<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi guys,<br></div>A lot of great posts in this thread.<br><br>I notice there are basically two types: ring binder (aka sample book) and pill box (or "mouse toilet" as someone mentioned).<br><br>Here are a few questions I have.<br><br></div>The pill box one seems a bit sketchy to me because it means it has been handled once, in unknown conditions, by someone who might have broken it or not. So that's a bit of a worry for me. They're also made from non-esd-safe material (it would be black due to included carbon).<br><br></div>The separate "pages" in sample book ones are not ESD safe either, but I understand the tape the parts are in stores them safely, as long as you don't touch the parts to the plastic sheets. As anyone knows those sheets can create HUGE amounts of static. My guess is both tiny resistors and capacitors can get damaged by several-kilovolt discharges but obviously I don't have statistical experimental data to support this.<br><br></div><div>So I'm not sure what's better? What do I do?<br><br></div><div>I could also buy ESD pill boxes but those cost extra money and I'll probably end up losing a lot/some of the parts.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regarding parts quality. I'm not necessarily sure the parts will be as specified, and e.g. capacitors don't necessarily mention voltage, R/C don't mention composition, temp rating, etc. They don't mention the manufacturer. So I'm a bit torn between just buying the sample books (they are cheap) and hoping for the best - or spending a large chunk of my life making a huge order to Mouser who will probably charge me quite a bit for the tiny amounts. I dread the time I'd have to spend, but at least I'd know exactly what I got, and that would be quite valuable in itself.<br><br></div><div>What do I do here?...<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 3:53 PM, <a href="mailto:ovidiu.popa@rogers.com">ovidiu.popa@rogers.com</a> [hp_agilent_equipment] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hp_agilent_equipment@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">hp_agilent_equipment@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Chinese sellers on EBay are by far the best money value. But I can no longer stand the common "free shipping"; an average of three months to Canada and 50% never make it to my place. Most of Chinese sellers know it, so they refund the money no question asked as soon as you file the "didn't receive" complaint (some even before officially filing). I guess it's in their cost of doing business.
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