Just a heads-up to anyone looking at getting the FastTech Clone of the Driptech-DS Parallel Squonk Box Kit:
https://m.fasttech.com/products/9629515
As this is the only one of this mod I have purchased, it’s possible that this is a fluke or that I just got part of a bad batch, but in case there are more that can possibly have this issue come up, I figured it’s best to raise a warning flag.
I’ve had this setup for 4 days and have been thoroughly enjoying it, and I was replacing the batteries in it, then sat it to the side...and I immediately hear the crackling of an auto-fire happening, so I quickly grab the mod and loosen one of the points of contact to break the connection. I took the batteries out and sat the mod down and the spring-loaded Button Assembly shoots off into a couple of pieces:
The gold plated post you see in the pic is threaded, and the spring goes over that and the button is threaded on the inside to twist onto the post for the Button Assembly...but apparently during the very brief auto-fire that occurred, the threading on the inside of the button (which turns out is NOT Delrin, but a flimsier plastic prone to melting) melted...which means it can no longer thread down on the post...not that I would want it to anymore, knowing that it’s prone to failure due to heat.
This is the first time I’ve had a product from FastTech fail like this, so, I’m by no means vilifying them or the clone market, as I’m extremely happy with all other purchases I’ve made through them and I will continue to give them my business. And I’m truly hoping this was an isolated instance where just my particular mod had a freak failure rather than it being a design flaw or common problem...but I just thought I should share this experience in the hopes that a little awareness could possibly cut down on this happening if it’s a more common issue...do not tighten the points of contact down as tight as you can or it can possibly auto-fire and have this issue come up...I suppose just screwing them in “hand-tight” would be best to keep the auto-firing issue from coming up at all.
How dare you incinerate that I don’t know how to use big words!
https://m.fasttech.com/products/9629515
As this is the only one of this mod I have purchased, it’s possible that this is a fluke or that I just got part of a bad batch, but in case there are more that can possibly have this issue come up, I figured it’s best to raise a warning flag.
I’ve had this setup for 4 days and have been thoroughly enjoying it, and I was replacing the batteries in it, then sat it to the side...and I immediately hear the crackling of an auto-fire happening, so I quickly grab the mod and loosen one of the points of contact to break the connection. I took the batteries out and sat the mod down and the spring-loaded Button Assembly shoots off into a couple of pieces:
The gold plated post you see in the pic is threaded, and the spring goes over that and the button is threaded on the inside to twist onto the post for the Button Assembly...but apparently during the very brief auto-fire that occurred, the threading on the inside of the button (which turns out is NOT Delrin, but a flimsier plastic prone to melting) melted...which means it can no longer thread down on the post...not that I would want it to anymore, knowing that it’s prone to failure due to heat.
This is the first time I’ve had a product from FastTech fail like this, so, I’m by no means vilifying them or the clone market, as I’m extremely happy with all other purchases I’ve made through them and I will continue to give them my business. And I’m truly hoping this was an isolated instance where just my particular mod had a freak failure rather than it being a design flaw or common problem...but I just thought I should share this experience in the hopes that a little awareness could possibly cut down on this happening if it’s a more common issue...do not tighten the points of contact down as tight as you can or it can possibly auto-fire and have this issue come up...I suppose just screwing them in “hand-tight” would be best to keep the auto-firing issue from coming up at all.
How dare you incinerate that I don’t know how to use big words!