Is refurbished lab equipment worth it?

Short answer: yes, for most laboratory equipment, as long as you buy from someone who has tested it and can tell you what they did to it. Laboratory equipment is built to work hard for a long time. A centrifuge, an oven or a fume cupboard that has had one careful owner and a proper […]

Used vs new lab equipment for a startup lab

If you are setting up a lab on a fixed budget, the practical answer is to buy used for the workhorses and new for the few instruments where support, software or paperwork decide the outcome. Most new labs can equip the majority of the bench second hand and put the saving into the one or […]

Customisable Lab Equipment from Pol-Eko

Two Pol-Eko KKS ICH environmental chambers with UVA and visible light

Every laboratory is different, and the equipment you use should reflect the way you work. That’s one of the (many) reasons POL-EKO has become one of our most popular manufacturers.