Lab Armor® Bead Bath

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The Eco-friendly Bead Bath

All of the built-in features on the Bead Bath were designed from the ground up to take advantage of Lab Armor Beads and the advanced capabilities of the Bead Bath. And they delivery exceptional temperature uniformity up to 80ºC. So you can do things with these baths that you can't do with your typical bead-filled water bath. With a revolutionary design and built only for Lab Armor Beads, Bead Baths do things no ordinary water bath could.





3 Sizes. Your choice.

3 Bead Bath sizes to choose from. A Bead Bath gets up and running faster and you never need to turn it off. There is nothing to evaporate. It’s just like a trusty always-on incubator. Unlike a standard bead-filled water bath, a Bead Bath allows you to achieve a new set temperature quickly, without long warm-up delays, so you can make quick adjustments on the fly. A Bead Bath performs all the essentials, including warming, thawing, and incubating, and does it while maintaining a constant temperature just like a water bath. But it performs a few additional things too.


Eco-Friendly Beads

Beads can do what water and ice do. And then some.

Any type vessel

Vessels can be used at any angle with a water bath filled with Beads and you’re not limited to water-tight containers. So you can safely incubate multi-well plates and Petri dishes or thaw precious samples, without fear of water wicking under their lids.

All the essentials

Always on.
A water bath with Beads always stays on, so you don’t have to plan around warmup times. No need to worry about burnout either because there is no water to evaporate.

Stays clean and filled.
A water bath with Beads doesn’t need much attention, a monthly spritz of 70% ethanol for disinfection is usually sufficient.

Stays organized.
Unlike water baths that require racks, floats, and bottleneck weights, a Bead-filled water bath naturally holds things in place without accessories. So no more floating accidents. Really.

Eco-friendly Baths & Beads

Harmful biocides eliminated. Lab Armor has worked hard to eliminate the need for germicides for lab bath maintenance.

Highly recyclable. Beads are formed from solid recyclable metal.

More energy efficient. A bead bath uses over 4X less energy when set to 65ºC and over 2X less energy at 37ºC .

Bead Bath Specs:

Thermal Uniformity:

  • At 37°C +/- 1.0°C
Temperature Range:
  • Ambient +5°C to 80°C
Electrical:
  • 120V or 230V, 50/60Hz
  • Watts: 500W; Amps 5.0A


Laboratory Baths Comparision Chart

Bead Bath Water Bath Oil Bath Sand Bath
High Thermal Efficiency Yes Yes Yes No
Microbial/Biofilm Resistant Yes No Yes Yes
Cross-contamination Resistant Yes No No No
Minimal Cleaning Yes No No Yes
No Refilling Yes No No Yes
Rack and Accessory Free Yes No No Yes
Angled Incubation Possible Yes No No Yes
Constant Volume Yes No Yes Yes
Non-Corrosive Yes No No Yes
Broad Temperature Range (-80 to 180C) Yes No Yes Yes
Non-water tight Vessel Compatibility Yes No No Yes
No Evaporation (Instrument Burn-Out Protection) Yes No Yes Yes
Always On (No Warm Up) Yes No No Yes
Mobile or Field Use Compatible Yes No No No
Non-combustible Yes Yes No Yes


Source: Information provided by Lab Armor

All of the built-in features on the Bead Bath were designed from the ground up to take advantage of Lab Armor Beads and the advanced capabilities of the Bead Bath. And they delivery exceptional temperature uniformity up to 80ºC. So you can do things with these baths that you can't do with your typical bead-filled water bath. With a revolutionary design and built only for Lab Armor Beads, Bead Baths do things no ordinary water bath could.

hand in bead bath

3 Sizes. Your choice.

3 Bead Bath sizes to choose from. A Bead Bath gets up and running faster and you never need to turn it off. There is nothing to evaporate. It’s just like a trusty always-on incubator. Unlike a standard bead-filled water bath, a Bead Bath allows you to achieve a new set temperature quickly, without long warm-up delays, so you can make quick adjustments on the fly.

A Bead Bath performs all the essentials, including warming, thawing, and incubating, and does it while maintaining a constant temperature just like a water bath. But it performs a few additional things too.

All the essentials

Always on.

A water bath with Beads always stays on, so you don’t have to plan around warmup times. No need to worry about burnout either because there is no water to evaporate.

Stays clean and filled.

A water bath with Beads doesn’t need much attention, a monthly spritz of 70% ethanol for disinfection is usually sufficient.

Stays organized.

Unlike water baths that require racks, floats, and bottleneck weights, a Bead-filled water bath naturally holds things in place without accessories. So no more floating accidents. Really.

Eco-friendly Baths & Beads

Harmful biocides eliminated.

Lab Armor has worked hard to eliminate the need for germicides for lab bath maintenance.

Highly recyclable.

Beads are formed from solid recyclable metal.

More energy efficient.

A bead bath uses over 4X less energy when set to 65ºC and over 2X less energy at 37ºC .

Laboratory Baths Comparision Chart

Bead Bath Water Bath Oil Bath Sand Bath
High Thermal Efficiency Yes Yes Yes No
Microbial/Biofilm Resistant Yes No Yes Yes
Cross-contamination Resistant Yes No No No
Minimal Cleaning Yes No No Yes
No Refilling Yes No No Yes
Rack and Accessory Free Yes No No Yes
Angled Incubation Possible Yes No No Yes
Constant Volume Yes No Yes Yes
Non-Corrosive Yes No No Yes
Broad Temperature Range (-80 to 180C) Yes No Yes Yes
Non-water tight Vessel Compatibility Yes No No Yes
No Evaporation (Instrument Burn-Out Protection) Yes No Yes Yes
Always On (No Warm Up) Yes No No Yes
Mobile or Field Use Compatible Yes No No No
Non-combustible Yes Yes No Yes


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