Im basically at a Point where I only use X-tol 1:1 for my Black and White Film developing. (Sometimes I also use Adox Silverman Developer but only for the Silverman Film)

The Films I use are:
Tri-X 400 in 35mm / 120
Tri-X 320 in 4x5 / 8x10
Adox CHS 100 II in 35mm / 120 ( at least what I have left in 120, I hope adox get their 120 production back on track ) / 4x5 / 8x10

(maybe someone has a good idea for someone who likes Tri-X but sometimes wants a 100 iso Film, I still have a fair stock of Plus-X Frozen so that's a Film I also like. I just hope the CHS will not just disappear )


From what I remember Kodak recommends agitating for the first 30 sec. and then every 30 sec. for 5 sec.
Does anybody use this method ? Whats your experience ?

As I said I use Xtol 1:1 as one shot.
I agitate for the first minute and after that every minute one agitation. My agitations are fairly "slow" I would say it takes around 4 seconds.
There isn't a real reason why I use this method, I just get the results im happy with.

what method are you using and why ?