I've returned to processing my own film after many years. Currently using Peterson plastic reels and tanks. I'm sort of motivated to switch to stainless steel reels and tanks, mostly because of the 8 oz. per reel capacity compared to the Peterson's 10 oz. per reel capacity. No big deal, but multiples of 8 oz. matches the chemical batch quantities more closely (think economy).(posted 8347 days ago)I use a large changing bag to load the plastic reels/tanks. I seem to remember that the method of loading the stainless steel spiral reels involved rolling the reel on a long flat surface in a darkroom. It occurs to me that this might not work inside a changing bag.
Anyone have specific experience with spiral reels in changing bags? If it makes it more difficult to load reels, it might not be worth the saved chemicals.