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Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar?
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Yo. Been working on agar and my technique is a lot better than befor and am going to make a few more no pour plates.
Found these in the dollar store.anyone ever use these ? There is no plastic rating on it or anything.  They seem perfect though. But i wondering if any of you guys have had them melt or something befor I do haha 


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: Hoob33]
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I think I know someone that uses those. Dollar Tree?


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: sandman420]
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Yes dollar tree


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: Hoob33]
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You need pp5 lid and all.
Try a test run with one in a PC cycle and see if it melts. :goodluck:


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: XnMe]
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There are "surefresh" brand "small round" containers that are PP5, with PP5 lids that are "1.0 cups / 8 fl oz / 237 mL"  That I expect are much easier to fit in a 6qt PC.  Five for a dolla.


They are green and white/clear, and are super cheap.  Like, it says they're "not for boiling".    My pack of 5/$1 came with an extra lid...

That's how cheap they are.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: TwonkyD]
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Ok, upon further testing, only four fit in the Presto 6qt PC.

Seriously, it is hard to get the lids on without crushing these things.  You're better off with the Betty Crocker brand ones. 


You'd be even better off getting a mixture of shapes/sizes and fitting a few in there at the same time.

I can fiddle around with these to see what the best PCing situation would be if there is interest.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: TwonkyD]
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I've looked at those exact ones before if they are not market I'm almost positive they are not pp5 plastic. I buy the Betty Crocker ones from the dollar store :shrug:


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: Apc123]
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I'm quite sure they will work, I know a guy using them from Dollar Tree even though they are not marked. Sometimes really cheap stuff isn't marked.


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: sandman420]
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I've used them. They survive the PC.
The lids don't snap on very well.
They're real small with high sides, so they can be a bit awkward to work with.
But you can do like 30+ in a PC run.

I like these dollar tree containers for no-pour. They're bigger and have better visibility. 
Picture taken through the lid.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: foragedfungus]
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I’m about to just buy some ziplocks. But I’ll throw one in there to see if it survives.
I actually noticed looser lids are alot easier for me to work with. Takes less forces to open it it the sab.


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: Hoob33]
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In a 6qt presto, I got two of the two cup screw top Betty Crocker containters and two of the 12oz rectangle Betty Crocker ones, as well as one of the green top surefresh ones. 


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: Apc123]
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Apc123 said:
I've looked at those exact ones before if they are not market I'm almost positive they are not pp5 plastic. I buy the Betty Crocker ones from the dollar store :shrug:



They are marked pp5 with the triangle.  I don't trust them though, they're just too thin, like disposable ones you'd get from a carry out restaurant.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: foragedfungus]
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foragedfungus said:
I've used them. They survive the PC.
The lids don't snap on very well.
They're real small with high sides, so they can be a bit awkward to work with.
But you can do like 30+ in a PC run.

I like these dollar tree containers for no-pour. They're bigger and have better visibility. 
Picture taken through the lid.



The ones you've got a picture of here are not the same as the flimsy ones with the green tops that I have.  For a dollar, if I really wanted to go as cheap as possible with agar, it might work.  The Betty Crocker ones seem just as beefy as the Ziplock ones though, and that's what I'd buy if I knew what I know now.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: TwonkyD]
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The ones I pictured are made of  thinner plastic and are cheaper feeling than any of the name brands.
But they are the easiest to see through. The lids are flat and clear, the sides don't have any texture or patterns on them.
Visibility is my biggest issue with no-pour. Those are the clearest ones I've found.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: foragedfungus]
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foragedfungus said:
The ones I pictured are made of  thinner plastic and are cheaper feeling than any of the name brands.
But they are the easiest to see through. The lids are flat and clear, the sides don't have any texture or patterns on them.
Visibility is my biggest issue with no-pour. Those are the clearest ones I've found.



Sorry, I didn't mean to say that the green topped ones were flimsier, or that yours were bad, just that the green ones were super flimsy.

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: TwonkyD]
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Update. Went ahead and threw in along with my pasty plates
ITS SURVIVED!so happy it didn’t melt in my pc.
Im going to use it to swab a print with my loop.
I’ll let you guys know how they work out. If it does work out I’m happy. 10 cents each.disposable.  Can’t go wrong


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: Hoob33]
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Ok so I used my loop to lay down a wild ps.cyan  print and it germinated not only that. It looks super
Good. Nothing gross at all. Looks awesome. Which is not what I was expecting with these cheep little containers. I’m going to buy a bunch of these if they hopefully still have them.
I wouldn’t recommend pcing these twice. I’m still  gonna to when I am see if they hold up haha. Also the lids are super easy to come off so be careful handling them. They are nice I love how they come off seems great for transfers.


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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: foragedfungus]
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Yeah the Betty Crocker ones from Dollar Tree are my go-to now. They're identical to the mini-rounds and about half the price, for what I can find the mini-rounds for at least. I've PC'd them about 5 times now and if anything they seem to hold up better than the glad version.

foragedfungus said:
I've used them. They survive the PC.
The lids don't snap on very well.
They're real small with high sides, so they can be a bit awkward to work with.
But you can do like 30+ in a PC run.

I like these dollar tree containers for no-pour. They're bigger and have better visibility. 
Picture taken through the lid.



I tried these as well. The visibility is nice, but they are a bit awkward as well IMO, and they're bigger (can only fit about 12 or so in my presto), and the plastic gets brittle pretty quickly, so they don't work for tiger drops, which I'm a big fan of.


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Edited by juniperus (02/22/19 09:26 PM)

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: juniperus]
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The best ones and the cheapest ive ever seen are these from big lots


But i gave up on a pasty style plate and poor my agar now , ebay has 500 pcs for 60 bucks... thats about 9 cents each
Then I use tree grafting tape to seal the plates up with works fantastic

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Re: Anyone use dollar store mini rounds for agar? [Re: 99.99]
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I use these.

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