FAQ

What’s the difference between a Smart & traditional (non-smart) SPME Arrow or fiber?

30 Jul 2025

Smart SPME Arrows and fibers offer the same application, performance, and lifetime as the non-smart arrows and fibers with the added feature of a smart chip that can keep track of parameters, ranges, and usage history.

Smart SPME Arrows are fully backwards compatible with any generation of PAL3 Systems. Non-smart SPME Arrows are only supported on the PAL3 system.

Smart SPME fibers are compatible with PAL3 Series I and newer. Non-smart SPME fibers are not compatible with PAL3 Series II rails. Check instrument manufacturer requirements.

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