RogueRose - 6-3-2017 at 07:16
I'm considering making some bids on a lot of chemglass products from a bankrutpcy sale. It seems that about 90% of the company's glassware is of the
Chemglass brand and I want to know how this ranks up with top of the line manufacturers like corning, Schott Duran, PYREX, etc.
Lillica - 6-3-2017 at 09:08
I can only speak from personal experience, but all of their products I have owned have always been very high quality with very few issues. I would
definitely rank them fairly highly among the various glass brands that I have owned. This is just my personal experience.
Someone who is more involved in the professional chemistry world may be able to offer a different perspective.
Ozone - 6-3-2017 at 09:12
In my experience, Chemglass is very nice stuff. They are also an accommodating company to work with for custom glass.
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gdflp - 6-3-2017 at 09:25
I second what everyone else has said. I've got quite a bit of Chemglass stuff in my lab and I have no complaints about it. Nice thick glass, no
bubbles, and good quality joints. I wouldn't hesitate to buy any of their glassware(the MSRP for new glassware is a bit painful for amateurs though
since it's an American company).
PirateDocBrown - 6-3-2017 at 10:28
Professional quality stuff. Sure, there's problems with any company, but inside the US, they are in the top tier.
You pay for the quality, though.
Dr.Bob - 6-3-2017 at 13:03
Great stuff, if you can buy it cheap do so. Even if you get too much, you can sell 24/40 stuff on here easily, people are always looking for it.
You can see their prices on their website, I would not pay more than 1/3 to 1/2 for used stuff, you may get lucky and find some for as little as 10%
of what it is worth.
Fleaker - 6-3-2017 at 13:17
I like Chemglass.
They hook up glassblowers so go through distributor if you can.
RogueRose - 6-3-2017 at 20:02
Ok, well I'm going to be bidding on a number of lots of Chemglass in a day or two. there are probably 50+ auctions with some REALLY nice equipment
and the minimum bids seem low. I'm goig to make a list of what is available.
The problem is that some of the auctions are "drawer of laboratory items" and it shows a drawer (48"w x 18"d x 12"h) with maybe 40-100 pieces of
glassware with like 4 short path condensors, 8 cold traps, 10 200-300mm vigurex colums, 5-7 10-12" liebig condensors, tons of adapters, 4-5 soxhelt
(sp) thingies, vacum manifolds, and probably 30-60 smaller adapter like pieces and also other pieces I've forgotten the names.
The thing is the pics are taken but there is NO description but I called and had them read what was written on the glassware as far as joint size, all
are 24/40.
One lot is 3 drawers just like this with no descrition other than "3 drawers lab glass" but just pics
Then these things like 24 NIB 200mm Vigurex colums - one lot
another was about 40 "flasks" which were a huge range of 100ml to 12L 3 neck round bottom flasks (lots of 2,3 5L flasks included). the description is
just "chemistry flasks".
All this is being sold out of 4000 lots where 90 % are office supplies (computers, software, printers, janitorial etc). So finding this stuff was
really tough b/c searches yielded nothing - had to go through each picture individually.
This auction is why I asked if anyone lived near Boston.
[Edited on 7-3-2017 by RogueRose]
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Eyeborg - 6-5-2017 at 09:30
Chemglass definitely produces some of the highest quality glassware. You won't see any complaints about them. However, it is very expensive compared
to other brands, and I find them one of the most expensive sources of glassware. If you are willing to pay the price though, you can rest assured that
it is a high quality product.
LD5050 - 6-5-2017 at 11:03
I live near boston are you looking for someone to go in with you on the bid? I'm very interested I have heard only good things of chemglass
Texium - 6-5-2017 at 14:38
Unfortunately the auction is long since over. If you look at the post dates you'll see that Eyeborg inexplicably decided to revive a two-month old
thread with a comment that didn't add anything particularly useful.