Best micro centrifuge lab tubes according to redditors

I found some black ones. Nice!

I use 1.5mL microcentrifuge tubes for my salt and pepper on short trips. I usually don't use much, depending on how the meals are planned. I'd probably just use more vials for longer trips or meals needing more seasoning - but 2.0mL. 5mL, and 7mL+ tubes are available as well. I really like the attached flip-up cap. Can't get lost, easy to open/close with one hand, and hasn't ever come open in the pack or unintentionally. The ones with caps that press on (don't screw on) are hard as hell to open, and when you do have a good chance of spilling everything in the process.

Agree. OP, what size do you need? The volume is measured in milliliters. Example

This is definitely the recommended way to do it!

Also a related tip - for more portable dosing you can dissolve it into much smaller volumes (ie 10mg / mL), measure it out precisely with a 1mL/1cc syringe and store it in capped plastic centrifuge tubes.

That makes it easier you can hand out volumetric doses to friends, store them in your pocket for easy consumption later in the day, etc. I find 2c-b is one of the easier psychedelics to handle in social/public/crowded environments and it’s very redoseable, so it’s particularly useful to have a convenient way to take more on the go.

It’s also worth noting that 2c-b is a very hardy compound (like most phenethylamines) - it’s not as necessary to use any special water for it, it’ll stay potent dissolved in regular tap water for years. If you’re doing volumetric measuring with something more delicate like LSD then it’s very important to use water without any chloride, which will degrade it over time.

Mephisto sends seeds in little centrifuge tubes (possibly not that exact size, but around 1ml), padded with cotton to absorb moisture and prevent rattling. Those work really well for 2-10 seeds, and you could get larger tubes for more. I've been labeling those, then storing them in an opaque container in the fridge, with dessicant packs and cotton.

I work in a lab, so I'm around these all the time. They are great for storing liquids in your altoid tin. You can easily fit 3 in the tin stacked by opposing them with plenty of room to spare for other gear. You could probably jam as many as 8 or 9 in there if you aren't putting other stuff in.

Each one holds 1.5mL. This is a useful quantity for many things. If you fill one with bleach, you can use it to sanitize 1 gallon of water for drinking/cooking (the CDC reccomends this ratio for emergency water sanitation, but I wouldn't drink bleach unless I really had to) Mixing it with a cup of water will make a good surface disinfectant. I store hand soap in another one- 1.5mL is enough to wash your hands once.

I use my tin for general survival and not just first aid, so the other tubes I use to store matches and an alcohol soaked cotton for fire starting. You could store pills or liquid medicine as well, since they are watertight.

For those of you who want to use a needle and thread for emergency stitches but don't have access to an autoclave (steam sterilizer) I suggest that you wrap up a pre-threaded needle in a bit of tin foil and put it in a pressure cooker. Use the 15lbs setting and add 1 cup of water (make sure you have a rack or something to keep the needle from actually getting wet). cook for 45-60 min and let the pressure come down gradually (don't put it in the sink). These are similar conditions for sterilization that we use in the lab so it should keep your needle and thread sterile for a long time as long as you don't open the tinfoil wrapper.

I will post my own kit at some point. I just need to to find the time.

The ones I have were actually being thrown out from a research building, so I am not sure the best source to get them, but they are called falcon tubes. Here is a link to some on amazon, though you can probably find a better deal elsewhere. Hope this helps!

You're welcome -- glad I could help!

If you decide to go with large tubes, these are similar to the tubes I use, but there are cheaper options: 1, 2, 3, etc. It's important to look for tubes that are listed as either "sterile" or "autoclavable." I like the pre-sterilized packs because that's less work for me.

There are a lot of techniques out there, so sometimes it helps to list them out into categories with a few details underneath each. With a list like that, you can go through it all at a glance and decide what aligns with your budget, material availability, and level of effort/interest.

Let us know what you end up deciding to do and how it works out for you. I'm sure a lot of folks around here would like to see it!

They look like lab vials. Similar to these vials on Amazon but with different color caps.

500 for $13! That's more like it! Thanks for the idea Mr. Goldfish

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ULPAU6

It's not a cheap atomizer but it works marvelously. First of all, it's surgical grade CNCed stainless so it's nigh indestructible. It's also pretty small relative to other potential choices. I think the real reason is that it's just the right diameter for convection, it's easy enough to build a coil to fill the whole oven--though shorting to the kanuelensockel walls must be carefully avoided, the end result is spectacular. I think whichever way you go, it's important to fill the entire air-path with thick wire. I found 22ga 2x twisted worked best, I only tried titanium but some people use stainless which has a lower temperature coefficient of resistance, and therefore, is less accurate for TC. Finally, though I like the enano stems, I think the stock A2-TM bowl conducts significantly more heat to the load, and consequently vapes more evenly. I was able to one-hit a bowl in an enano stem by torching it just until my herb started to brown on the outside, then hitting it with the Bulli-- but boy, was that irritatingly thick vapor.

If you go the route of the "phoenix" glass atty, I'd recommend trying to wind a coil around the bowl, between the bowl and the outer glass, designed so that air is drawn from above. That way, you get conduction and convection. That's been my dream for a while but I am not motivated to build anything better anymore =)

At home, I use it with an enano stem or gong stem so I can see the herb. Regardless of the bowl in use, I usually load it by sucking up the ground herb from my grinder, or a centrifuge tube.
I actually haven't used those specific tubes, I actually use 5mL tubes since even that's overkill for me, but you get the idea.

What do y'all think of these centrifuge tubes? I'm getting ready to do my first DIY order. These are cheap, should be easier to clean than a boston round shape, and you can even buy racks for them very cheaply:

https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Centrifuge-Conical-Bottom-Graduated/dp/B00UJGNU1G/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&srs=10182249011&ie=UTF8&qid=1480007884&sr=8-1-catcorr&keywords=centrifuge+tubes

Eowpower 50pcs 5ml Plastic Graduated Vial Storage Container Test Tubes with Screw ... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FFSYVW4/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_EwljDbNK7W0RA