Good refractometer?

[Gary Laevsky]

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Hi All,

Looking for a good refractometer, for microscopy index purposes (obviously,
but I felt the need to state that?:)).

I see them listed from $18-$331.

Can someone please advise a good one?  I don't think you can demo these?:)

Thanks.

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Gary Laevsky, Ph.D.
Director, Confocal Imaging Facility
Nikon Center of Excellence
Co-Founder, North Atlantic Microscopy Society (NAMS)
https://namsmicroscopy.com/
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[Zdenek Svindrych-2]

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A good old manual Abbe refractometer is what I prefer.
Like this one: www.ebay.com/itm/Refractometer/274202275859
I bought a couple over past few years (for $30 or so), of course, for that
price, I had to fix them (stuck gears or loosened parts, converted to
LEDs+battery), calibration is not trivial, so it's a bit of a risk.
Both work like a charm!
zdenek

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> Hi All,
>
> Looking for a good refractometer, for microscopy index purposes (obviously,
> but I felt the need to state that?:)).
>
> I see them listed from $18-$331.
>
> Can someone please advise a good one?  I don't think you can demo these?:)
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Best,
>
> Gary Laevsky, Ph.D.
> Director, Confocal Imaging Facility
> Nikon Center of Excellence
> Co-Founder, North Atlantic Microscopy Society (NAMS)
> https://namsmicroscopy.com/
> Dept. of Molecular Biology
> Washington Rd.
> Princeton University
> Princeton, New Jersey, 08544-1014
> (O) 609 258 5432
> (C) 508 507 1310
>
> North Atlantic Microscopy Society Spring Meeting at UPENN, April 23, 2020.
>

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Zdenek Svindrych, Ph.D.
Research Associate - Imaging Specialist
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

[Jason M. Kirk]

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Hi Gary,

We keep the Atago PAL-RI pocket refractometer next to our Lightsheet instruments for checks of imaging buffer RI.  Works great!

https://www.atago.net/product/?l=en&f=products-pal-top.php#ABS54635

-Jason

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Hi All,

Looking for a good refractometer, for microscopy index purposes (obviously, but I felt the need to state that?:)).

I see them listed from $18-$331.

Can someone please advise a good one?  I don't think you can demo these?:)

Thanks.

--
Best,

Gary Laevsky, Ph.D.
Director, Confocal Imaging Facility
Nikon Center of Excellence
Co-Founder, North Atlantic Microscopy Society (NAMS) https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__namsmicroscopy.com_&d=DwIBaQ&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=yXnfAE8uMdZaMvW02fOtqH6i45jUz8tcrQTMV7z8wSk&m=9NY0KI7jFHo6bvZpFY2pvPFSdHmZKzFthw2EbikFhbE&s=-dg1s1SalJlrhR6QtKNX4yE5Rl1X-h1vgicJiYNItaI&e=
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