I don't know if this is really important, but at the FLC that I frequent, the charge for a reel is $3.25 but we can keep the reel for six weeks and then renew the reel for another six weeks for $3.25. The third time that one pays the $3.25, the reel remains on-site which is nice when you discover a "new" ancestor who lived in the county at that time period. Beth