Shopping list homelab for noob

[1019er]

I looked threw amazon and I want to share the list of lab products I've found to use for different uses.

Please feel free to give me advice on the equipment I want to buy.

My plan is to keep it small and cost effective.


1.Destillation kit
(vevor 1000ml distilling kit) with or without heating element?

2. Beaker, extra tubing, ducting

3. Funnel, test tubes, pipette, spatula, fans , bucket. filterwash bottles, ph test kit, clamps, tools.

4. Safety equipment (mask, gloves etc.)

5. Vacuum pump+ chamber

6. Magnet stirrer with heater: Onilab 280°

7. Water pump.

Thx in advance

 

[Frit Buchner]

If you're like me you'll just keep going and going. There are people here who don't have a single piece of glass. There are people with every piece you can Imagine. I started where you are starting and have so far added;
1. A cold trap or your pump will be full of water. It dies some other things too.
2. A Claisen adapter. I bought it because my rm was bumping into the condenser, but it's handy to have 2 ports in your boiling flask, for a funnel or a gas injector
3. 3-neck flask, react, reflux and distill without tearing down
4. Allihn condenser for reflux
5. A drying tube for several reasons
Calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate molecular sieve other drying slants
6.5. Crystallization pans, I got several Pyrex pie pans. There $3/PC or something
Extra kek clamps they break or get lost
Actually number 1.A Buckner funnel for real. It's a must have. I suggest one with the vacuum port on the funnel so you can use any flask.

That's just what I've done. I have a few other pieces I didn't mention, flat bottom flasks erlenmeyer set, test tubes. Clamps vacuum grease

 

[googie]

Beakers, you can never have enough, and 2 sep. funnels.

 

[1019er]

Beakers, you can never have enough, and 2 sep. funnels.

googieThx for the tips, any advice for a cheap magnetic stirrer with heating plate?

 

[UWe9o12jkied91d]

Thx for the tips, any advice for a cheap magnetic stirrer with heating plate?

1019erDo yourself a favor and get a vevor overhead stirrer for 60E and pair with a mantle and/or a kitchen hotplate that can be used for a liquid bath.
If you are in Europe I recommend avoiding vevor glassware, they have a proprietary joint, I can recommend some solid glass vendors.If this is a long term thing you're planning might aswell go future proof.

 

[41Dxflatline]

Those Vevor 32pcs distillation kits you get on ebay are a bargain and IMHO a proper glass reflux/distillation kit and a vacuum pump + buchner are essential. You'll also want a magnetic stirring hotplate with proper temp control and a cheap submersible aquarium pump for your condensers.

Standard safety equipment, full face respirator, lab coat, gloves.

That's your essential equipment other than sundries like spatulas, glass rods, filter paper etc. Anything else really depends on what you're doing. No point buying soxhlet extractors or gas wash bottles unless you're doing something that requires them but you'll always be distilling at some point.

 

[googie]

The Vevor equipment is actually really good for the price point. I have that distillation kit, hasn't skipped a beat.

https://m.vevor.com/magnetic-stirrer-c_11062/vevor-magnetic-stirrer-hot-plate-digital-hotplate-stirrer-2000-rpm-2l-w-stand-p_010493051894

And

https://m.vevor.com/magnetic-stirrer-c_11062/1000ml-lab-electric-heating-mantle-sleeves-magnetic-stirrer-500w-thermost-heater-p_010322605939

With all the rest you've mentioned is a great starter. The rest you'll acquire as needed. Best of luck.