Polaroid clearing tank or another Combi-Plan?

[Yaakov Asher Sinclair]

I'm trying to decide whether I should buy a custom Polaroid clearing tank for ty pe 55, or just buy another CombiPlan tank which will be cheaper and have the adv antage of double duty. Does anyone have anything to say about the Polaroid Clearing tanks? Thanks in advance Yaakov Asher Sinclair

[M.]

My several Polaroid clearing tanks (free with boxs of type 55 or 105) seem to have been made out of plastic designed to self-destruct. I was lucky when a handle broke off not to cover everything with a quart of yucky SS solution. What is a Combiplan Tank?

[David_892]

Bill - you say you got free clearing tanks with the film? When I've bought film, I've been told that they are a special order. Anyway, I'd suggest buying a paterson orbital tank, it will only do four sheets at a time, but you can also develop B+W film in it, I suppose you could use C-41 or E6 chemistry, hey, you could even use it to process colour prints.

[james mickelson]

Try a Tupperware bowl. They work just as well and it has a leakproof lid too. James

[M.]

So does a milk crock, but it doesn't have the little plastic gizmo to hold the negatives apart.

[Wayne Crider]

Kodak hard rubber 4x5 tanks with film holders in a plastic pail.

[julian_858]

I've got the Polaroid clearing tank and it's just a bucket with a watertight lid. The film rack drifts around inside. You are better off with the CombiPlan tank in my opinion, it is far more compact. The lid is easier to get off as well.