Where to find glass pipettes

Thundercougarfalconbird · Mar 23, 2011

So, I plan to begin freezing my yeast. But for my starter container I use a 1 gallon jug. The problem I ran into is extracting the yeast in small amounts. I ordered 3 10 ml glass pipettes from northern brewer. Their flat rate shipping really makes this not very efficient. Is there any other places to order them with more reasonable shipping? Has anyone used these pipettes/have thoughts on them?
Or is there a nice turkey baster or eye dropper that's long and thin enough to fill the same goal that I can get cheap?(think amazon prime)

bad coffee · Mar 23, 2011

I got a stainless turkey baster at Bed Bath and Beyond, and it came with an 'injector' needle. I put a silicone oring on the threads and it's good for yeast. A bit sloppy if you don't pay attention but it gets the job done.

Check ebay.

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remilard · Mar 23, 2011

Cynmar, though you might find the shipping there for a small order not great either.

I say either order more stuff or call Northern brewer and ask them if they can't send the pipettes USPS.

trigger · Mar 23, 2011

Here's what we use in the lab. If you work out the math it's about $0.10-0..15 per, and they're disposable. I'm not sure about shipping/small orders though, but for a home yeast bank you'd probably only ever need one case.

Thundercougarfalconbird · Mar 23, 2011

How long will one pipette last me if I take good care of it?

remilard · Mar 23, 2011

Thundercougarfalconbird said:
How long will one pipette last me if I take good care of it?

Glass? Theoretically, forever.

If you are on your 5th hydrometer or something, I would just buy the disposable ones.

Thundercougarfalconbird · Mar 23, 2011

Sweet, I bought 3. And I'm still on my first hydrometer =D

Slurm · Mar 23, 2011

Pipettes are pretty simple. You can blow your own with nothing more complicated than an alcohol burner and glass tubing from your local hardware/art supply store.