Will SNAP i.d. increade my happiness?

[schisler from gmail.com]

On Oct 16, 1:36 am, Kyle Legate <lega... from hotmail.com> wrote:
> TR wrote:
> > Dear western-blot experts,
>
> > A sales rep. from Millipore just left the lab and almost convinced me
> > to buy what he calls "a revolution in your western-blot experience": a
> > simple device (SNAP i.d.) that makes all incubations shorter by
> > forcing all solutions "through" the membrane (using vacuum).
> >http://www.millipore.com/immunodetection/id3/snap_id
>
> > It certainly looks like a much simpler, quicker and cleaner way to do
> > all incubation for the westerns, but I would like to hear from people
> > who have actually used the mechine. The question is: will the 850
> > euros investment increase our happiness?
>
> > All the best
> > CG
>
> You will be happy until you have to order new cassettes.

The demo unit we tried out for one afternoon (not much time, but
that's what they gave us) it worked as well for most antibodies and
even better for some.  Since we've gotten our new unit, I've not had
any success and I am sticking to my old method until I have more time
to troubleshoot it.