Laminar Flow Hood with HEPA H12 Filter,FFU,17.3" x 14.8" x 14.8" Laminar Flow Hood Mycology (Filter Included),Mycology Laminar Flow Hood for Laboratories/Clean Rooms/Mushroom Spores Inoculation 110v

Works great so far

bought 2. flow is good enough. 2nd one came in with broken hood pieces. pretty flimsy but it works. sending broken one back.

Small but powerful.

Inadequate flow. Work space is too small. H12 filter does not suffice for mycology -- an H13 or H14 is required.

The built-in FFU pushes a smooth curtain of filtered air across the workspace, keeping contamination way down while staying quiet enough for apartment use. Pre-installed filter and simple plug-and-play setup mean sterile work in minutes. Agar plates stay clear, jars colonize fast, and that constant soft breeze is weirdly satisfying. First-timers suddenly get flawless results instead of mystery mold.

Save your $, build your own, or get a higher quality one. This does NOT have laminar flow. Its turbulent as heck and at lower speeds it doesnt bend a flame. I do not recommend this product to rookie mycologists. I had a 90% contam rate, where I normally have 0-10% with a S.A.B... Just use a Still Air Box and save your $. I wasted a couple hundred in mediums and cultivars using this junk pile. Great shipping, good seller, bad product. (Also the filter included doesn't have a high enough micron count to be efficient for mycology.) Mush love folks.

It's hyperbolic to say "you simply can't at all use this for mycology because of the H12 filter". If your options are this vs nothing? You're going to get less contamination with this. Just make sure you have a reasonably clean space to work with and an H12 is manageable. Having this isn't akin to having nothing, it's workable, but an H12 is a bit of sabotage on the manufacturers part. It's odd of this manufacturer to cheap out on the filter. It just leaves unnecessary room for error, a sign that your product is using cheaper materials than it should be, and another check mark this product doesn't check off in general. Build wise it's ok at best. I'm not a fan of the tiny fans at all. Maxed out they gives an ok flow rate, but the problem is you have to max them out—there is no wiggle room with the design of this. The filter will need immediate replacement as it gets used because the fans can't be increased more to compensate. Most other things about this is ok. The magnets that hold the filter in place are nice and the acrylic panels are a good add on for those needing to get used to working in the space of the hood. The real big downside to this is the size. Working with bags and jars in the small space of this hood is pretty difficult. The size is fine for work with plates, but that is about all that is doable as far as mycology is concerned. It's an ok starter hood if you can get it on the cheap. For its normal price? I'd try to see about building one DIY or shop around for a larger one with better specs. The value just isn't there given the effort to compensate for a bad choice of filters and working in a very small space.

This laminar flow hood provides a work area for handing live samples that must be protected from contamination. Two fans draw in air from the top, and blow it through a HEPA filter to provide a continuous flow of filtered air to a rectangular work area for your hands. This makes it possible to manipulate live samples properly and reduce contamination. Everyone using this flow hood should follow the standard protocols for handling live specimens; if you need to learn, there are many "best practices" videos available onlyine. This is a quality product, reasonably priced. Recommended.

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