[cge]

Note that Oxford Nanopore seems to have very much a "sell the ink/razor/etc" business model with their devices: that $1,000 package comes with one flow cell, which is a consumable and costs $900. They're essentially giving the device away for free.

On some of their larger devices (eg, the PromethION), they've moved outright to a "we lend you the device for free, you buy the consumables" model.

[up6w6]

There is some exciting work around this flow cells to create something more durable. It would be really interesting to be able to buy something like that and use it in schools/personal hacks without worrying about small mistakes in the sample.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanopore#Inorganic https://nanoporetech.com/how-it-works/types-of-nanopores

[hobofan]

IIRC you even have to send back the used flow cells to buy new ones so they can keep prices down.