Re: Purchasing a new microscope/ ex hospital equipment sales

loobylou — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 00:26:24 GMT

Thanks very much for the replies, will have a look into both of those links.

Re: Purchasing a new microscope/ ex hospital equipment sales

Sal the 1st — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:33:31 GMT

[quote user="loobylou"]My practice is looking to purchase a new microscope for our lab and I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations? Also any ideas of where to look for sales of ex hospital equipment? Thanks

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I have purchased 3 or 4 microscopes from this company in the past for various practices I have worked and also my own microscope came from here.(SP60 - decent little scope, more than adequate for the average practice lab, reasonably priced, but maybe not as robust as a Leica if you have anybody that handles them rough).

Would recommend them a 100% on price and service. If you are not quite sure what you want give them a ring and they will say what they have that might be suitable or tell you if they dont have anything suitable. They do 2nd user scopes too and lots of consumables (especially if you want small quantities of stains)

If your practice will run to the cost of a new scope then I would go for a new over a 2nd hand - unless the 2nd hand has a full service history and is something a little bit special (I have one with zeiss optics that I would never part with - its not pretty to look at, is a bit old and clunky but is one of the clearest I have come across)

http://www.brunelmicroscopes.co.uk/

Re: Purchasing a new microscope/ ex hospital equipment sales

Nick Shackleton — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:12:34 GMT

Just done a bit of googling. http://www.usedmicroscopes.co.uk/exdemostereos.html