The Syn-R1 electrode in close view, spring and housing lit from the side
For researchers · Syn-R1 research edition
Research use only

Put Synaptive electrodes on real participants.

We are working with a small group of early-adopter labs to trial the electrode across hair types and validate its performance on their own equipment. Units are expected to ship from late 2026. Early adopters get direct input into the final design.

Why labs switch

What changes when you switch.

You know where EEG breaks down on textured hair. Here is what a different contact mechanism does about it.

Setup time

Place, twist, gel

That is the whole prep. No parting, no braiding, no separate protocol by hair type. The tip reaches the scalp rather than resting on the hair, so there is no gap to bridge with gel and you get through the cap faster.

The full setup guide →
Data quality

Nobody gets excluded

Scalp contact on straight, wavy, curly, coily and afro-textured hair, and across protective styles including braids. Fewer participants screened out, fewer sessions discarded.

Funding

A diversity claim you can evidence

Funders are asking harder questions about who is in your sample. An electrode validated across hair types is a checkable answer, and one most labs cannot give yet.

The Syn-R1 electrode resting in a glass dish in a research setting
Research edition

In labs now, on real participants.

Early adopters are recording across hair types on their own equipment. What they find feeds into the design and the clinical file.

Direct inputYour findings shape the final design before it is frozen.
A line to usNot a ticket queue. You talk to the people building it.
Named, if you wantCredit in the validation work your data contributes to.
What you can order

Two formats, one contact mechanism.

For labs that have struggled to record clean data across afro-textured, coily or curly hair. It is a passive, drop-in replacement, so adopting it changes nothing about how you work.

Best value

10-20 full set

Complete international 10-20 layout, 19 electrodes, for full coverage that works for every participant.

  • 19 Synaptive EEG electrodes
  • Connector: 1.5 mm DIN TP (DIN42802)
  • Compatible with BrainProducts, g.tec, BioSemi, ANT Neuro and more
  • Reusable, research-grade construction

Priced on request

Single unit

Individual electrode

Trial performance at a specific position, or replace a single electrode in your existing cap, before committing to a full set.

  • 1 Synaptive EEG electrode
  • Connector: 1.5 mm DIN TP (DIN42802)
  • Drop-in for any standard 1.5 mm DIN socket

Priced on request

Both formats are the Syn-R1 research edition, supplied for research use only. Full specifications are on the products page; the datasheet is coming soon. Clinical department? Register interest in the clinical edition instead.

Run a student society rather than a lab? See our student partner program, electrodes at cost, for the first five societies who join. Based in a market where standard pricing isn't realistic? See our regional access program.

Ordering during Early Access

Trial it properly. Send it back if it isn't right.

Test it on your own participants and equipment. Every order placed before 30 December 2026 carries a 60-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.

60 daysFrom delivery, to trial it across real sessions.
No questionsIf it is not right for your lab, send it back.
Through 30 Dec 2026Applies to every Early Access order placed by then.
Request test units

Tell us about your setup.

Tell us your system and where you would test. We reply within 48 hours.