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    Is your manual pipette ruining your summer?
    Break up with repetitive strain, step away from the bench earlier and swipe to find your automation match.

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    Flexible, automated, high performance liquid handling for a range of applications.
    apricot s3
    Location: your lab 😉 - Available now

    High throughput, small footprint, zero wrist strain. Loves taking over tedious runs of 96-well plates and getting you out of the lab on time. Serious lab relationships only.

    12x Handheld Speed EZ-Load Tip Ready RSI-Free Benchwork (0.5µL to 1000µL)

    12×

    faster than 8-channel handhelds

    0.5µL to 1000µL

    volume range

    96–384

    well plate configurations

    $0

    extra tool costs for core swaps

    SOUND FAMILIAR?

    Is manual pipetting

    ruining your summer?

    You didn't spend years in research to hand-pipette your way through every plate. It's time for a better partner on the bench.

    SOUND FAMILIAR?

    Is manual pipetting

    ruining your summer?

    You didn't spend years in research to hand-pipette your way through every plate. It's time for a better partner on the bench.

    Bench space and instrument consolidation
    Repetitive Strain

    Your wrist, your data velocity, and your sanity are all taking a hit. Manual pipetting fatigue creates subtle variations - automation saves your joints and your data.

    Bench space and instrument consolidation
    Grid Blindness

    This is one of the most universally feared manual pipetting errors, one distraction or phone ping, and a researcher completely loses their place on a 96 or 384-well grid, ruining hours of work and hundreds of dollars in reagents.

    Bench space and instrument consolidation
    Reproducibility Bottleneck

    Human variability across multi-channel pipettes introduces user error, from poorly fitting tips to inconsistent plunge pressure. Consistent, precise dispensing shouldn't depend on user fatigue.

    Find Your Type

    Swipe to find your automation match.

    We've profiled the four most common manual pipetting personalities. Swipe right if you see yourself. We already know how this ends.

    ❌
    Not me, pass
    💕
    That's literally me
    NOPE
    MATCH!
    The Low-Volume Visionary
    "Trying to accurately pipette $0.5\ \mu\text{L}$ to $2\ \mu\text{L}$ of master mix into a 384-well plate using standard manual pipettes is an exercise in dynamic guessing. Did the fluid touch the bottom? Did it stay on the tip?" 
    NOPE
    MATCH!
    The Serial Dilution Skeptic
    "Plating out an 8-point dose-response curve across multiple columns manually is a psychological test. By the time I hit the final column, my tip immersion depth has drifted, and my $CV$ values are out the window." 
    NOPE
    MATCH!
    The Viscous Reagent Wrestler
    "Enzymes, glycerol mixes, and lysis buffers don't behave like water. Manually pulling up viscous mixes without causing air bubbles requires the thumb precision of a surgeon, and doing it 96 times is exhausting." 
    NOPE
    MATCH!
    The Plate Reformatting Hostage
    "Transferring samples from 96-well master blocks into 384-well assay plates using a manual handheld pipette is a recipe for a skipped row. One distraction or phone chime and I have to throw away the entire plate." 
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    Your automation match 💕

    Meet apricot S3

    Designed for the high-performance benchtop workflows that keep you late. Precise. Fast. Scalable.

    apicot S3 automated liquid handler

    Fall in love with pipetting again

    The apricot S3 is the compact automated liquid handler built to eliminate manual pipetting bottlenecks. Pair high-speed multi-channel performance with absolute data reproducibility on a remarkably small bench footprint.
    • Operating speeds over 12x faster than 8-channel handhelds
    • Seamless volume flexibility from (0.5µL to 1000µL)
    • Interchangeable 96-channel core system swaps by hand in seconds
    • Intuitive touchscreen interface with minimal training downtime
    • Zero extra tool costs or hidden maintenance requirements
    Claim the Summer Offer →

     Hear from users that found their match with apricot S3!

    User friendly software. Easy to do quick setup but also offers many different functions and options for more extensive assays. Reproducibility was very good in a time-saving manner. Instrument allows for mid to high throughput assays.

    Ian Hammond-Martel | Paraza Pharma

    5/5 for easy to import, create or edit workflows/protocols. Our apricot works really well for NGS protocols. 5/5 for easy to calibrate and re-initialize. 5/5 for great after sales-care & customer services.

    Stella Huang | seqWell

    Amazing to see [the apricot] unboxed and contributing to more efficient NGS workflows on the same day! We’re all about that kind of turnaround…

    Sequencing Technologies Director | Day Zero Diagnostic

    The apricot is a very efficient tool for us. We work with high-throughput 384-well low-volume plates that don't leave a lot of room for error when handling. Using the apricot for media changes and other aspects of cell culture cut down our wet lab time tremendously and make our treatments much more consistent than they would be by hand. The apricot is our most heavily used piece of equipment in our lab.

    Jake Buford | PhenoVista Biosciences

    The Apricot S3 delivered high level of precision and accuracy in pipetting when we had it for the demo, the %CV was around 1.5%. It's nice to have a instrument that can pipet 0.5 uL to 125 uL in one pipet tray, which greatly facilitates our workflow. It is very easy to use and methods are easily written.

    Zachary Nguyen | Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

    Exclusive Core Bundle Offer

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    get an extra Core free.

    Workflows change, and your budget shouldn't prevent true versatility. Purchase an apricot S3 during this promotional window and choose an additional pipetting core completely free.

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    Interchangeable Core (0.5µL to 1000µL)
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    SPT Labtech · Bench Insights
    How to fall in love with pipetting again
    The complete guide to escaping manual liquid handling bottlenecks, without the complexity of traditional automation transitions.

    Your summer reading sorted.

    How to identify and score your biggest manual pipetting fatigue risks
    The accuracy blueprint: mapping manual assays to automated platforms
    Real-world velocity case studies: data turnaround metrics
    How to build a seamless instrument business case for your PI

     

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