Lunatic

A simple and versatile equipment for quantifying proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids in a high throughput format. Customer service is excellent and they are ready to help with the purchase of consumables and other related accessories. I consider lunatics to be an instrument purchase in money- well-spent category.

Review Date: 15 Nov 2023 | Unchained Labs

Easy to use with small aliquots required for each sample. however, difficult to visualise the numbers and letters on the lunatic plate which can be further improved.

Review Date: 23 Mar 2023 | Unchained Labs

Very good instrument for molecular biology experimental work.

Review Date: 18 Jun 2021 | Unchained Labs

Simple and has internal checks to ensure no user error.

Review Date: 24 Dec 2020 | Unchained Labs

We purchased two units, one is the DropSense 96, and the other one is newer model of Lunatic. The DropSense has been working very well for measuring the DNA/RNA and protein concentrations, a full 96-well plate can be read in less than 5 minutes. The results are very reproducible and it’s easy to use. So, we decided to get a newer model and integrate into the Tecan Automation. The software support after-sale was outstanding, the Software engineer took time to walk us through the whole process which enabled us to set up the Tecan Driver Frame work rapidly.

Review Date: 30 Nov 2020 | Unchained Labs

Its high quality data is equivalent to soloVPE. It's high throughput and very east to use. It uses small sample volumes. The value for money is excellent.

Review Date: 28 Jan 2020 | Unchained Labs

The device is exceptionally useful for peptide concentration determination prior to LC-MS/MS analyses. It allows us to quickly (5 - 10 min) and without too much sample loss (2 µL) calculate the volume for each individual sample to ultimately inject the same amount of peptide material between a batch of samples. This has a profound effect on the quality of our spectra and reduces the number of re-runs.

Review Date: 20 Jun 2019 | Unchained Labs

Its quick, reliable and easy to use. Helps to do a quick analysis without wasting our time

Review Date: 19 Jun 2019 | Unchained Labs

We use the little Lunatic daily to quantify DNA samples (PCR products, Plasmids, genomic DNA): about 200 measurements a month. It is very easy to handle. We very rarely need to re-do a point. It is such a gain of time (Quantifying DNA time was cut 80% roughly!). In 12 months we had one minor breakdown, that was fixed within a week and very efficiently managed by the after sales team. Only downside: I'd love to see recycled plastic chips to improve the CO2 footprint (if it was technically possible). Nonetheless, we're so happy about it that we are buying a second one for our new facility.

Review Date: 19 Jun 2019 | Unchained Labs

Currently using the Little Lunatic rather than the full scale. I really like the ease of use and the fact that it uses slides to avoid cross contamination. However, I do not like that you have to reload samples to run different applications for analysis. It is a waste of sample and I feel that the machine should be able to reanalyze samples. The Plasma QC application is a game changer! It is a definitive way to determine if a sample is hemolyzed, etc.

Review Date: 26 Nov 2018 | Unchained Labs