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Originally Posted by John King
Talking about Morco, their price for 1 litre of Multigrade developer is £11. Their price for 5 litres is £22. So buy a 5 litre canister and get 3 litres free which I did. Decanted into screw top glass bottles, Multigrade stock lasts a very long time - at least 18-24 months
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John, I'm a very occasional user in the darkroom a lot of the time. So, I've done in the past what you have just done, but I bought both developer and fixer in 5 litre bottles and bought some good 1 litre, 500ml and 250 ml bottles to decant it all into. The savings that I made on the 5 litres easily paid for the bottles.
And who wouldn't want 3 litres of either basically free? On top of these savings, I bought it with one of the offers of 10% off or free delivery as well, saving even more.
As for how long they keep, I have found that when either kept in a full bottle, or topped up with one of the gases discussed on other posts, I have found them to last about 5, yes 5, years, before they run out and I needed to replace them. My Nova slot processor also helped to keep the replacement and waste down. The chemicals were fine right down to the last drop.
Terry S