Quote Originally Posted by T.Jackson View Post
Gotta be properly grounded, because they're very static sensitive.
I hadnt notice that. Im sure the ones ive got must have had pleanty of static with all the things they have been near and they are still working for the moment. One of them even got shorted out when the wires on the biasing resistors accidentally touched but even that still works fine.

For now im working on breadboards so soldering/desoldering hasnt been a problem