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  • looking for advice for incubators

    Posted by Sofie on July 17, 2025 at 1:05 pm

    Hello, i want to purchase incubators. Small production about max 20 liters. Wich specifications, models, wich brand/ factory is good? I am based in Europe. thank you sofie

    Sofie replied 1 week, 5 days ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Aniela

    Member
    July 17, 2025 at 1:12 pm
  • carlton.hoyt

    Member
    July 22, 2025 at 9:40 am

    If you only need a 20 liter incubator (i.e., an incubator with at least 20 liter internal volume), that is very small and there are very low-cost options, such as the MyTemp Mini. The manufacturer, Benchmark Scientific, makes a number of relatively low-cost incubators that perform fairly well. If you need something a little larger, BEING Instruments has a lot of sizes for natural convection incubators and mechanical convection incubators and they are also relatively inexpensive. Both companies have European distributors, although I don’t know who they are.

    The more important question is: what do you plan on doing with your incubator? Understanding your application is critical to ensuring you get the correct type of incubator.

  • Sofie

    Beginning formulator
    July 31, 2025 at 7:40 am

    hello, the idea is for stabilitytesting with different degrees roo temperature, 10°C and 45°C.

  • carlton.hoyt

    Member
    July 31, 2025 at 11:50 am

    If you want your incubator to be stable at room temperature, you’ll need a refrigerated incubator that both heats and cools. For stability testing, I would recommend the Benchmark myTemp 65HC, so long as it meets your temperature uniformity requirements (+/- 1°C). As far as refrigerated incubators go, it has a good price / volume for an incubator of its size - $3,380 for 2.3 cu ft (65L) - and has a temperature range of 0-60°C.

  • PhilGeis

    Member
    August 1, 2025 at 4:27 am

    To what purpose? Micro testing, product stability?

    • Sofie

      Beginning formulator
      August 1, 2025 at 5:32 am

      only for product stability.

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