Response to Self-Loading Film

I haven't bought 35mm in individual cassettes for years. I get 17 or 30 meter bulk reels and load from Computrol, Watson, or (my favourite, but now, sadly, no longer made) Fulfix loaders. The early Computrol loaders are quite good, but the later ones are really plasticky and nasty. The Watson is a similar design, and there's not much to choose between them. My advice would be to look for a 2nd hand loader, the older ones really were much better in quality.
The advantges of bulk loading, apart from a cost saving are, as you say, that you can load non-standard length cassettes, and also that you're assured of film consistency from cassette to cassette. The bulk loaders I've mentioned are all easy to use, and require only the addition of some reloadable cassettes and a roll of masking tape (to hold the film to the cassette spool).
Loading takes about two minutes, and is fairly foolproof. Good luck in finding a decent loader!

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