Absorbance Microplate Readers - Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co.KG

Apollo ELISA Reader

The Apollo ELISA Reader can measure a 96-well plate in 6 seconds and has an intuitive 7-inch touchscreen to program all your ELISA assays.

Tristar 3 Multimode Microplate Reader

The Tristar 3 is a user-friendly and affordable filter-based multimode plate reader that offers high-performance analysis in absorbance, luminescence and fluorescence measurements

Compare Absorbance Microplate Readers

	Apollo	Tristar 3
Detectors	Photodiode for absorbance	Low-noise photomultiplier tube in dual mode Photodiode for absorbance
Absorbance (Vis)
Absorbance (UV)
Luminescence
Fluorescence
TRF
FP
AlphaScreen

	Apollo	Tristar 3
Optical system	Single technology	Single path for all detection technologies
Light source	Quartz halogen lamp	Xenon flash lamp
Spectral range Absorbance	340-750 nm	200-1000 nm
Z-adjustment
Bottom reading
Filters
Monochromator for Abs. and Fluor. Excitation
Monochromator for Fluor. Emission
Filter identification	Manual	Manual
Wavelength scanning (absorbance)		✘
Monochromator stray light
Monochromator bandwidth

	Apollo	Tristar 3
Injectors	No	Up to 3 JET injectors with frictionless operation
Injector volume		10-100 µL in 1 µL steps
Injector accuracy		Better than 2% across the entire volume range
Injector precision		Better than 2% across the entire volume range

	Apollo	Tristar 3
Microplate formats	96-well	6- to 384-well
Additional sample formats (optional)		µDrop plate for microvolumes Adapter for cuvettes Adapter for petri dishes Adapter for Terasaki plates
Optional Microplate Stacker

	Apollo	Tristar 3
Shaking	3 shaking modes: slow, medium and fast	Linear, orbital, double orbital, with selectable speed and diameter
Temperature control	from RT + 4° C to 50° C (Apollo-I only)	From ambient +5° to 45° C
Gas connection

	Apollo	Tristar 3
Absorbance precision	≤ 0.2 % CV (@0-3 OD) (@405 nm) ≤ 1 % CV (@3-4 OD) (@405 nm)	Better than 0.6%
Absorbance accuracy	± 1 % or ± 0.005 OD (0-3 OD) whichever is greater (@405 nm) ± 2 % (3-4 OD) (@405 nm)	Better than 2%
Dynamic range	0-4 OD	0-3.5 OD

Apollo

Tristar 3

Absorbance precision

≤ 0.2 % CV (@0-3 OD) (@405 nm)

≤ 1 % CV (@3-4 OD) (@405 nm)

Better than 0.6%

Absorbance accuracy

± 1 % or ± 0.005 OD (0-3 OD) whichever is greater (@405 nm)

± 2 % (3-4 OD) (@405 nm)

Better than 2%

Dynamic range

0-4 OD

0-3.5 OD

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