Was reading a thread somewhere about the PSTool units breaking in transit. The consensus was to pack it so it couldn't more. Noticed at work we receive items that wrapped in plastic and put in a box of expanded foam so it cant move. Now could this be done using expanding foam from the DIY store? Just idea to put forward see what you think?
the problem with the tool is that even if it's packed perfectly from the outside, it can still VERY easily get damaged from the inside. The CPU card to be specific. assembler's idea of padding the insides is good, but i would plain remove the card and pack it separately.
oh man, why isn't there just one postal service that handles packages like raw eggs? ;_; any success stories of tool-not-damaged-in-transit?
Of the 4 I had, all shipped from Japan with EMS, only one was badly damaged (broken pci port and all the external plastic shell parts are damaged in one way or another). The other units suffered from minor things like some of the plastic hooks holding the Tool's sides or front and top parts were broken loose. As for my packing, ask SilverBull about the condition on arrival about the unit I sold him.
The packing foam used here is the same, cant see it being an issue as its stiff enouch to stop and movement but if theres an impact to the side the foam deforms. It would only get messy if the sender puts to much squirty foam in. Produce would be something like this 1 Wrap the inside of the box to seal it. 2 Wrap the Tool to seal it. 3 Squirt some foam into the bottom of the box as a base. 4 Cover the base & the sides with plastic. 5 Put the Tool in a plastic bag in the box 6 fill the box with squirty foam. When the box needs to be unpacked the top part can be lifted off.
In addition I'd put a layer of spongy material in there somewhere too to dampen shocks. Those air bags might be good, but personally id go for the large grade bubble wrap. As assembler says I think construction foam would be too hard. Perhaps you can get a lighter, springier sort?
Will try get the companyname who makes the packing foam. http://www.pkging.com/productitem.aspx?itemid=IQH60 Feck its costly!
