qTOWER³ Product Family – Real-Time PCR Thermal Cycler by Analytik Jena GmbH+Co. KG

"Product is very good with best quality service support"

"Great instrument with high throughput. Accuracy is amazing."

"We purchased this instrument in the 384-well format with two-color modules. Most of the use has been with Sybr green. There is a bit of a learning curve in the setup and data analysis but tutorial videos are available and the concise manual is helpful. The performance has overall been great with multiple options for downstream data analysis and the ability to define samples after a run. We had some problems with the signal dropping out in specific rows, which we think was related to a long shipping route. A technician was sent right away to handle the repair and the instrument has since been flawless. This instrument is a solid value as a workhorse qPCR thermocycler."

"We purchased the qTower3 to augment our RT-PCR processing capacity in a COVID-19 diagnostics project. It is a fabulous piece of equipment, easy to use, very fast, effective, reliable and capable of running complex analyses. And it also looks great!"

"The qtower3 Touch is a robust equipment, in addition to having a gold-plated silver block (96-well), it has a 10 year warranty Zeiss optical system, which uses a PMT detector (= rotorgene qiagen detector), 4 RGBW LEDs that allows cover of the entire spectrum, 6 non-fixed emission filters that allow the user to choose and change them at any time, and 6 optical fibers that allow the reading of a column simultaneously. The intuitive character of it's software allows anyone to program it in a simple and practical way. In terms of the run itself, there is no preheating time, the pre-established time at the beginning of the PCR reaction is the final, and due to it's ramp rates it is one of the fastest RT-PCRs in the market (just compare the specifications and see) . The results are always very good and even better if we use white microplates (low, high or semi profile)."

"I used the qTOWER 2.2 Real-time PCR successfully to quantify specific bacterial species. The reason why I like this device is due to its intuitive qPCRsoft software. You can set up the template before and after the run. It is great feature because it saved me repeating an experiment once. I once made a mistake in setting up my template and was upset when I realized that. I thought that I have to repeat the experiment all over again. However, after playing around with the qPCRsoft, I figured out that I can in fact reprocess the data after the run. This functionality allowed me to successfully interpret my data without the need to repeat the whole experiment. It really saved me a lot of time which have been wasted. I highly recommend it."