Want to Buy WTB: Jobo duolab

[MixingBlix]

In working condition, dev tank is not necessary

 

[mshchem]

I bought mine for 100 bucks with a bunch of big tanks and a couple little 1500 tanks. REALIZE that you need a special cog, the cogs on tanks for their other processors do not work. It's a great little machine,,1 liter slot tanks will take 8x10 film hangers. Bromide drag is a huge issue if you don't use plenty of developer. They only go round and around in one direction.

 

[Down Under]

Duolabs are vastly underrated. Perhaps overly influenced by the brand name, I bought two of them in 2004 - one is my backup and has been (mostly) in storage for the past 16 years, gets taken out and used once or twice every year to keep it going. Works just fine. The other is used maybe once a month when I process the film I've shot in the last few weeks, and also works okay.

These little machines are working proof that simple can often be best - apparently the heating system was designed from that of an electric coffee maker! Temperatures can be adjusted with a screwdriver and the so-called limits of one direction film rotation seems to not affect any of the many films I've processed in my Duolab(s) at all. A few films dislike being rotated but everything made by Kodak, Agfa and Fuji that I've souped in my Duolabs have printed or scanned very well.

Tanks are sturdy and other than a few scratches and scuffs on the surfaces, go on working well (and not leaking) after two decades of use. Far better than the Patersons I had before.

A lot of useful data is available online for the Duolab. Jobo put out enough info sheets to produce a small book, but I'm not sure if this is still available from them. I have it all printed in a folder anyway.

Here in Australia the Duolabs sell for about $400 each when you can find them on Ebay, but our Ozzydolla is worth something like 70 US cents anyway, so the adjusted price is lower. Cheap at twice the price!

 

[MixingBlix]

Duolabs are vastly underrated. Perhaps overly influenced by the brand name, I bought two of them in 2004 - one is my backup and has been (mostly) in storage for the past 16 years, gets taken out and used once or twice every year to keep it going. Works just fine. The other is used maybe once a month when I process the film I've shot in the last few weeks, and also works okay.

These little machines are working proof that simple can often be best - apparently the heating system was designed from that of an electric coffee maker! Temperatures can be adjusted with a screwdriver and the so-called limits of one direction film rotation seems to not affect any of the many films I've processed in my Duolab(s) at all. A few films dislike being rotated but everything made by Kodak, Agfa and Fuji that I've souped in my Duolabs have printed or scanned very well.

Tanks are sturdy and other than a few scratches and scuffs on the surfaces, go on working well (and not leaking) after two decades of use. Far better than the Patersons I had before.

A lot of useful data is available online for the Duolab. Jobo put out enough info sheets to produce a small book, but I'm not sure if this is still available from them. I have it all printed in a folder anyway.

Here in Australia the Duolabs sell for about $400 each when you can find them on Ebay, but our Ozzydolla is worth something like 70 US cents anyway, so the adjusted price is lower. Cheap at twice the price!

Duolab is very hard to find, and I switched from roller transport to drum processing to save cleaning time. Thanks for you input!