Three bucks more for nylon saved my last job from a scratch-up too.

Gotta push back on this one a little @dakotab13. I went with the castable from the start and yeah it cost more and took way longer to install but now I never think twice about dust or fibers. That peace of mind alone was worth the extra cash for me. Plus castable is way tougher if you accidentally bump it with a piece or drop something in there. I've seen blanket setups get torn up after a few months and then you're right back to worrying about particles.

@ben402 brings up a good point about brands measuring differently, but man, I must have bought the only drive that took "sudden power loss" as a personal challenge. 72% after one brownout is rough, but knowing Samsung's typically conservative reporting makes me wonder if my drive just woke up and chose violence that day.

Yeah, "perfect timeline and final clue that never happens in real life" is basically the whole reason I watch those shows. Guess I should just switch to watching a slow-motion car wreck played backwards.

Oh man the bouncing voltage thing is exactly what got me too. My old cheap meter was all over the place and I wasted a whole afternoon on a call near Salem where I was sure there was some intermittent issue. Swapped to a Fluke and it was rock solid. Totally feel you on that.