Bonsai Flow Hoods is the first personal & portable Laminar Flow Hood. Backed by the experts in the Bio-pharmaceutical industry, the HEPAFLOW-12 is designed from the ground up for the Mushroom enthusiast to create a 99.99% sterile work space.  Stop wasting money on spores and never buy another spore syringe again! Whether you are a beginner or advanced grower you can do it all!

Bonsai Flow Hoods make it possible to:

  • Work with Agar plates
  • Make your own spore syringes
  • Perform Grain to Grain transfers
  • Cloning, isolating, and more!

  • Each Flow hood includes/features:

  • Simple 110V plug in play design - 2 minute assembly!
  • Horizontal Laminar Air Flow 
  • Made with 3/4" Cabinet Grade Birch Plywood
  • On/Off switch
  • Custom CNC Removable Face plate
  • Acrylic side air buffers (optional teaching tool for beginners)
  • Replaceable 99.99% Micron Filter designed to last 3-5 years of normal use
  • User's Guide that covers sterile technique, how to make your own spore syringes, work with agar, transfer grain and more!
  • 1 Year full parts and labor warranty
  • Retail: $449.00
    Price: $399.00
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    Say hello to the endless possibilities a Laminar Flow Hood brings to this hobby!  The HEPAFLOW-12 is a personal and portable Horizontal Laminar Flow Hood which combines a 135 cubic foot per minute fan and a 12"x12" Ultra-Micron HEPA filter rated at 99.99% efficient at 0.3 microns.  The fan filter combination produces 200 feet per minute down flow which is above the standard of laboratory and clean room use. Whether you are a beginner or advanced grower you can now:

  • Easily work with Agar plates to inoculate any substrate
  • Make your own spore syringes 
  • Inoculate Jars, bags etc contaminate free
  • Transfer colonized mycelium from one bag or Jar to another!
  • Learn Cloning, isolating, and more!
  • Each Flowhood includes/features:

  • Expertly crafted with 3/4" Birch cabinet grade plywood
  • On/Off switch
  • Acrylic air buffers (optional teaching tool for beginners)
  • Replaceable 99.99% Micron Filter designed to last 3-5 years of normal use
  • Midwest's User's Guide that covers sterile technique, how to make your own spore syringes, work with agar, transfer grain and more!
  • 1 Year full parts and labor warranty
  • Also available in Natural Clear coat finish

  • Bonsai Flowhoods are hand crafted here in the USA! Each unit is rigorously tested by a certified technician before shipping. This product ships FedEx directly from the manufacturer. The HepaFlow-12 are painted white with Sherwin Williams Paint Shield Microbicidal latex paint. This new paint technology kills 99.9% of bacteria and germs that touch it. Learn more at swpaintshield.com.  Natural birch with a clear coat finish are available on request, please allow 7-10 day lead time for custom finishes.

    How does a flowhood work with mushroom growing?

    This model is a horizontal flowhood which creates a low velocity air flow that blows toward you. This air is super filtered and is 99.99% sterile. It can be used in any environment for many different things. The sterile moving air allows you to work in the space and open up substrate jars, bags, transfers, make spore syringes, work with agar plates and much more. If you ever experienced mold from inoculations, this will eliminate that. 


    Dimensions: 15" Wide X 26" Tall X 15" Deep   28.5 lbs

    Purchase a Bonsai Flowhood and Save $20.00 on a Bonsai Stainless Steel Workspace Riser. Add the Riser to cart to see new price. 

    *Due to rising costs we are not allowing any coupon codes or discounts at this time on this item. Thank you!

    Build Specifications and Features

    Motor and Electrical Connections:

    Blower Fan: Private Label from Sub-Zero/Wolf

    Voltage: 120v to ground

    Connection: 14/2 wire shielded in metal clad conduit (mc).

    Switch: Single pole single throw 120v with ground.

    Power cord: 16 gauge with ground.

    Filter:

    12"×12" Minpleat HEPA

    Rating: 99.998 @ 0.3 micron

    Pressure drop: 0.58 @ 100 cm

    Construction:

    Material: 3/4" birch plywood top grade.

    1 Piece CNC machined removable front trim cover

    All wood screws are #8 2" and are installed with a countersink to prevent splitting.

    1/4 20 machine screws with washer and nut secure the motor to the fan box - this reduces vibration.

    Threaded metal inserts prevent stripping the plywood frame when changing the filter.

    100% silicone caulking used on interior joints to prevent air leakage.

    Returns/Exchange Policy on Bonsai Flowhoods

    We are happy to accept returns on any un-opened flowhoods. Once the box is open flowhoods are exchange only. We are happy to help in replacing any shipping damage. 

    Overall Customer Rating of 54 Reviews:
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    It works!

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    Pros:
    • Simple set up
    • compact
    • works great
    Cons:
    The flow hood shipped in a timely manner and arrived undamaged. I’ve never owned one before but it works as expected. I’m finally able to effectively inoculate Petri dishes and do agar to liquid culture transfers with confidence, and obviously inoculate my sawdust bags with grains with ease. So far I have had 0 contamination and am very happy with this product. If you don’t want to commit to a gigantic flow hood for you home grow operation , this product is perfect. My ONLY complaint is that it came with a different fan than pictured in the instructions so I was initially confused as to how to assembly but with a little thinking I figured it out.

    Legit Laminar Flow Hood

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    Pros:
    • High quality build
    Cons:
    • none
    This is a very high quality flow hood, very sturdy, Cabinet Grade Birch Plywood, also great deal!

    Excellent affordable flow hood

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    Terrific deal, free shipping, even able to place a 13" x 9" x 2" high cake pan (for grass lovers) in across the front of the flow hood, can transfer grain from a jar directly into the 13" length of cake pan along front of hood,
    as the flow hood is the perfect length sideways for this (13.75"), so no need to ever buy a super expensive 24" side ways length flow hood which costs twice as much with shipping. I've had zero contamination issues, I did however add a piece of 13.5" velcro "hook and loop" tape (see pic) along each edge of the two acrylic side sheets that direct air flow, this allows me to easily
    remove the sides if I ever need to store the flow hood away, and the acrylic sides attach extremely well to the sides of flow hood, imho better than the 4 pieces of double sided tape that
    come with kit. I can't thank you enough, 11 out of 10.
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    Miami

    AMAZIN FLOW HOOD

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    Nice product, very light weight, easy to move and transport, very easy to use. I already used for agar transfers, liquid culture and inoculations. I recommend this product!

    CA

    Great starter hood

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    Pros:
    • Effective
    • Portable
    • Beginner friendly
    • Affordable
    • Quite
    Cons:
    • Short cord
    Very happy with this purchase! Since using this flowhood I've had ZERO contamination. It's worth the money, $500 is a lot for me but I'm so glad I pulled the trigger and finally bought one. If you care about mycology and want to quit gambling with contamination then get a flowhood!