Used Ophthalmology Equipment for Sale Online —
When you’re considering setting up your own ophthalmology clinic after having graduated from medical school, it can be a daunting prospect at first whether or not you need to buy new or used ophthalmology equipment. A lot of fresh startups might consider either renting or buying used equipment, as both will allow you to save literally tens of thousands of dollars in the original startup costs that a new clinic will incur. A brand new slit lamp with an ophthalmic chair and stand may end up costing you over $20,000, so it only makes sense to rent or buy used equipment at the start and then upgrade it as you need it.
Advantages of renting
Renting ophthalmic equipment such as tonometers also makes sense. The main reason why a business would want to rent equipment rather than buy it is to save on taxes. When you make your tax declaration, you can generally write off business rental costs as an expense and claim that money back on your tax return. This will allow you to receive a huge bonus at the end of the year and will make it that much easier in the first few years of your business so you are not in too much debt.
Advantages to buying used ophthalmology equipment
There are also advantages to buying used equipment, such as ophthalmic chairs and stands, phoroptors, slit lamps, tonometers and lensometers. The main advantage is for those items that you might be using a lot and for which it would pay to own your own capital. You might like to consider renting items which don’t get much use though. You would generally rent everything when you start up to save on costs and then slowly buy the equipment that you need more often.
There are even ways to get your equipment by leasing it — there are contracts that run for 24 or 36 months and then the ophthalmology equipment is yours to keep at the end of the term.
Another reason to buy equipment is that you will own capital and this can be extremely useful in securing credit from your financial institution when you are considering taking out a loan to expand your business in some way. Let’s say your customer base has grown considerably and you are thinking of renting or buying a larger facility, then you may need to invest a bit in the business to expand in facilities, capital and services, perhaps even take on more staff. This is the time when it can be useful to own some of your own used ophthalmology equipment as you will have some capital that you can use to secure a bigger loan.
Comfort and stress free environment
The most important part of running any clinic is to provide a comfortable and stress free environment for your patients. Ophthalmic chairs and stands are the most likely candidate for used ophthalmology equipment, because you would do best to own your own comfortable chairs that your patients can sit in.



















