General Brand Stainless Steel Tank with Plastic Lid includes Two 35mm Reels

Comments about General Brand Stainless Steel Tank with Plastic Lid and 2 - 35mm Reels:

The only good thing I can say is that the tank is decent.

However, after only 2-3 uses the lid on the tank began to leak.

The reels are totally useless. It is impossible to load film onto them, the grooves are all filled with solder and unevenly spaced. I contacted B&H about the defective reels and they sent me 2 replacements, which were just as bad at the originals.

Comments about General Brand Stainless Steel Tank with Plastic Lid and 2 - 35mm Reels:

Everybody knows that loading stainless film reels takes some practice, but I feel sorry for the beginner that tries to learn on the reels that come in this set. They are very poorly made. I received two of them, and they both have the same problems. The sides are misaligned straight out of the box so that near the outside of the reel, the edges are actually wider than the film at some places, which means the film won't catch on the spiral and will overlap lower levels. The spiral wires themselves are very thin and the welds that connect them to the supports are too wide, so that they almost cut off the space between the wires, making the film jump from the track. The welds also stick out a little bit from the wire, which causes the film to catch and misfeed. I've been loading these kind of reels for years, but I could get a good load on either of the two reels I received, even in daylight, let alone in a darkroom.