Hewes 35mm 36 Exposure Pro Stainless Steel Reel - Hewes HW35

by Hewes

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000ALKEN
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 28, 2005

Product Description

Hewes 35mm 36 Exposure Pro Stainless Steel Reel - Hewes HW35.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent quality, great price, September 15, 2009

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S. Kittinger (Southeast USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewes 35mm 36 Exposure Pro Stainless Steel Reel - Hewes HW35 (Electronics)

These are way better than the generic or Adorama brands. Even on Adorama's website, their own brand of reel has horrible reviews. I bought a generic brand first because it was cheaper, but that was a waste of money and film! Even in daylight, I could not get the film to load on the generic brand. I finally did some research and found these (Hewes brand). Who knew that there could be such a huge difference in quality?? The Hewes brand practically loads itself. If you are using plastic reels and are thinking of switching to stainless steel, don't go for the cheap ones, you will just waste your money and ruin your film. The Hewes brand is easily worth the money. Instead of a spring clip to grasp your film, it has two prongs that catch your film by the sprocket holes. Loading is a breeze from there. Again, I don't know why the generic ones are even being made. The person who designed them obviously knows nothing about film and how the stainless steel reels are supposed to work. The Hewes brand is a great product and is a breeze to use.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just works, February 26, 2009

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P. Karpenko (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewes 35mm 36 Exposure Pro Stainless Steel Reel - Hewes HW35 (Electronics)

Unlike many generic reels, this one just works exactly as it's supposed to -- film simply goes in on the first try. The prongs that hold the film sprockets are ingenuios too. The twelve dollar difference between this piece of engineering and inferior generic alternatives is well justified.

5.0 out of 5 stars The original is still the best!, October 17, 2011

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MoonX (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hewes 35mm 36 Exposure Pro Stainless Steel Reel - Hewes HW35 (Electronics)

These stainless steel reels are what has been used in wet darkrooms for many, many years and are still the best you can buy. Nowadays, companies are making the cheap plastic reels and plastic tanks which in my opinion, aren't as good as the stainless steel. I've used both and the stainless steel tanks and reels always seem to work better for some reason. This one works very well. I've loaded a few dozen rolls onto this thing and have never had a problem with any of my rolls of film coming loose or falling off the reel.