What do you use to store spare parts?

[Hobie-wan]

It's so humid here that it isn't a problem for me either. I'm pretty sure I tend to touch ground enough though anyway even if it were a day that was less than 40% humidity.

[wclem]

Honestly, I've never had static discharge fry something on me either. And I've been pretty cavalier in the past. But the fact of the matter is that it CAN happen, so why take the chance? I used an analogy in a thread once (I wish I could find it) that went something like this: I can cross the street in front of my house without looking and 9 times out of 10 make it safely to the other side. But all it takes is that one time, and that's why we look both ways for traffic EVERY time.

I finally got a static wrist band because it was cheap enough. Long ago, I got into the habit of touching ground before working on electronics (to discharge any static build up). I don't always do it, but whatever. But I got the static wrist band so I could open a computer in a carpeted room and not worry about it. If the computer is used in a carpeted room, I'm not gonna take it out into another room just to check something real quick or some other in and out job.

I actually saw someone take out a TV with a static discharge once. You could literally hear a crack from it. It went from color to black and white instantly. Used it as an excuse to buy a bigger TV.

[noiseredux]

I just stand on an anti static mat.