I have not had any issues finding parasites without the centrifuge. I have used the float method at home and then gone in to work and double check myself by running centrifugation and not once found something additional. So no I would not buy a centrifuge for home. One thing that is nice to have is trichrome or other deep purple stain. When looking for live giardia or trichomocas and coccidial organisms, you can place a drop of saline on a slide and directly smear the fecal matter onto it, then place a cover slip on top. Take a dropper with your stain in it and a tissue or Kim wipe. Hold the Kim wipe in you left hand and dropper in you right. Slowly introduce a drop of stain onto the right hand side of the cover slip while using the Kim wipe to wick from the left side of the cover slip. This will drag the stain through and make all you protazoan swimmers show up nice and bright. Just do a search on Google or visit a vet and ask for info on the recommended stain for giardia and what not.
Grnpyro

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