Review articles, planned for future issues, will be based on data collected from manufacturers and from the authors' own experiences with the products. Reviewers will take the equipment out for a test drive and publish their findings along with a list of each product's general specifications. This hands-on approach will offer an outside opinion on the equipment's viability and ease of use so that buyers do not have to merely rely on the word of a visiting sales rep. Matching product strengths with applications is the aim of each review. LabConsumer does not intend to be a self-appointed consumer police force for the industry, out to arrest the product bad guys.
Most products have a reason to exist.
This doesn't mean that we will shy away from pointing out problems or concerns with products. However, these concerns will generally be expressed on an application basis. As the old axiom says, what is trash to one may be treasure to another. Reviews are planned for product categories such as Microplate Washers, Pipettors, and Gel Documentation Systems. LabConsumer's Tools and Technology articles will profile or review new and unique products.