I recently purchased a cisco 48 port poe switch and a 4 port 10gb fiber network card for it, separate ebay purchases, and neither had anti static bags. They were both wrapped in bubble wrap but the switch came within Styrofoam packing peanuts. The styrofoam packing peanuts always have a great deal of static buildup.
What are your thoughts on this? Am I just being paranoid about potential static discharge with items being wrapped in bubble wrap only and no anti static bag?
I look forward to everyone else’s thoughts. Hoping I’m just being paranoid and that it’s perfectly fine.
Note: the items booted up fine.
Thanks
I used to be concerned, and then I saw this video which made it apparent it’s extremely unlikely and difficult for ESD to kill modern electronics
https://youtu.be/nXkgbmr3dRA?si=lr7wIJa3KH6q1EHE