Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am sincerely afraid to expose all of my eccentricities (spelling questionable-too early and AOL spellcheck is not working on this word). If you recall I am a bag nut and now you will find out that I am a tank and reel nut. I have used all of them and the one that I keep using over and over is the Kinderman tank with Hewes reels. The Hewes reels are high quality and very easy to use. Bob Bedwell << I've found only one problem with the Hewes reels: because they're slightly thicker than the other brands, I can't stack two of them inside a "double" size steel tank -- the top doesn't fit on all the way. I hesitate to replace the single and double capacity steel tanks because the only larger ones that I've found seem to be very poorly constructed: the light baffle is made of plastic, held in place by melting the ends of some plastic posts onto the baffle itself, and I've seen that setup fail. There seems to be a general consensus on which reels are best; is there also a consensus on which tanks are best? I'd like to find a larger capacity tank, but I also want it to last a long time. >>