Review on Jonard EX2 Extraction Tool - Professional 24-40 by Robert Yates

From time to time I am tempted to make a spontaneous purchase without reading the reviews carefully. Also, very misleading images of how things are made (like plastic being painted to look like metal) pop up from time to time. And every now and then the two things come together and I make an absolute mistake. Here is one such case. Not everything made of plastic is garbage. But that's a tool. All of this leads you to believe that you are buying a dependable heirloom that can be passed on to the next generation of geek brats. This thing is just poorly designed. Unless you're dealing with a single chip on a very flat IC board, this won't work. This is normal as it will most likely break before you have many opportunities to use it. I'm also not sure what the use of a ground lug in a plastic case is. Save money, time and hassle. look elsewhere Maybe if you can find an old pre-Chinese tandy IC kit. My secret weapon is finding used Radio Shack pieces from the old days when they were very well made.