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mister790
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Substitute for an anti-static bag?
I need to ship a hard drive in a couple of days and am out of anti-static bags. Anyone know of any common household item that can be used as a substitute?
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mister790
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Hey, all. Since there were conflicting answers on the aluminum foil suggestion, I did a bit of poking around and discovered that Staples has anti-static bubble wrap -- http://www.staples.com/Staples-Anti-Stat... . Not the zero cost solution I was hoping for, but not too expensive and it should last me pretty much forever.
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mayer
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Look for pink bubble wrap. Anti-static bags are usually plastic (PET) and have a distinctive color (silvery for Metallised film, pink or black for polyethylene). The polyethylene variant may also take the form of foam or bubble wrap, either as sheets or bags. Because of the need for protection against mechanical damage as well as electrostatic damage, layers of protection are often used; because of this, you might find:
The protected device packaged inside a metalized PET film bag
Packed inside a pink polyethylene bubble-wrap bag
Packed inside a rigid black polyethylene box lined with pink poly foam
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rab777hp
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Aluminium foil
even off a bar off chocolate will do the job
Aluminum foil won't give you complete anti-static like a bag will. It'll work a little bit, but you may as well be putting it in a garbage bag.
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Kelly Louwers
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mister790, please answer the question with what you found and accept that answer. Thanks!
Sterling Hirsh,
Did it, Sterling. Thanks.
mister790,