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That being said I'm using Diafine developer since beginning of this year I think, and over here you can only get the big package, meaning you have to mix a whole gallon (~3.8 liters) in one go - which is quite easily done in the 5L jugs of distilled water you just schlepped home from the drugstore - but then you'll want to part it up for ease of use.. so I put 1L in a nice JOBO bottle (seriously recommended, they have the bestest lids), and the rest I funneled into old (glass) water bottles, put them in a dark bag, and put that in the cabinet under the sink.
@JB ..I can really recommend Diafine, especially if you are starting out with black and white developing as it's a lot more forgiving in terms of temperature, which makes the whole undertaing much less of a faff. Shelf life is also amazing; I'm still using the first part of the batch I made beginning of this year.
In the US I think you can also easily get the smaller size (that makes only a quart - ~1L) though it does not make much sense as you only get about 25% of working solution for about 50% of the price.