Hello Joe:
I have trained on both, and I tell you that I find the BD to be
superior in ease of use, maintenance, software, etc.
Last year I attended the advanced flow course at Los Alaomos National Labs
and spoke with other flow operators from all over--most agreed they liked
BD more. If you have a more engineering "bend" than a scientific one (as
a flow operator), you'll like the Coulter more because it is more
"hands-on". But I'm not an engineer, just an immunologist, so I didn't
like the Coulter design at all. I currently have a FACScan (forerunner of
the FACSCalibur), and if I were to buy a sorter, it would be a Vantage. I
didn't even look at Coulters when I bought my flow 2 years ago.
Regards,
Beverly
"Dr. Joseph C. Marini" wrote:
> Dear Flow'ers,
>
> My institute is about to purchase both a flow cytometer and a cell
> sorter. Both instruments will be purchased from the same company, as
> packaging them together gets us a better price. The decision comes down
> to the Beckman Coulter Epics XL flow cytometer and Epics Hypersort cell
> sorter versus the Becton Dickinson FacsCalibur flow cytometer and
> FacsVantage cell sorter. I'd be interested to hear from you about the
> advantages/disadvantages of each and your recommendations. In addition,
> could you comment on your experience with the "walkaway" carousels that
> are available for the flow cytometers?
>
> To spare everyone on the list, please email me privately. I appreciate
> any and all comments.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joe
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