[Elecraft] Corn Starch Packing Peanuts

[Charlie T, K3ICH]

BUT, don't use them if they've absorbed too much moisture.  They shrink &
get hard as a rock.  They'll scratch up your radio AND have virtually no
shock ability when they get that way
Also, they weigh more than the Styrofoam which lasts indefinitely.

I generally just throw them in the wood stove if it's winter, or leave them
out in the rain so they melt in summer.

73, Charlie k3ICH


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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rod Hardman(VA3ON)
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2017 8:08 PM
To: Rick Tavan <rick at tavan.com>
Cc: Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu>; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Packing Peanuts

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 <rick at tavan.com> 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 <edauer at law.du.edu> 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
> 
> 
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