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Errr... really? This? http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Play-Tents-Hide-Tunnel/dp/B00000IUX7/ref=wl_it_dp_v?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2236UV55LU5IW&colid=1WO5IE7YF9N7H http:/

by iuguy 16y ago

Errr... really? This? http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Play-Tents-Hide-Tunnel/dp/B00000IUX7/ref=wl_it_dp_v?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2236UV55LU5IW&colid=1WO5IE7YF9N7H http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Play-Tents-Hide-Tunnel/dp/B000...

tptacek 16y ago
No idea. There's some old, old stuff on there. I just want the rotovap. Someone buy me a rotovap? Thanks! (I have two kids, for what it's worth.)
- iuguy 16y ago
  What's the difference between the 10k rotovap and the 2k one? It seems like pound for pound (of dry ice that is) the 2k one might be better for smaller volumes... unless you're trying to simulate martian polar ice caps in your back garden... FWIW I want one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nauticalia-Copper-Pot-Still/dp/B00491YMPU/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nauticalia-Copper-Pot-Still/dp/B0049... I'm trying to convince the wife that a 'purely ornamental' (due to UK legislation) still used in a 'demonstrative manner' should fit in a small two bedroom starter house. Somehow the fact that I don't want to cook meth in the house after seeing breaking bad seems to count against me with her...
  - tptacek 16y ago
    Where's the $2k rotovap? The $10k looks like an R-210, which is the one I keep seeing in demos.
    - dunham 16y ago
      I think he means the $3k one, it's listed as a "related product" on the page of the $10k one: http://www.amazon.com/Cole-Parmer-Rotary-Evaporator-System-Vertical/dp/B003NV4W02 http://www.amazon.com/Cole-Parmer-Rotary-Evaporator-System-V... Looks like smaller "bath capacity" and smaller temperature range (5C-90C)
      - tptacek 16y ago
        It looks like this guy don't apply vacuum pressure (the Q&A on their site suggests that you can plug it into a separate vacuum pump). That's pretty key, since the reason to own these things is vacuum distillation.
- silencio 16y ago
  (Random, but in the event that your kids are still the right age for that toy...) I got a very similar product made by the same manufacturer from Costco for a friend's kids, and I don't think that they're worth it. The one I got came with a whole bunch of plastic balls (think xkcd) which were a nice touch and the tents make for good ball pits. Unfortunately, the tent was so flimsy that a toddler can tip over the entire thing just playing around inside. Most of the time I was there and the kids were playing with the set, I had to sit inside the tent and anchor it down while the kids were running around, and even then it was tough because the entire tent would start shifting around. It was fun for a while, but I would imagine most parents/babysitters wouldn't want to do this every time their kid(s) wanted to play. It would work just fine if you figure out how to anchor it, but I can't think of many kid-proof/safe ways to do that without bending the whole tent out of shape.

by iuguy 16y ago

tptacek 16y ago

No idea. There's some old, old stuff on there. I just want the rotovap. Someone buy me a rotovap? Thanks! (I have two kids, for what it's worth.)

iuguy 16y ago
What's the difference between the 10k rotovap and the 2k one? It seems like pound for pound (of dry ice that is) the 2k one might be better for smaller volumes... unless you're trying to simulate martian polar ice caps in your back garden... FWIW I want one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nauticalia-Copper-Pot-Still/dp/B00491YMPU/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nauticalia-Copper-Pot-Still/dp/B0049... I'm trying to convince the wife that a 'purely ornamental' (due to UK legislation) still used in a 'demonstrative manner' should fit in a small two bedroom starter house. Somehow the fact that I don't want to cook meth in the house after seeing breaking bad seems to count against me with her...
- tptacek 16y ago
  Where's the $2k rotovap? The $10k looks like an R-210, which is the one I keep seeing in demos.
  - dunham 16y ago
    I think he means the $3k one, it's listed as a "related product" on the page of the $10k one: http://www.amazon.com/Cole-Parmer-Rotary-Evaporator-System-Vertical/dp/B003NV4W02 http://www.amazon.com/Cole-Parmer-Rotary-Evaporator-System-V... Looks like smaller "bath capacity" and smaller temperature range (5C-90C)
    - tptacek 16y ago
      It looks like this guy don't apply vacuum pressure (the Q&A on their site suggests that you can plug it into a separate vacuum pump). That's pretty key, since the reason to own these things is vacuum distillation.
silencio 16y ago
(Random, but in the event that your kids are still the right age for that toy...) I got a very similar product made by the same manufacturer from Costco for a friend's kids, and I don't think that they're worth it. The one I got came with a whole bunch of plastic balls (think xkcd) which were a nice touch and the tents make for good ball pits. Unfortunately, the tent was so flimsy that a toddler can tip over the entire thing just playing around inside. Most of the time I was there and the kids were playing with the set, I had to sit inside the tent and anchor it down while the kids were running around, and even then it was tough because the entire tent would start shifting around. It was fun for a while, but I would imagine most parents/babysitters wouldn't want to do this every time their kid(s) wanted to play. It would work just fine if you figure out how to anchor it, but I can't think of many kid-proof/safe ways to do that without bending the whole tent out of shape.