I was lucky enough to snag a couple of Honeywell Nikor tanks from ebay for cheap, they’re compact, don’t consume a lot of chemicals, and i like how the metal reels load once i got used to them. I have two tanks and four reels for about the same price as a single patterson tank. Highly recommended, even though the plastic patterson reels might be easier to load, i wouldn’t know, the metal reels haven’t really given me much trouble with normal film stocks.
I was lucky enough to snag a couple of Honeywell Nikor tanks from ebay for cheap, they’re compact, don’t consume a lot of chemicals, and i like how the metal reels load once i got used to them. I have two tanks and four reels for about the same price as a single patterson tank. Highly recommended, even though the plastic patterson reels might be easier to load, i wouldn’t know, the metal reels haven’t really given me much trouble with normal film stocks.