I finally got sick of burning my fingers and dropping flaming alcohol on the flow hood and carpet. I was afraid I'd have a bad fire eventually. I bought the small one.
Thats what I have.
The parts touching the glass beads get extremely hot but the handles should remain cool. I use a small beaker of sterilized distilled water to dip them into.Would the tools become too hot to handle?
Thanks for the info! It's good to know since my LFH (wonderfully crafted by Willy) gets a bit tight on space with the sterilizer in.I have the sterilzer sitting outside of my laminar flow hood. The tools are hot enough that when you take them out of the sterilizer the convection currents shouldn't allow any spores land on the tools. I tried to put the sterilzer in the hood with the cord coming out the front, but I don't think it makes a difference.
I took a few Microbiology courses in university and we didn't worry about contaminating the inoculation loops after we flamed them.
Mine is a cheapo. Time to make a wish to santa for a better one in a few years...Mine is 8 cm deep which is all I need.