Hi I currently hand fill cartridges/pens using plastic syringes I want to buy the Handystep touch s repeating pipette but has anyone used it before ? Does it work with distillate?
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use the search bar…
then get a cart farmer.
see (eg): Cartridge filler
edit:
have any problems with lube?: Please help! New to making Distillate Carts, help w cloudy streaks
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@Future new users having to use the search function 3 times before making a post would help @cyclopath conserve 
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I did use search bar I couldn’t find any topic about the handystep touch and all the other link to fillers are 5k plus my budgets like 3k
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nope. can you guess why?
(it will not work. period!)
or why I gave you links?
what price did you say the cart farmer was?
(CF50 Cart Farmer 50 - The worlds most flexible cart filler.)
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#11 is the cart farmer on 50+ results using your thread topic.
Cart farmer is really the only option if your not trying to fill more than 5k carts a day.
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search query usage (googlefu) matters…
compare the results between
https://www.google.com/search?q=cartridge+filler
and
https://www.google.com/search?q=best+cartridge+filler
you searched as if you knew the handystep was the correct response.
perhaps what you actually wanted to ask was…
https://future4200.com/search?q=what+is+the+best+budget+cart+filler
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Oh it’s like that I guess cart farmer it is I just wanted to get the handy step cuz of auto dispensing option it had but which cart farmer do u recommend for about 10,000 units per month the cf250 or cf1000
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How many carts are you filling per shift and are you doing diff flavors?
Edit: 10k per month the 250 is probably all you need
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Get the cf1000… That way you’ll have the capacity to do more when it comes time to scale up
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The reason I’d recommend the 250 is if you want to pump out a batch of 100 here and there it’s be easier to do that on a smaller rig and as long as your solution is staying hot on a hot plate you can just keep pouring if you need more 
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I fill about 700 per day with a syringe, I do 4 flavours
Is the only difference the tank size for the CF
700 a day @ 4 flavors is 175 per batch I would get the 250
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did you rtfm?
Limitations of Use
This instrument is designed for dispensing samples, observing the following physical limits:
- Use between +15°C and +40°C (59°F and 104°F) of instrument and reagent
- Vapor pressure up to 500 mbar
- Kinematic viscosity:
- 20 mPa/s with 50mL PD-Tip™ syringe tips
- 260 mPa/s with 5mL PD-Tip™ syringe tips
- 977 mPa/s with 1.25mL PD-Tip™ syringe tips
20 mPa/s == 20 centipoise
water is about 0.9 and propylene glycol is 16
(Liquids - Dynamic Viscosities)
getting distillate below 20cP is going to require getting it above 40C (opinion only. no viscometer). Keeping it there while you dispense 50 carts would also be required…
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essentially…and if you look at them, you’ll see that you could hook up a 6"x48" jacketed column as a reservoir if you had one lying around.
(6 wooks, one column…)
edit: @(#$&)(*$@# that 6"x48" column holds 22liters. it’s gonna be a long day for those 6 wooks…
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Please get a cart farmer. I couldn’t recommend anything more highly.
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Yea Imma get a cart farmer I read a lot about it looking forward to use it
Any nice fast screw on capping machine for like 3-4k i use vape bit but idk it only fully screws when u hold the cart or pen
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Auto pipetters are nice (we use handisteps all the time) but not for filling carts. The motors can’t handle thick oil and when they clog it’s a shitshow. Heat gun does not play nicely with those tips
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