Photo by reviewer: Climbing Euonymus, Cheshire, 2024.
I have been using this developer with Ilford Multigrade RC DeLuxe paper (pearl). I am very pleased with the print quality and I expect to continue to use it as my preferred print developer for the foreseeable future.
My bottle was first opened a month ago and it still appears to be fresh (colourless).
I prefer this product to Ilford PQ Universal, at least with this paper, because the development time is shorter. I haven't used PQ Universal enough to establish any difference in print quality between it and this product.
This is a 1 litre bottle so occasional printers may find that this is too large a quantity. You may wish to check the keeping properties.
The image uploaded here is a photo of my print on Multigrade RC Deluxe paper (pearl) with Grade 2 1/2 used for the main image. Some burning-in at Grade 00 was used to lower the values of the leaves at the bottom of the image in order to hold the eye in the centre of the composition.