[Elecraft] Packing Peanuts

[Jim Brown]

Packing peanuts are an abomination. There should be a special place in 
hell for those who use them. Anyone who puts them in a package shipped 
to me goes to the top of my s&*T list. Thanks to limited indoor space, I 
must open most packages outdoors, and when I do, those obscene packing 
peanuts fly all over the place. Even when they don't escape, they're a 
pain to put in a trash bag to throw away.

Yes, there FAR better options. My favorite is bubble wrap, which I save 
and re-use. The bags of air work well for some kinds of products.

73, Jim K9YC

On Sat,6/17/2017 1:20 PM, Dauer, Edward 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.
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> 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
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