On my to buy list.

[Anon2808]

Well i have no lab equipment as of yet, but one thing i do actually plan on buying is this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Organic-Che...ltDomain_0&hash=item2a20afe840#ht_2041wt_1037 . I also was thinking of getting a Soxhlet extractor, but would that be redundant? There are other odds and ends I will be getting but i was mostly just wondering if that the O-chem kit was a good deal or not.

 

[3rdI]

Well I feel inadequate, my extraction kit consists of a wok, a pan, a wooden spoon, a baking tray and a turkey baster.

However it wasn't $225

 

[Pup Tentacle]

If you're just extracting spice, you'd need far less stuff than that, and some of those things you might not use and others you definitely won't use. Take a look at what your tek calls for. I'd just hate to see you with all that glass and be out the bread with no use for a lot of the stuff.

 

[Anon2808]

Yeah the price is a bit of a put off. But when it comes to things I tend to like to do things as professional as possible.

 

[Anon2808]

@pup I have a general interest in chemistry and O-chem, I do plan on using the equipment for other things. It is a bit of a budding interest, but I would like to get a good head start on the equipment now rather than find some fun thing to do and not have the equipment for it.

 

[nigl]

Yeah the price is a bit of a put off. But when it comes to things I tend to like to do things as professional as possible.

For all the stuff thats in there that is very VERY cheap. However nobody needs 4 condensers. 1 of each size (29/14) suffices. What will come handy would be a seperating funnel and maybe some Erlenmeyer.

If you plan on doing more organic chemistry you would need a lot more than only the glassware. Things that this set are missing:

cork rings for the round bottom flasks
glass stoppers (small)
helix clamps
something where you can fasten your equipment on
100/50ml little round bottom flasks
dropping funnel
thermometer
magnetic stirrer and extras
oil bath

 

[Anon2808]

For all the stuff thats in there that is very VERY cheap. However nobody needs 4 coolers. 1 of each size (29/14) suffices. What will come handy would be a seperating funnel and maybe some Erlenmeyer.

Yeah I kind of figured that having multiple coolers would be a bit of a waste, but does the overall price outweigh that fact? Also the separating funnel and Erlenmeyer flasks are in the odds and ends I mentioned.