very user friendly and enables quick enumeration of marine phytoplankton species if you are looking at monocultures."

"The instrument is easy to use. The ability to calculate dilutions is useful and the protocol saving also allows for multiple cell/experiment optimization. The instrument is light which means it can be pushed back when inserting the counting slides. The round top means that there is no surface to weigh it down for a DIY solution to this."

"The procedure is quick and easy, and this gives you pretty accurate results. Sometimes the autofocusing is less reliable, but I'm still going stick with this instrument forever because it saves me so much time. Using it together with the disposable counting slides which the company provides makes your cell counting experience far less stressful. It would be even better if the data saving and printout function were more useful."

"Very easy to use. You should use this system if you want to save boring time counting cells with a microscope and cell counting chamber. For special conditions, you can adjust easily. For example, if you want count small cells only, you just adjust the slide bar on the simple histogram."

"We obtain great and fast results and it's very easy to use. I recommend it."

"The Luna-II automated cell counter is quite literally one of the easiest pieces of equipment to use. Our cell counting/seeding now takes a fraction of the time it used to. Results are much more consistent and reliable knowing that cell density is the same throughout experiments."

"Easy to use, efficient and precise. The best counter I've tried yet."

"This is the fastest way to count cells and allows you to evaluate the viability of your sample with high accuracy!"

"This cell counter is really cost effective when compared to other makes. Small, simple and very precise instrument. It's user friendly too."

"This machine is very easy to use, I often need to count cells accurately during working. It is very helpful because we are not limited by cell type or size, and the results are relible."

"We obtain great results rapidly. It's very easy to use and it has really saved us a lot of time in the lab! Highly recommend it."

"10/10 recommend! Very easy to use."

"I highly recommend this instrument. I have used it for 6 months and am very satisfied with it. My asssays are very reproducible using the LUNA II Automated Cell Counter!"

"The product seems good so far. The sample inserting port should have been more convenient."

"We use the Luna-II in our GMP facility in order to monitor the cell number during the manufacturing process. This small, fast and accurate automated counting device is easy to use and very helpful for a close monitoring of the stem cell expansion during culture. It's a good alternative to the time-consuming manual count and allows to spend significantly less time which can be reallocated for development purposes."

"Before, I counted cells only on Goryaev's cell. Just recently we got the LUNA II device and our life in the laboratory has changed! It is very easy to use, and also gives reliable information on the number and quality of cells. Thanks to the company for producing such a wonderful automatic cell counter."

"The LUNA-II is very effective. Results are more accurate than eye counting. It saves me a lot of time during my days and it's very easy to use. Once the program is well prepared and saved, it just takes few seconds to have a good results with a lot of detail. We can even check the photo to be sure that everything is good."

"The instrument is high-throughput and works very effectively. Makes my students', and my own work very simple and efficient."

"LUNA II is a small benchtop cell counter. However, in its small size, it offers a variety of opportunities for cell counting. The cell counter is very easy to use and saves us a lot of time. The user is able to adjust the counting settings according to his needs and to extract all the data in a usable format. We have been using it for a few years on a daily basis, never had any issues with it."

"The automatic cell counter LUNA II proved to be a lifesaver for my research with HeLa and C6 cells, as well as blood cells, to quickly count cells and determine viability. The device is very easy to operate and has a clear interface with a good touch screen for manipulation. It has good interpretation of results in the form of quality images and quantitative results in the form of diagrams, this made it easier to work a routine of counting cells in large number of experimental samples. Very clear and simple protocols for setting up counting cells and determining viability. It has already been tested on different types of cells and this device has high reproducibility of results and accuracy, simplifying preparation for experiments. Results are generated quickly, which saved time. The price is affordable. You can forget about Goryaev's chamber for good. Convenient to use, I recommend for everyone."

"We were struggling with counting cells accurately before we purchased LUNA-II™ Automated Cell Counter! Now we are much more confident with cell counting and the subsequent data we produce. It is such a fast, accurate, reliable, and user-friendly cell counter which anyone can use after a brief tutorial. You can adjust cell counting protocols based on features of the cell lines you work with and record and transfer the results to an external drive of your choice!"

"I have used the LUNA-II Automated Cell Counter for routine work for 2 years now and I love it! It is accurate, fast, and very easy to use. I know I can trust the data it provides."

"Easy to use. Comes with commercial counting slides or reusable counting chamber. the display is user friendly. quite an accurate cell counting machine with some very needed features"

"The LUNA cell counter is very easy to use instrument that improves reproducibility between experiments. I experienced major improvements in the consistency of my experiments after switching to this counting system. The user friendly system and the automation of counting made my experiments faster to prepare, without losing in accuracy."

"The cell counter is very reliable. I am using it for flow cytometry and I am getting accurate and reproducible results which is really important. Very happy as a user."

"It is easy to use and affordable. It has a screen so there is no need to use a computer or the internet within the cell culture room. The results are reproducible."

"This is a fast and reliable instrument. Definitively one of the best cell counter I have tried so far. I really recommend this product."

"This serves our purpose perfectly and is very easy to use!"

"The cell counter is very helpful for laboratory work. It allows you to get results quickly. Its operation is very intuitive."