Seen lots of bad reviews on similar micro clips... shame to fry something because of bad clip... ahh I see mjlorton has a video on these.... there we go;-) But jezzz all i want to do is upgrade some firmware!
i'm honestly not sure what the confusion is here; their design lends itself to not shorting IC pins (as long as your board isn't live while you're wiring up). you could even do 2-3 adjacent SOIC pins with the better quality ones. if you need more adjacent SOIC pins, or if the pitch is any finer than that, you need a different tool.
