Best single channel pipettors for labs according to redditors

Eh. 45$ off amazon. There are even cheaper ones on ebay. Don't expect them to use calibrated Eppendorfs.

I bought a bag of 1000 empty size 0 gel caps on Amazon.
I bought one of THESE to fill it.

I bought THESE tips.

I also bought one of THESE to lay out all of the caps to make them easy to fill.

Having had some practice at this point, I can fill all 100 in like 20 minutes. I probably go through like 150 per month.

I then keep them in the fridge so the coconut oil stays solid and they don't leak or melt.

They will leak if you sit on them, or if you leave them in a hot area (over like 80 degrees).

Using the 3 cup batch (which is the smallest that the magic butter maker will do) I get like 650ml (there is some loss from not getting 100% of the oil out of the cannabis flower). With each cap being 500 microliters exactly, I get 1300 pills from 6 ounces of flower, or almost a year's month worth of caps at the rate I eat them at minus whatever I use for cooking (I didn't turn all of my oil into caps so I could use it in cooking).

I found that emptying the magic butter maker into one of THESE and then squishing the solid remnents in the filter bag helps to get the most oil out of each batch.

The hole in the tip of the pipette's is slightly too small to prevent clogging, so before I use each tip, I open it up a smidge with a dental pick I bought at CVS for this purpose. I just push it in and pull it out once, I found that opening it more than that makes it drip and doesn't help any more to prevent clogging.

I haven't personally done anything with the leftover flower, but I suppose you could bake with it. I figure I have extracted most of the cannabinoids, so I just accept it as some loss.

Also, if you do the squeezing without gloves, don't do it before you have to drive anywhere...just a suggestion.

It's a variable volume Pipettor ( in this case it's a 1000ul model ).

You can get one on amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Variable-Volume-Pipette-P1000-100-1000ul/dp/B002VUDK4U ) , or aliexpress , or ebay.

The tips are super cheap... a bag of a 1000 was ~$10

This? No not at all. Its a gag gift. For measuring out 1 mL in a lab you are better off with a 1-10 mL pipet. This is a decent example. Link

Firstly, thanks for the reply.

1. I just found out about this. I tried cloned recipes for John Wayne, and I think that was too complicated for the first try, then I tried Banana PB mix on TFA recipes, and it came out ok, but very muted, maybe because of frothing. Then I tried cloned Unicorn Milk recipe with strawberry shisha, and it's very muted, but I think because of frothing, but it's actually very mild, but very good, but very very barely noticeable. I think it's frothing that kills flavor. As far as reading recipes, I would never have tried Unicorn Milk by ingredients alone. In fact, I don't like cakes and cookies, so by myself I wouldn't buy cake flavoring. I sort of go by ratings and see what people like and try it, and there there are few ratings, but I will try to find something high rated that doesn't disgust me. Thanks for the advice.
   
   
2. I sort of figured out the problem. You put PG/VG/NIC into the bottle and add flavors, and then shake. I was watching youtube videos first, and they mix in beakers. That creates a contaminated beaker and a problem of getting liquid from the beaker into the bottle. For me, since I have no idea what I'm doing, small batches are a way to go, and syringes and beakers are unnecessarily complicate things. I understand by weight method, and it's a good solution. I however found an easier method by looking at pipettors (funny word).
   Apparently there is a thing like that I can dial in volume in ul (micro liters, 1000ul = 1ml) and use the thing as a 1ml syringe, where the tool never comes in contact with liquids, because it uses disposable pipette tips. They cost $11 for 500, so dirt cheap. I can throw them out after 1 use. But one use is multiple transportation of liquid. Say I need 6.5 ml of VG. I would dial in 1000, and transport 6 times with the same tip, then dial down to 500 and do one more, and I have 6.5ml VG. I can use one tip per liquid for various containers if I do several batches. I think it's a very easy solution that requires no clean up and nothing but a micropipette and a bunch of tips. It's annoying for base mixing, but awesome for flavors. I'm surprised nobody uses this.
   I still was thinking in terms of mixing in a separate container when I asked about the cleaning up. If I mix directly into the bottles, the issue goes away. Then I mix with micropipette, and shake.
   
   
3. How long do tobaccos steep? Do I really need 3-4 weeks? It slows down any experiments dramatically. I love some tobaccos I bought. Also how long approximately do I have to shake a bottle for mixing? I checked out lab shakers, they are not cheap. Maybe if I get tired of shaking by hands, I will get one.
   
   Thanks a lot for the help.
   
   PS: Sorry, previous reply got crazy formatting.

Will this pipettor and these tips work? The tips are not glass like those Corning ones, they’re made of “chemically resistant virgin polypropylene.” I bought them today but I have no problem buying the ones you used to use as they're pretty cheap in comparison. Thanks for the help