The Insight Western blot tank style system is a great addition to the lab. In the era of pre-made gel and kits it is nice to have the flexibility to pour the exact type of gel you need, and when you need it. It has increased the production of the lab and help control cost of buying pre-poured gels.
Exactly as described with the gaskets!
We've been using this Ultrabright device for few weeks now, and we're very pleased with it. The fact that we can use it as a UV transilluminator enhances the applicability of this product and has allowed us to use both EtBr-based and SYBR Safe-based DNA gels in the same unit.
I really like the gel cast, very convenient and a lot less messy. The whole system works very well with the SmartDoc Imaging enclosure too. The only downsize is the size is more than I need, if we have a system that just make for one 96 wells plate plus the ladder, that would be great!!
I wrote to Transilluminators.com before purchasing to make sure the caster would work with my biorad gel trays and they confirmed this for me, which I very much appreciate! The caster works pretty well overall, and it is the only one I could find on the market at my time of purchase. Good overall experience and I would purchase from them again.
