Hamilton Pipettes

Hamilton Pipetting Solutions

Ergonomic SoftGrip pipetting solutions for precise manual liquid handling, plate workflows, and dependable everyday lab performance

Hamilton Pipettes

Hamilton Pipette Categories

Explore Hamilton SoftGrip pipette categories, including single-channel pipettes, multi-channel pipettes, and compatible pipette tips for precise manual liquid handling.

Hamilton pipettes are designed for precise, comfortable manual liquid handling across routine laboratory, analytical, research, and high-throughput workflows. Chrom Tech supplies Hamilton pipettes and pipette tips as an authorized distributor, helping laboratories select the right SoftGrip single-channel pipettes, SoftGrip multi-channel pipettes, and compatible pipette tips for their application needs. These products are built to support dependable volume transfer, strong ergonomic performance, and repeatable pipetting results in laboratories where both accuracy and user comfort matter.

Hamilton’s pipetting portfolio centers on the SoftGrip manual pipette platform and compatible universal pipette tips, including AdvanTip and AdvanTip LT options. The SoftGrip design is intended to reduce hand strain through a lightweight body, soft non-slip handle, and low-force plunger action, while maintaining the accuracy and precision expected in demanding lab environments. Hamilton also emphasizes factory calibration, straightforward in-lab maintenance, and broad tip compatibility, making these pipettes a practical choice for laboratories that need reliable day-to-day manual pipetting performance.


Why Hamilton Pipettes Are Used

Manual pipetting performance depends on more than just stated volume range. In real laboratory use, the pipette must deliver consistent results while remaining comfortable enough for repeated daily operation. Hamilton pipettes are used because they combine ergonomic design with precision liquid handling, helping laboratories improve both user comfort and pipetting consistency. This is especially important in workflows involving repetitive transfers, standardized assays, plate work, sample preparation, and other tasks where hand fatigue can affect performance over time.

This category includes SoftGrip Single Channel pipettes, SoftGrip Multi Channel pipettes, and compatible pipette tips. Each subgroup addresses a different part of the pipetting workflow. Single-channel pipettes are commonly used for general liquid transfer and everyday bench work, multi-channel pipettes are useful for plate-based and higher-throughput workflows, and Hamilton pipette tips help complete the system by supporting proper fit, clean release, and consistent sample handling. Grouping these categories together helps laboratories build a pipetting setup around both performance and usability.

SoftGrip Ergonomics for Everyday Pipetting

Hamilton’s SoftGrip pipette design is built around ergonomic handling. The pipettes are designed with a lightweight body, soft contoured grip, and low-force plunger action to reduce repetitive strain during extended use. This makes them well suited for laboratories where manual pipetting is performed frequently throughout the day and where operator comfort can directly affect consistency, speed, and long-term usability.

Hamilton offers SoftGrip pipettes in both single-channel and multi-channel formats, including adjustable-volume and fixed-volume options. Multi-channel models also include design features such as a rotatable lower body and secure volume adjustment, supporting more comfortable alignment during plate-based workflows. Together, these features help make the SoftGrip line a strong fit for laboratories that need ergonomic manual pipettes without sacrificing precision.

Factory-Calibrated Pipettes and Compatible Universal Tips

Hamilton pipettes are factory calibrated and designed for reliable accuracy and precision, with in-lab calibration and maintenance procedures intended to help preserve long-term performance. This focus on calibration and repeatability is important in laboratories where measured transfer volumes must remain consistent across repeated workflows. Whether the application involves routine liquid handling or more controlled analytical preparation, a dependable manual pipette can help support better laboratory consistency.

Hamilton pipette tips are designed to work with the pipette system as part of that overall performance. AdvanTip and AdvanTip LT universal tips are available in multiple configurations, including low-retention, filter, sterile, and extended-length options depending on the volume and application. Hamilton also emphasizes consistent tip geometry, clean hydroscopic surfaces, and lot testing for key contamination-related parameters. For laboratories selecting a complete pipetting setup, the combination of SoftGrip pipettes and compatible Hamilton tips provides a practical solution for accurate, comfortable, and repeatable manual pipetting.

Key Definitions
SoftGrip Pipette
A Hamilton manual pipette designed for ergonomic liquid handling, combining comfortable operation with precise aspiration and dispensing.
Single-Channel Pipette
A pipette designed to aspirate and dispense through one tip position, commonly used for routine bench work, sample preparation, and general laboratory liquid handling.
Adjustable-Volume Pipette
A pipette that allows the user to set different transfer volumes within a defined range, offering flexibility across multiple laboratory tasks.
Fixed-Volume Pipette
A pipette designed to aspirate and dispense one preset volume, often used when the same transfer volume is repeated frequently for better workflow consistency.
Multi-Channel Pipette
A pipette with multiple parallel tip positions used for simultaneous aspiration and dispensing across rows of a plate, helping improve speed and consistency in plate-based workflows.
Factory Calibration
A calibration process completed by the manufacturer before shipment to verify that the pipette performs within specified accuracy and precision targets.
In-Lab Calibration
A user or laboratory maintenance procedure used to verify and adjust pipette performance over time so liquid handling remains accurate and reproducible.
AdvanTip / AdvanTip LT
Hamilton universal pipette tip families designed to support secure fit, clean release, and consistent pipetting performance across compatible manual pipettes.
Low-Retention Pipette Tip
A pipette tip designed to reduce sample carryover and improve liquid recovery by minimizing sample interaction with the interior tip surface.
Universal Pipette Tip
A pipette tip manufactured with dimensions intended to fit multiple compatible pipette brands or models while supporting consistent sealing and dispensing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Hamilton pipettes used for?
Hamilton pipettes are used for precise manual liquid handling in routine laboratory work, analytical preparation, research applications, and plate-based workflows.
What is the difference between Hamilton SoftGrip single-channel and multi-channel pipettes?
Single-channel pipettes transfer liquid through one tip position at a time, while multi-channel pipettes transfer liquid through multiple tip positions simultaneously for faster plate-based work.
Are Hamilton SoftGrip pipettes available in adjustable and fixed volume formats?
Yes. Hamilton offers SoftGrip pipettes in both adjustable-volume and fixed-volume single-channel formats, along with multi-channel adjustable-volume options.
Why are Hamilton pipettes described as ergonomic?
Hamilton pipettes are designed with ergonomic handling features such as a lightweight body, comfortable SoftGrip handle, and low-force pipetting action to help reduce hand strain during repeated use.
Are Hamilton pipettes factory calibrated?
Yes. Hamilton pipettes are factory calibrated and are also designed for straightforward in-lab calibration and maintenance to help preserve long-term performance.
What pipette tips are commonly used with Hamilton pipettes?
Hamilton AdvanTip and AdvanTip LT universal pipette tips are commonly used with Hamilton manual pipettes and are available in multiple formats for different volume ranges and applications.
Are Hamilton pipette tips available in specialty formats?
Yes. Hamilton pipette tips are available in specialty formats such as low-retention, filter, sterile, and extended-length options depending on the application and volume range.
Why would a laboratory choose Hamilton pipettes and tips?
Laboratories choose Hamilton pipettes and tips when they need ergonomic manual pipetting tools, dependable accuracy, compatible universal tip options, and repeatable day-to-day liquid handling performance.