EEVblog 1567 - Wireless ESD Monitor? - The IONA StatIQ Band TESTED

Does the $1200 IONA Tech StatIQ wireless ESD monitor band actually work? or is it just BS?
And if so, how does it work?

IONA Tech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Uzo5qL4JM
Wiresless ESD strap BUSTED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvgW5iWXbts
ESD Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5F3rQNUkU
ESD Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvOlSehNtuHsKCtJJ_rlRP5qE7lN-1EMX
Mud Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAahT8_P-_E

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1567-wireless-esd-monitor-the-iona-statiq-band-tested/

00:00 - A wireless ESD monitor? The IONA Tech StatIQ Band
02:06 - The Electric Field Mill sensor
03:27 - The Android app, and does it actually work?
06:15 - ESD ground impedance correlation
07:21 - What's going on with the clean room bunny suit?
08:12 - Well, there's your problem...
08:35 - Let's try a WORKING ESD coat this time
09:23 - But is it just smoke and mirrors? Surface DC Voltmeter measurement time
11:30 - Validatd
11:52 - Calibration
12:15 - How it works
15:24 - The physics
18:09 - Conclusion

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