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Adam Savage of Mythbusters and Tested (youtube) recently gave out a link to this "third hand" setup, which has finger clips far superior to the usual alligator clips you see on the this type of unit.:
The unit, with two clips, is $80+tax ($85.80 in Arizona).
I ordered one a couple weeks ago. It had a pretty long lead time, and every time I checed Amazon for delivery info, it said the item had been picked up by the carrier (USPS). But when I actually checked the tracking number with USPS, they said a label had been prepared, but the item not yet sent.
So I sent a message to the seller, asking what the truth was. Theyapparently gave up, cancelled the order, and gave me a refund. I re-ordered the item a couple days later ... same story,LONG lead time (ETA March6-20), and they say it's been picked up, but the USPS says it hasn't. I strongly suspect that the (allegedly US - based)seller does not actually have any stock on hand, and just orders the units from back home in China when they get an order. They then generate a USPS shipping label, wait for the slow boat to arrive from China, and send it out once received.
So I guess I'll just have to wait for a while to get it!
I'll post again when (if) I receive the unit.
The unit, with two clips, is $80+tax ($85.80 in Arizona).
I ordered one a couple weeks ago. It had a pretty long lead time, and every time I checed Amazon for delivery info, it said the item had been picked up by the carrier (USPS). But when I actually checked the tracking number with USPS, they said a label had been prepared, but the item not yet sent.
So I sent a message to the seller, asking what the truth was. Theyapparently gave up, cancelled the order, and gave me a refund. I re-ordered the item a couple days later ... same story,LONG lead time (ETA March6-20), and they say it's been picked up, but the USPS says it hasn't. I strongly suspect that the (allegedly US - based)seller does not actually have any stock on hand, and just orders the units from back home in China when they get an order. They then generate a USPS shipping label, wait for the slow boat to arrive from China, and send it out once received.
So I guess I'll just have to wait for a while to get it!
I'll post again when (if) I receive the unit.
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