What is Labnet International?

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Labnet International is a laboratory equipment and consumables supplier that has served research labs since 1984. Its catalog covers centrifuges, liquid handling, constant temperature equipment, molecular biology instruments, agitation equipment, and plasticware, sold through a website that also supports dealer access, regional selection, quotes, and product registration. It is a reasonable starting point if you need to equip or restock a life-science lab with standard benchtop instruments and disposables from a single vendor.

What Labnet supplies

The product range is organized into six main areas:

Category Examples from the catalog
Centrifuges Mini centrifuges, microcentrifuges, compact centrifuges
Liquid handling Manual pipettors, pipet controllers, electronic pipettors, repeating pipettors
Constant temperature equipment Dry baths, hot plate stirrers, incubators, shaking incubators, hybridization ovens, water baths
Molecular biology equipment Thermal cyclers, plate sealers, ENDURO horizontal gel boxes, ENDURO modular vertical gel systems, transilluminators, blotting power supplies, ENDURO gel documentation systems
Agitation equipment Vortexers, orbital shakers, 3D shakers, rotators, reciprocal shakers, rocking platforms
Plasticware Disposable plastics, reusable labware

The site also lists product bundles, which group related items for a specific workflow rather than selling everything individually.

How the site is structured

The homepage presents four broad entry points — Electrophoresis & Molecular Biology, Lab Incubators/Ovens & Baths, Lab Shakers/Rockers & Rotators, and Laboratory Centrifuges — plus a Liquid Handling Products link. From there you can browse by category or use the site search.

Several account and support functions sit alongside the catalog:

  • My Account for registered users
  • Dealers Section for distributor access
  • My Quote to collect products before requesting pricing (the cart starts empty with a prompt to add products)
  • Register a Product for existing owners
  • Document Center for manuals and related documents
  • Services, OEM, Blog, and Contact Us

A region selector asks visitors to choose North America, Europe, Latin America, or Pacific Rim/Africa/Middle East, which likely affects available products, dealers, and support contacts.

Bestselling products

The homepage highlights five items as current bestsellers:

  • BioPette Plus single-channel pipettors
  • ENDURO GDS II Gel Documentation System (GDS II and GDS Touch II)
  • 311DS Environmental Shaking Incubator
  • AccuBlock Digital Dry Baths
  • Labnet Mini Microcentrifuges (C1601)

These are a useful shortlist if you want to see what other labs buy most often, but they are not necessarily the right fit for a specific protocol — check specifications against your application before ordering.

Practical notes before you buy

  • Pricing is not shown on the homepage. The quote system implies you add products and request pricing rather than checking out directly, so budget figures require contacting Labnet or a dealer.
  • Regional availability matters. Select your region early, since product lines and dealer networks differ by area.
  • Two buying guides exist for centrifuges — one on the website and separate iOS and Android apps — which is worth using if centrifugation is your main purchase.
  • Product registration is separate from purchase, so register instruments after they arrive to keep warranty and documentation records in order.

If you need a single vendor for routine benchtop equipment and disposables, Labnet's breadth is the main draw. If you need highly specialized instrumentation or published third-party performance comparisons, you will likely need to look beyond this catalog.