Where can I get test tubes?

[gib6933]

I was away recently and I spotted a shop selling spices in test tubes, I quite liked the idea but for some reason I didn't get it at the time. When I go away or go to a friends house and cook I like to take my own spices, I thought it would be a interesting way to carry them. I have ideas of a type of tool roll thing.

So, where can I buy new test tubes?

I'm a bit cautious of buying them off ebay, for all I know they could be radioactive. (I like my chilly hot but I do have a limit)

If not any other ideas for containers?

[NWTony]

fisher.co.uk

vwr.co.uk

sell them by the thousand.

or find someone who works in a lab to nick you some, they're disposable items!

Word of caution however, they are heat proof but not very strong, easy to shatter.

[Pesty]

loads on ebay

120414822374

they also sell bungs

[gib6933]

NWTony said:

fisher.co.uk

vwr.co.uk

sell them by the thousand.

or find someone who works in a lab to nick you some, they're disposable items!

Word of caution however, they are heat proof but not very strong, easy to shatter.

Thats a good point I do remember braking a few in my past.

v1paul said:

Nick em from a school

A bit old to just walk in now.
Anyway they didn't want me there at the time, so not a chance of getting in now!

[AndrewW-G]

At the old ICI facility in Runcorn (The Heath, just of J12 of the M56) they have a lab supply shop that sells test tubes amongst other things

[bazking69]

Get yourself a Jagermeister foam with test tubes. Dual purpose!