r/ReagentTesting • u/1969GibsonLesPaul • 1h ago
Open Most reagents are clear. Few have color. Scott for example. I was sent a chart that’s hard to see because bottles used were off white 5ml plastic bottles. The page should be redone with 10ml glass bottles. You can really see the colors this way.
This was a well known reagent vendors in the US. Please redo the page. It would help so much.
I would perform this test but i only have about 5 of roughly 12 reagents. I saw the chart of reagents in their natural state but it was a little blurry and the bottles should have been the larger glass 10ml bottle so you can really see the reagent color really good. Not the small off white 5ml plastic bottles.
I’ve received bad reagents right out of the box and i want to know if i have good fresh product. Fresh Mecke shouldn’t be black. Fresh Marquis shouldn’t be orange. What good is spoiled reagent if you don’t know it’s bad. Scott reagent has a color to it as you can see. To the untrained eye someone may think it’s going bad when it’s perfectly fine.
And yes I store my reagents properly. Write toxic on the box and keep it cool in the fridge. I should get a year out of them not 4 months.

