Cordless Anti Static Bracelet Electrostatic ESD Discharge Cable Band Wrist Strap (?)

Oh, this is quite brilliant! Right up there next to dehydrated water!

Jon

I hope to shout, as we used to say.

Some decades ago I did SMT rework for a TDR mfgr in PHX AZ. We went throu gh four or five different brands of corded ESD straps but kept blowing part s. The conductors were so flimsy they broke with the least bit of flexing, no matter the price range. It was weird; we knew other companies used them with no (announced) problems but couldn't seem to get them to work for us.

After watching a news story about gas pumps catching fire I suggested we quit screwing around with straps and instead install grounded stainless tou ch bars on all of the workstations. We stopped blowing parts.

I got a nice little bonus for that.

Mark L. Fergerson

Given that the seller is apparently located in the USA, and supposing, as seems likely, that this device doesn't work, the prospect of the seller getting seriously sued seems quite high.

Sylvia.

The places I have been use an anti-static floor coating. Everyone has conductive shoes or straps on their heels. Seems to work and no need for the clumsy wrist cables.

It could work, if it contained a huge lump of radium that would kill you.

This one is fun, it works but is dangerous to humans:

I think there was an eevblog where Dave took one of these apart, and found (perhaps) a 1 meg resistor inside.. nothing else.

Testing if there is an placebo effect in ESD protection. :^)

George H.

datasheet says 0.2mm Al is sufficient shielding, so, a good sturdy tinfoil hat :)

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The company was just getting past the startup stage and didn't have (or m ore likely didn't want to spend) the capital to install conductive flooring to serve the less-than a dozen workstations. It also wanted to avoid any r isks associated with conductive shoes because we occasionally worked on liv e circuits powered by bench supplies. Remember, this was a few decades ago.

Mark L. Fergerson

This is in a factory where the floor is poured concrete and they added a coating which looks like varnish. The electrical hazard is non-existent. The anti-static properties depend on moisture to conduct the charge through your stockings. Even if you went barefoot, there is no significant conduction through the shoes or flooring. It's not a metal coating. The conductivity barely exists. You can use anti-static flooring or coatings in just the area of the workbenches. It doesn't have to be the entire office. I saw this done some twenty years ago.