TC20™ Automated Cell Counter by Bio-Rad

"Easy to use but sometimes gave inaccurate results with low numbers. Cartridges/slides are quite expensive for an academic budget. "

"It's very good machine for cell counting. And reliable to reproduce results."

"A simple and accurate cell counter to exactly count mammalian cells in 30 seconds. the countings are precise, reproducible with little or no variations. The counter is able to distinguish between live and dead cells and gives the exact number of viable cells with the help of trypan blue. The equipment involves a multifocal an analysis for cell counting. The equipment could store in its memory up to 100 counts. The software of the counter is PC friendly and to further analyze exported cell images. The equipment gives us high quality results for publications and is very easy to use and maintain. I strongly recommend the equipment to other scientists who consider buying one. I have rated the cell counter 5 stars for the ease of use from all levels, graduate students, post-docs, high school students, undergrads, and volunteers. Similarly, the after sales services by Bio-rad is excellent. We have this equipment for the 4 years and it has never broken down or did not give any trouble so far. The maintenance is very easy."

"TC20 cell counter is very useful and easy to use for cells. takes less time to count any type of cells for experiment or cell subculturing."

"Fast results, ease of use, affordable consumables and no need of extensive trainning."

"TC20 cell counter is a very easy to use and accurate equipment. The consumables are worth their cost, that is not expensive anyway. We use the counter for analysing the cell viability and counting of samples processed at our hospital's research institute's biobank. It has eliminated subjectivity in cell counting, basic requisite for quality control of the samples that we make available to the scientific community. It's highly recommended!!"

"The machine reduces the effort more than 20 times."

"I use this product to count many cell lines, in particular murine B cells. I appreciate the precision and reproducibility in the cell number registered. The counter is very easy to use and I find very useful the peaks visualization of live/dead cells. The slides price is too expansive! "

"I purchased the instrument upon development of a new Cell Biology Laboratory course. At first, I thought it was a great product because it was relatively easy to use & worked well for students in the course. Unfortunately, the unit lasted for just over a year before the electronic board inside it malfunctioned. As infrequently as it was used (probably less than 25 times total), I find that completely unacceptable. My options for repair include a $1655 charge or a $500 service charge just to look at the instrument & give me a quote. Seeing as I am working on a shoestring budget (in a primarily-undergraduate institute), I'm going to have to just shelve the instrument. Overall, purchasing this piece of equipment has been my worst decision in 10 years of running a lab. Severely disappointed. "