TIL my cheap hot swap sockets can't handle more than 3 switch changes before they give up

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Three swaps is actually pretty decent for budget parts. You get what you pay for, and expecting industrial grade durability from a dollar socket is unrealistic. Those sockets are meant for a one time build, not for constant tinkering. If you're changing switches that often, you bought the wrong tool for the job. Investing in better sockets is the obvious fix for your specific use case.

calebh903mo ago

Honestly used to get mad when cheap sockets broke after a few swaps. But @ivan_schmidt is totally right, you're basically buying disposable parts. My old mindset was expecting a dollar hotswap socket to handle constant switch testing like a Mill-Max. It's like buying a plastic fork and being shocked it snaps while trying to cut a steak. The budget stuff is for your final build, not a test bench.

faith122mo ago

Yeah but plastic forks are expected to snap. Nobody calls a plastic fork a "steak eating tool." The real issue is calling cheap sockets "hotswap" when they're really just "hotinsert".