SURVEYOR pda from THERMO

[sanjay]

Hello Everybody

The SURVEYOR PDA from THERMO salesperson claims 5 times more sensitive than other PDA available. before buying SURVEYOR system can any body share the views about SURVEYOR PDA sensitivity & opeinion about SURVEYOR HPLC system .

Rrgards
Sanjay

[DR]

Another department has one. It worked great for a year, then wouldn't pass calibration for love or money. Some problem w/ a coating on the inside of the flow cell. My dept. ended up buying an Agilent. Shimadzu also has a good PDA these days.

[maris]

We have 10 Surveoyrs PDA in our department, the higher sensitivity id due to 50mm flow cell vs. 10 mm in reguler instruments with the low noise - as a result you have 5 fold sensitive detector. From other side the "unic' flow cell deteriorates easely and you need to replace it with the new one if it doesn't pass the calibration.

[dontibr]

Hi Sanjay , Surveyor with PDA detector is good, we have 3 HPLCs in my lab and very satisfied with the performance.