Hi Mary Ellen, I am answering two of your mails at the same time, as I read this one last - The Silver Puppy comes complete with everything you need (except the canning jar) I got the #2 kit because it has the little magnet stirrer which you just pop in the jar. It is as easy as falling off a log to be honest, and this comes from someone who is mechanically challenged to say the least! It *does* take quite a time to make, (it took me 8 hours to make one quart) but this was probably because my water was *very* pure (double distlled.) if you put in the next batch about a quarter out of the first batch, however this will knock two hours off the time. I don't find the time it takes a problem at all, because if you need more - quickly, then you just start the whole thing up again and that way, you would have quite a bit in a few days. As it doesn't matter how long it is stored, then it shouldn't matter how long it takes to make. I think it is a brilliant little unit and he is so clever to have made it all fit into such a small space compared to others, with so few working parts to have to bother about. Dee
-------Original Message------- From: Mary Ellen Murphy Date: 22/06/2008 03:34:12 To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: CS>Making CS/Parkinson I am borrowing one from a friend called the silver pulsar. I was also wondering how much to take to start. I am trying to figure out what I need to get with the silver puppy. I understand that you need some kind of stirrer with it. I don't know whether to get the #1 kit or #2. Thanks Mary Ellen