Don't you think that one near miss is worth changing your whole approach to safety checks?

Been through three different masts in six years before I found one that actually stays put. The wind around here shifts direction twice a day and it's brutal on hardware. Finally switched to a heavy duty stainless setup with a tension kit and it's been solid for eight months now. Sometimes you just have to accept that the cheap stuff isn't worth the headache.

That's a rough situation @tarab54. I've been there with a cheap iron and an old laptop, ended up lifting a tiny pad completely off the board. Had to spend twice as much on a decent station just to fix my mistake. Hope you have better luck than I did.

My brother got obsessed with tracking his steps a couple years ago, hit 5 million total before he got bored of it. I do the same thing with my garden - I carved a notch for every tomato plant I've put in the ground, and I'm at 487 now. It's just nice having a number that SHOWS the work instead of having to explain it.

Does that actually work in the boonies with no paved roads?