The sound of a tube shattering
Saturday, May 13th, 2006I can only guess that some genius (with no lab experience and a MBA-a brutal combination) came up with this plan. Let’s make the eppendorf tubes 10% thinner. Nobody will know the difference and we’ll save 10% on raw materials!
www.bioexpress.com catalog # C-3217-1 1.5 ml boil-proof micro-tube.
Verdict: Avoid these tubes.
Okay, so you can boil your samples, just don’t spin them.
I won’t embarrass the sales rep (who is quite reasonable), but everytime a tube shatters or the top flies off I shout “Thanks _ _ _!” as the microfuge grinds up the plastic shards while I rush to turn it off.
