This video aims to educate on electrostatic discharge, ESD related to computer components, types of ESD failure, and some common misconceptions of how to use ESD wrist straps.
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As stated in the video, we're being upfront about making static control products (but you all know this by now). This means we're very informed and have done a ton of research on static control, but we're obviously not as neutral as we are in a product review.

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One of the biggest topics we've researched over the last few years has been materials used in anti-static mats, soldering mats, and ESD wrist straps, alongside the pros and cons of dissipative vinyl, conductive rubber compounds, and insulators. We take our product manufacturing very seriously to not just be a logo sticker factory, and that means a lot of research. We decided to finally compile a lot of our research into one video to answer some common misconceptions on ESD and static discharge, talk about the reality of unlikely component damage from ESD (but the types of damage -- like upset, latent, and catastrophic), and address some fake anti-static products on the market. There's a ton more to talk about in this topic, but we had to cut it off somewhere. This goes over ANSI / ESDA spec and standardized testing methods used by the industry.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - ESD Education
01:23 - Keeping It Real: We're Not A Neutral Party
03:30 - Home vs. Factory Use of Dust & Static Control
06:08 - Defining Static Electricity
06:52 - Types of ESD Failure: Upset Failure
07:53 - Catastrophic Failure
08:15 - Latent ESD Failure
10:11 - How an ESD Wrist Strap Works & Is Made
12:37 - Scams & "Wireless" Anti-Static Straps
15:03 - Common Ground Points Are Overlooked
17:33 - Conductive, Dissipative, & Insulative Surfaces
19:30 - Mat Materials, Layers, & Construction
21:10 - Active Operation & Test Benches
21:52 - Rubber Compound Conductive Pros & Cons (& Solder Mats)
23:28 - Vinyl Dissipative Mat Pros & Cons
25:59 - Awesome Factory Footage & Fighting Dust & ESD
29:50 - And Now for Reddit
31:10 - When You Actually Need Anti-Static Tools
34:00 - Cold & Dry Environments

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Host, Writing, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Research, Writing, Testing: Patrick Stone
Video: Andrew Coleman & Keegan Gallick