NO WATER IS BETTER ! !
Lab Armor™ Beads (Dry metallic beads)
Beads eliminate water in Water Baths, blocks in Dry Baths, and ice in Ice Coolers, Buckets, Pans or Racks. Beads reduce or eliminate Bacterial Contamination. Beads provide a DRY, cleaner working environment, eliminating water and it's potential for bacterial contamination. Better Temperature Uniformity than water reducing energy. Samples remain in one place in water bath. Beads can be used in either hot or cold environments. Note, Beads take longer to heat and to cool than water (data information is available, inquire). Beads Save Time. Beads eliminate the messy task of emptying, cleaning, and refilling water baths or other units. No more melted ice, puddles, floating tubes or wet and contaminated samples. Beads Save Money. Ensures a more productive lab, more successful experiments, and less laboratory downtime. Beads prolong the life of water baths. Eliminates corrosion, reduces cleaning of equipment.
Beads can transform a water bath into a smarter instrument that uses less electricity. For instance, water constantly evaporates during water bath operation. As water evaporates it cools. Due to this evaporative-cooling effect, the bath must heat more frequently, which increases energy consumption. A bead bath uses over 4X less energy when set to 65 ºC and over 2X less energy at 37 ºC. Plus, a bead bath provides more constant temperature and fewer temperature fluxuations during operation than a water bath.
Beads eliminate the need for many of the germicides that are a common part of water bath maintenance. Take, for example, liquid disinfectants used in water baths. Most contain antibiotic, algaecide, and fungicide compounds. These environmentally harmful germicides can accumulate in the water table from disposal during regular maintenance. Bead Baths are dry and periodic decontamination with a biodegadable, earth-friendly disinfectant, such as 70% EtOH is usually all that is required to keep most unwanted microbes away.
(Beads aka Bath Armor Beads)