Agreed, Hal - we use the EX6 and I've never had one go bad. I have a Platinum SealSmart compression tool in my bag that has worked flawlessly for years.

And it was a former CATV sub I hired who convinced me to use quad shield but it's probably overkill for 95% of the environments I encounter. He was an interesting fellow - I think his motto was "work harder, not smarter!"

"There is one thing and only one thing in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth." - Leo Tolstoy