> Barnstead/Thermolyne Cimarec stirring hotplate 7X7 Swiw hears they work great
from first hand experience, these are one of the weaker stirrers. they barely can stir anything with a solid in it, let alone Al foil. they also have a really long spin down time, eg. when your sitr bar flips out, and you turn the stirring down to recapture it, it takes a really long time for the thing to slow down enough to capture the stir bar.
on the other hand, the thermolyne 1000 (big boxy combo) is really strong, and has a quick slow down rate. and they're cheap like, well, like something that doesn't cost too much.
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