Jurassic Park cryo can fluids?

[TomVDJ]

I have a good portion of vials that I picked up a while back. I was planning to distribute them but never really got around to it. What would be a fair price for a set of 10 without labels/coloring?

I think these vials are rather cheap. The ones we use are purchased in bulk and don't cost much at all. The only added value to the ones you have, are that they are exactly the correct ones (if it are those with the screw-on caps). I think half a dollar for one vial is the max fair price, in my opinion (the ones we use are just a few cents a piece, if you devide the bulk-price by the amount of vials in one package).

 

[TomVDJ]

Here is a site where you can find them:
General Laboratory Supply: Siliconized Screw-Cap Microcentrifuge Tubes, Sterile & Non-Sterile, Bio Plas® - C2821

As you see, price is about 150 $ for 1000 pieces. You can do the math for 1 piece ;-)

 

[cyrix9445]

$368 if you want the cap too....

 

[Cenobyte]

I used olive oil. Looks perfect and does not discolor

 

[exoray]

You can do the math for 1 piece ;-)

Assuming you can move all 1000 of them, if not the per unit cost raises...

Most people won't be bothered with investing $400 into them and selling them at $0.50 while hoping and praying to move the first 800 of them to simply break even on out of pocket... Heck even if you where lucky enough to move all 1000 units you would only make $100 profit for your trouble or $1 a 10 vial customer :unsure

That isn't much incentive in my book since most if not all cryo-cans already came with vials so I can't even imagine where you would unload 1000 pieces...

 

[TomVDJ]

If you have spares, you can experiment with fluids without being afraid of destroying one. I'm looking where I could by tubes in smaller volumes (like 100).

cyrix9445, did you get my PM?

 

[exoray]

If you have spares, you can experiment with fluids without being afraid of destroying one.

Honestly that though never crossed my mind, how would I destroy them by filling them? If you don't like the look simply pour it out and give it a quick dish soap bath, if by chance it stains spike the bath with a little bleach...

If you just want to 'test' to see what it looks like in a tube without using the ones you have, get some snap cap ones off Ebay, under $5 delivered to your door...

 

[Garthok]

Yellow glowsticks has that vibrant color even after being used. Can't remember if its the vial that breaks that's yellow or the surrounding fluid.

That's the way I did mine too. It's been sitting there for well over a year with no side effects, plus it looked brilliant glowing for the first day

 

[TomVDJ]

Honestly that though never crossed my mind, how would I destroy them by filling them?

If you use a product that affects the plastic, for instance... Or some color method that colors the plastic permanently... You can destroy plastic on many ways... ;-)

 

[draxdrax]

i can vouch for olive oil. does the trick

 

[TomVDJ]

Olive oil? Doesn't this go bad (starts smelling) after a while? I can get real DNA from the place I work, but this just looks like water, so that's a bit silly ;-).

 

[exoray]

If you use a product that affects the plastic, for instance... Or some color method that colors the plastic permanently... You can destroy plastic on many ways... ;-)

It's real hard (short of melting) to destroy or stain PE it's very resilient to just about everything... Filling them to test a liquids appearance in them is hardly that big of a risk...

 

[MaverickFerg]

I know this is a super-old thread, but I’m curious as to how these various liquid options (olive oil, Gatorade, food coloring water, dish soap, glow stick fluid, etc.) have stood the test of time after almost 10 years. Is there a conclusive “winner” for these Cryo Can vials?

 

[Montagar]

I know this is a super-old thread, but I’m curious as to how these various liquid options (olive oil, Gatorade, food coloring water, dish soap, glow stick fluid, etc.) have stood the test of time after almost 10 years. Is there a conclusive “winner” for these Cryo Can vials?

Mine looks exactly the same as it did the day I put distilled water and yellow food coloring in it... 16 years ago.

 

[Apollo]

Same here although Rylo did mine and we all know he certainly knows what he is doing!

Mine looks exactly the same as it did the day I put distilled water and yellow food coloring in it... 16 years ago.

 

[Montagar]

Same here although Rylo did mine and we all know he certainly knows what he is doing!

I followed his recommendation.

 

[MaverickFerg]

Nice! Do you happen to remember the amount and colors you used to get the right shade?

 

[Montagar]

Nice! Do you happen to remember the amount and colors you used to get the right shade?

Unfortunately I don't remember exactly but I don't think it took much... one or two drops.

 

[LTsmash1200]

I think I did 50/50 rubbing alcohol with water and mine are fine.

 

[Rylo]

You really can't mess it up. A few drops of yellow food coloring in just enough water to fill the viles. All done!

-Rylo