General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

These reels fit perfectly in the developing tank.
It might be a little difficult to load the film in at first. You need some practice.
The quality of the materials and manufacturing is excellent.

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

What may I say?! This is absolutely useless product. You simply may not use it. No way. I was trying to load film on this real several times - no chance. Quality of this product is very poor. Two spirals are not in parallel with difference up to 2mm. I can to image how such serious shop may offer such a bad product. If you want to be totally shocked - purchase it. If you additionally consider huge shipment price (e.g. as twice more expensive as in other shops) you will probably start to understand my pain. Do not buy this - buy e.g. HEWES.

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Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

Film always starts to overlap at the same spot. Something is wrong with it. I would stick with plastic.

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

Decidedly the worst film reels I've ever used. It's impossible to load film onto it in daylight, let alone in the dark, like you need to...

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

The other reviewers are correct. I purchased two of these. Neither winds film without wrinkling or slipping so that two layers touch. They look like film reels, but whoever makes them doesn't understand their purpose. On one of my reels, the top and bottom are not parallel, so at the wide side it isn't tight enough to hold the film. The other reel has spot welds which have deformed the wire rails so that the film doesn't go into the groove as it passed a spoke. I blamed myself at first, but in 10+ years of using Nikor reels (since given away) I never had any problems and didn't appreciate the role that quality control plays in making this step in processing a no-brainer. My reels are being returned for credit.

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

Bent reel. Innacurate loading. Makes creases or the film touches every time and I know I'm not a bad loader.

I use it for home processing and wish I never bought it. Save your money for something of better quality.

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

I am a first time photography student that was told to buy stainless steel tanks and reels and in order to save money I bought two of these. I went to wind the film on them and the welds on the reels will not allow the film to fit in the grooves so it gets cross threaded and off track. Needless to say more than half of the pictures I took on both rolls did not process. Other students in the class purchased the same brand and the same thing happened.

Comments about General Brand 35mm Stainless Steel Reel:

Very poor construction. I tried to roll some "practice film" on there after having trouble loading in the darkroom. It won't load film. Simple as that. Don't buy this.