500ml,24/40,Glass Distillation Apparatus,New Lab Glassware Kit

Durability is probably about what you would expect from something made of glass. It isn't exceptionally thick, but you wouldn't want it to be for a vacuum distiller I wouldn't think.

I ordered the 500ml distillation kit in March and it was delivered in nine days. The kit is ridiculously well packaged and it took about 15 minutes to cut away all the packaging. I think the packaged kit would survive a drop from a second-story window. The glass shows no flaws. The pieces all fit together well and the joints are all tight. I've tested the kit and it works fine. I used an electrically-heated sand bath to distill water. I also applied a butane flame (using a wire gauze with a ceramic center) to reflux water for 30 minutes. This kit is a real bargain for $31.99 and free shipping.

No flaws in the glass. Everything was there. My only complaint was that they shoved the thermometer into the condenser and until I got it out I wasn't sure either it or the condenser was going to break. Yet it came out and there were no problem, so eh.. what can you say? Good deal for such good equipment.

Everything in the set works and works well. It's just missing some quality: -the inner walls of the condenser are pretty thick, so it's hard to get good heat transfer, even with very cold coolant. -there's a low just before the condenser that tends to form pools of condensate. If you're looking for really high-end glassware, I'd get some Labglass. This definitely is good on a budget, though.

This works great. The joints fit together really well. I went ahead and got stainless clips, as the plastic don't stand up to heat as well. Done about 4 distillations through this, has been doing the job.