agilent 7890 vs Shimadzu 2010

[sextonrick]

Hi all, my company is looking into aquiring a versatile GC unit for analysis of volatile organics etc. We are currently looking into the agilent 7890 and the shimadzu 2010. Can anyone recommend either maker or shed some light on the pros/cons of each machine.
Thanks
Rick

[DR]

2010 is a LC designation for SSI - I'd compare it to a GC-14 or whatever they call this year's model...

[pueblito]

We have a QP2010 with a mass spectrometer ( quadrupole, two turbo pumps and one diffusion pump).
We planning to purchase a HP6890 with a Mass detector.
because of that I dont know agilent´s Mass detector advantages yet, nevertheless, at least, there is something I could say:
QP 2010 vacuum system can support 7mL/min of carrier gas. As far as I know, agilent vacuum system can support up to 4mL/min.

bye.

[Ron]

DR, the GC-2010 is a current model of Shimadzu GC, they also have an LC-2010.

Both the Agilent and Shimadzu are good instruments, the Shimdzu wins on a few specifications, the Agilent on others. One of the main differences is in the software, both will do good chromatography. The GC-2010 software is very good with calibration and reporting, very easy to set up custom reporting.

[sextonrick]

Thanks for the replies!

[giacomo56]

If your choice is between hardware and softwate...then Agilent should win hands down......

Agilent was the first one to use EPC to control flows/pressure etc. etc.....while all the rest had to figure out how to circumvent that patent...

and if you like the Shimadzu software, then you should know that the EZChrome also comes from Agilent (they bought SSI 1-2 years ago) and it will control the 7890...thus giving you great hardware and software platform.....either using the Chemstation or EZCHrome s/w.