anti-static bench mats

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Mike ODELL <mo at ccr.org> writes:

> equipping new bench and was astonished by the dynamic range
> in price of benchtop ESD mats. I understand wanting a dispersive 
> top (layer) but there are numerous claim of voodoo an magic fairy dust
> to justify a 10x range in price. feels a bit like the nosebleed audio world where
> where objective impact on performance focuses more on wallet extraction
> than signal extraction. (grin)
>
> so what do people use for ESD mat and where did you buy it?

Less is more.  If you work barefoot in a damp basement and don't wear
synthetics, you can pretty much get by without such things.  ;-)

-r