How your lab is set up and how you prepare your participant for the experiment can have an impact on the quality of your EEG recording. In this chapter we provide tips and tricks regarding the infrastructure and equipment organization in your lab, as well as data acquisition optimization in different EEG setups. Our recommendations stand on four pillars: signal quality, experimental control, operational efficiency, and safety. Both stationary and mobile EEG setups are covered. We focus on examples of different electrode technologies and on considerations for special populations, using children as an example, to provide some guidelines that you can follow in your daily research work.