Is HC-110 no more?

[Michael Cienfuegos]

I just acquired 14 unopened bottles of HC110. They're all US made and have an expiration date of 2014 on them.

I don't know when these bottles were purchased new but, is the expiration date really indicative of when this stuff will go bad?????

I don't think the stuff will go bad.I juststartedon a bottle marked "2012" It seems fine, works great. I think I bought a number of bottles of the stuff in 2009, this is the last one.

[Jim Jones]

The $11.65 price tag on mine is dated March 1990, and it seems to work fine for my probably slipshod developing.

[smithdoor]

Try http://www.freestylephoto.biz/501054...m-Developer-1L or http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...developer.html

[David R Munson]

I don't think the stuff will go bad.I juststartedon a bottle marked "2012" It seems fine, works great. I think I bought a number of bottles of the stuff in 2009, this is the last one.

In Korea after a long time spent searching I found a bottle of HC-110 in the basement of Il Kwang Camera in Busan. It was covered in dust and the contents had crystallized. It worked fine. After that, I stopped worrying about HC-110.

[StoneNYC]

I just acquired 14 unopened bottles of HC110. They're all US made and have an expiration date of 2014 on them.

I don't know when these bottles were purchased new but, is the expiration date really indicative of when this stuff will go bad?????

If you have the US one (which is NOT a 1L bottle) then if you look close there is an area that says "expiration: Indefinite" or something to that effect.

I've been wanting to test the "old" bottles against the new mixture but I can't find any of the older stuff, can I buy a bottle from you?

[BetterSense]

HC110 is immortal. My bottle came from an old camera club and was probably sold in the 90s. I finished it off last year, couldn't find it in stock so I bought a bottle of Rodinal instead (I'm not picky).

Back in 2008 or so I calculated the cheapest developer, and HC110 won easily, even against replenished D23 with buying sulfite in bulk.

[Louis Pacilla]

I just acquired 14 unopened bottles of HC110. They're all US made and have an expiration date of 2014 on them.

I don't know when these bottles were purchased new but, is the expiration date really indicative of when this stuff will go bad?????

Nope not at all. The unbelievable shelf life (in concentrated form) is one HC 110's finer points. Even once the bottle is opened but not mixed for use. Then it will go bad somewhat quickly.

[StoneNYC]

HC110 is immortal. My bottle came from an old camera club and was probably sold in the 90s. I finished it off last year, couldn't find it in stock so I bought a bottle of Rodinal instead (I'm not picky).

Back in 2008 or so I calculated the cheapest developer, and HC110 won easily, even against replenished D23 with buying sulfite in bulk.

HC-110 was cheaper than Rodinal?

[C_Remington]

If you have the US one (which is NOT a 1L bottle) then if you look close there is an area that says "expiration: Indefinite" or something to that effect.

I've been wanting to test the "old" bottles against the new mixture but I can't find any of the older stuff, can I buy a bottle from you?

I don't know if this is the "Old" stuff. I think it's still pretty new. Do you want to see a picture of the label and bottle?

[BetterSense]

I don't know if I tested Rodinal. It was more a test of whether mixing developer was worth it compared to concentrate.