PLAN BEFORE YOU BUY
Does equipment ownership fit your workload?
Use a consistent currency and tax basis, and compare equivalent services. Enter your actual costs. A cartridge price is only one part of a testing workflow.
This planning tool does not establish clinical equivalence or replace veterinary advice. For NZ, use your written NZD quote.
Include the costs that matter.
- Cartridges, controls, repeats and wastage.
- Collection, centrifugation, tubes, tips, staff time and veterinary involvement.
- Freight, service, storage, consumable expiry and downtime.
- Any seasonal change in workload; an annual average can conceal quiet months.
Simple payback is equipment cost divided by estimated monthly net benefit. It excludes financing, depreciation and resale value. There is no payback under assumptions that produce no positive monthly benefit.
Compare the same service on each side. An equipment cartridge does not include every service supplied by a veterinary consultation or laboratory.