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Chinese Centrifuge on eBay

careysub - 8-8-2015 at 10:50

I noticed this on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Electric-Centrifuge-Machine-110V-Lab...

It is a 4000 RPM variable speed 6-position machine with timer, and plastic tubes that hold 25 mL.

I have a set of Kimax 15 mL centrifuge tubes with glass stoppers that fitted in the machine with stoppers in place. They were narrower and so were loose - would that be a problem?

They are only $53 with shipping. I ordered one and it was delivered the next day.

I had been looking at old-fashioned manual crank centrifuges that were going for $75 and up.

This looks like a very convenient and cost-effective solution.

chemrox - 8-8-2015 at 15:34

Best of luck with Chinese shit. It's not all bad but I feel I can't buy from China; too damaging to my country's economy. Does Walmart save you money? What about the cost of lost jobs and businesses. Most Chinese of all: loss of choice. China is the biggest contributor to global warming; using billions of tons of coal. They dump megatons of industrial waste in the oceans. The US is to blame. A few very rich, very cynical american capitalists get around environmental and labor laws by moving manufacturing there.