[Slothie]

I used to use Soldercon IC sockets back in the day, and I can't say I had any trouble with them, especially on double sided boards where the solder would come through and secure them on the top side. The only real failing was if they didn't have an IC in them they were somewhat liable to bend out of shape and could be tricky to bend back. But then I mostly used them on projects that were not destined for decades long lifetimes, just experiments or kits for home made test equipment that was going to be in a protective box.

These days I tend to use the twin-wipe type generally, or the turned pin ones in cases where I might want to make a plug-in "adaptor" such as a memory or IO device. Then you can use turned pin headers to make a reliable header - I find the twin wipe type tend to distort if you do this and are forever unable to grip an actual IC afterwards. Even worse if you use the square pin type headers.