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Luminescence Readers Comparison Chart

Features Flexstation 3 SpectraMax L CLIPR Analyst GT
Detector Photomultiplier
tube

Ultra-fast photon counter with overload detection and protection

-100 °C cooled CCD camera with doubly telecentric lens

Photomultiplier tube

Spectral range 250-850
nm

380-630 nm

380-780 nm

450-600 nm

Sensitivity <2 fg/well for firefly luciferase in 96- and 384- well top read

20 attomol ATP per well

0.1 fg luciferase in 1536-well plate detection sensitivity in 30 seconds integration time

<1 fg per well of luciferase

Dynamic range   > 8 decades

4 decades

 
Microplate format 6-384 (96- and 384-well with pipetting)

96- and 384-well microplates

96-, 384-, and 1536-well microplates

96-, 384-, and 1536-well microplates

Cross-talk <0.3% in white 96- and 384-well microplates

< 3 x 10-5 (white plates)

< 0.01%

< 2%

Read modes Endpoint, kinetic, fast kinetic

Endpoint, dual read, kinetic, fast kinetic

Endpoint

Endpoint

Read times 0.1 up to 1.5 sec. integration time per well

0.1 up to 3600 sec. in steps of 0.1 sec.

1 second up to 30 seconds

0.1-2 sec.

Injectors/Pipettors 8- or 16-channel pipettor

2 injectors

   
Injection/pipettor volumes Selectable between 5-200 µL (96-well) and 1-25 µL (384)

Selectable between 10 and 100 µl

   
Temperature control X X    
Software SoftMax Pro

SoftMax® Pro

CLIPR operating software

Analyst host

Automatic waste disposal   X    
Robotic/automation X X X X
Validation & compliance tools X X