I know this thread is going on 10 months old, but I also just picked up the Unicolor C-41 kit after looking at this thread recently. I had the same outstanding results from my first rolls as well. It's extremely easy, like the OP said, if you can do BW, you can do this kit.
The hardest parts were keeping the temperature right for me. My first batch was fresh after I mixed the solutions, so they were still at temperature. But the next day, they had cooled to room temperature. I ran them under the tap on hot for a while and then put them in a container to keep warm and had no issues.
I've run brand new film as well as expired film through it without problems. I've also done some cross processing of semi-expired Fuji Astia 100f with excellent results.
The only film I've had bad results from was film I knew was shot... a 20 year old thing of Ektachrome 64. And that was the film not the kit that was the issue.
I am curious how long these chemicals will last and what the change will be in the look of the resulting images over time. Since I do a lot of "hobby" photography and don't always want perfect pristine results, I like the "Lomography" look if I get it from the soup I am using/film I am using.
Tom hicks, if you see this, how long did your chemicals last and how did you compensate with them as they got slowly used to get results?
newtorf, did you ever get the E-6 kit and how did that go? I am looking at it as well to do cross processed and normal CR films as well since the C-41 turned out to be so easy.
My fave part of this, for what it costs me to have 4 rolls developed elsewhere, I can pay for the cost of the kit. So in one-two days of developing, I am already ahead of the game. That's a win for me.
From my first roll of C-41 processing, Kodak Gold 100 (expired 10 years):
My first cross processed roll from yesterday, Fuji Astia 100f (expired 2 years):
