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Thanks for your feedback!
Read quite a lot about working with that kit, and gathered as well that higher temps make for better negs.
Got conflicting info on whether it's a good idea to add a washing step after dev (which is not mentioned in the instructions). Guess I'll have to try myself.Yea, never liked the squeegees myself, index & middle finger it is!
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I think I solved the stabilizer thing by simply taking the hung up film between my index and middle finger and running them down to take off the excess (I didn't want to risk scratches with a squeegee). It's still not as clean as my monochrome (which is always spotless after a quick rinse in wetting agent and simply being left to dry) but it's no longer a problem.
In general the main thing I'm still not sure about is whether or not to prewet the film. The instructions say you should, but the internet and what I understand about the effect say you shouldn't... I just decided to follow the instructions and I it's caused no problems for me, maybe the difference is too small if you're correcting the colors after scanning anyway.
Also although you can develop at different temperatures and the kit gives you times I'm pretty sure developing at low temperatures gives you crappy thin negs.