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Anyone ever used an Esaote ultrasound machine? I want to get a machine for maybe $16-18k, plus or minus, with a warranty or service contract. I'd rather not go with a Chinese-made machine, because I don't feel like the manufacturers there have proven themselves yet. (Mindray is starting to get close, at least in my mind, but I feel like it's too soon to say whether the Sonoscapes and Chisons of the world make a decent product.)
I've done a lot of blocks on Sonosite machines, and I'm used to them, but the price is just insane. And honestly, Sonosite's policy of canceling the warranty on anything that's been resold by a reseller (this per Sonosite's own rep) is kinda antisocial. A guy buys a new M-turbo, doesn't like it, sells it to Bob's Used Ultrasounds after 6 months, and that's it for the 5 year warranty? Ouch, that can't help the resale value, esp considering that Sonosite quotes almost $3k/year for a service contract.
Esaote is a combination of Italian and US-made parts, as I understood the rep, and assembled here in the US. I'd be looking at the MyLab5 for u/s-guided nerve blocks - ISB, supraclavic, femoral, sciatic. They quoted me $18k for a used machine with 4 years of coverage, battery, cart, printer, multi-frequency probe, pretty much everything but the needle and the local. Thoughts?
Any thoughts would be welcome - thanks in advance!
I've done a lot of blocks on Sonosite machines, and I'm used to them, but the price is just insane. And honestly, Sonosite's policy of canceling the warranty on anything that's been resold by a reseller (this per Sonosite's own rep) is kinda antisocial. A guy buys a new M-turbo, doesn't like it, sells it to Bob's Used Ultrasounds after 6 months, and that's it for the 5 year warranty? Ouch, that can't help the resale value, esp considering that Sonosite quotes almost $3k/year for a service contract.
Esaote is a combination of Italian and US-made parts, as I understood the rep, and assembled here in the US. I'd be looking at the MyLab5 for u/s-guided nerve blocks - ISB, supraclavic, femoral, sciatic. They quoted me $18k for a used machine with 4 years of coverage, battery, cart, printer, multi-frequency probe, pretty much everything but the needle and the local. Thoughts?
Any thoughts would be welcome - thanks in advance!
