Quote Originally Posted by Light Guru View Post
Yes film will dry in the air. The two big reasons for these devices are 1 to prevent dust from getting on the film and drying there and 2 to speed p the drying process.
Of course. It takes about 45 mins for film to dry around here. If that's too long for some, I see no reason not to add a little heat - but I don't think it should be a device that's considered necessary for every darkroom, or that one can't develop film without it. I've developed a lot of film in my time (50years worth) and I think I used one once...

Further, most of the devices I see have fans and I don't see how moving air around will result in less dust... unless there is a lot of filtering...

Lenny