Actually there is a pretty good substitute package ng peanut made of starch. (You can eat them, although I don't suggest it having ng "demoed" that in many a warehouse tour years ago) they also hold less of a charge and "melt" in water. Pretty cool stuff and recommended!
/rod VA3ON On Jun 17, 2017, at 19:31, Rick Tavan <[email protected]> wrote: Yeah, they're a bit annoying but I can live with them. What I can't tolerate is those rigid plastic blister packs that are nearly impossible to open without a power tool. Online vendors should disclose usage of that packaging technique so one can decline to purchase the stuff. Some companies are beginning to advertise "user friendly packaging." I like them! 73, /Rick N6XI > On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Dauer, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just received a K2 kit via UPS -- my third in fact -- and spent 20 comical > minutes trying to empty out the styrofoam packing peanuts. > > They come, apparently, fully charged. They cling to my fingers. They > cling to my shirt. They cling to the outer shipping box. After I get > about ten handfuls into a small trash bag the common charge results in the > smaller pieces flying out again. Back onto my fingers. Grabbing them with > one hand while holding a cold water faucet with the other didn' t help at > all. > > Whenever I get a kit I feel as if I have to do the electrostatic > equivalent of a detox shower before I do the parts inventory. Isn't there > some good substitute for these accursed things? Maybe like their ancestors > -- real peanuts? At least you can eat those while you're unpacking the kit > . . . > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
