Hi Ian, > what if you need to test a dozen or so to select for performance, eg low offset and variation? There should be ZIF sockets for these! There are: https://www.amazon.com/ALLSOCKET-SOP16-5-4-1-27-Programming-Validation-1-27-01/dp/B06XDKKNLS/ref=sr_1_32 or similar. Cheers, Neil