HI, Bill, Our CM here in Singapore uses cordless ESD wrist straps, and they do quite a bit of fibre optics work as well as our avionics boards. The straps come with a cord as well, in case you're of a nervous disposition and need to be tied to something, but otherwise actually work remarkably well though is seems like some form of witchcraft to me, too, as I haven't got my tiny brain round the principle of them yet. Peter "Kasprzak, Bill (sys) To: [log in to unmask] USX" cc: (bcc: DUNCAN Peter/Asst Prin Engr/ST <bkasprzak@MO Aero/ST Group) OG.COM> Subject: [TN] Is this for real? Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask] ORG> 03/05/02 12:12 AM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum."; Please respond to "Kasprzak, Bill (sys) USX" Hello folks, I was thumbing through my latest copy of a catalog from Cyberguys over the week end and made, at least what I think, a startling find. They have a Cordless ESD wrist strap, catalog number 116-0125. Apparently, according to the catalog, it works on the corona principle and you have to wear it for 15 minutes prior to being able to safely work on electronic hardware. Yes, no more tethering! I am really skeptical but open to anyone who has tried this. Cyberguys is a very credible company. (www.cyberguys.com) I really make a conscious effort not to reveal company names on this net but this seems just too good to be true. If it is, say good bye to the entire static flooring, ionizer, and related ESD items market. I'm not in sales so I have nothing to gain. Anybody out there have any comments on this? Anybody ever tried this? Bill Kasprzak Moog Inc. Manufacturing Engineering, Electronics --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [This e-mail is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------