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Agreed- the contact problems make them something of a liability and potentially a hazard. I always found them a somewhat clunky design anyway as well as unreliable, there can't be many post-WW2 things that they are useful for probing around! As Phil says, the slim, hard-point probe is much more useful day-to-day anyway. I prefer to use a set of the RS multi-option test leads with the point, spring-hook, croc-clip, lug options on sliding shroud 4mm plugs with the likes of AVO 8 and Selectest 50- I'd rather safety for both DUT and myself over doctrinaire authenticity for this sort of thing,

Colin.