Some people have nothing better to do than complain, about something, anything. And it also proves the selective memory theory. ONE other video like this EIGHT HUNDRED videos ago and "OMG Dave's gone mainstream" Despite the interesting history bits in the TTL video, a scope teardown, and some neat 2 minute teardowns in the mailbag video, all ALSO this same week - sheesh, what more do you people want? If the worse you have to suffer through is one boring (to you) video every 4 or 5 years, I don't see the point.
I, for one, was amused by this, especially tossing it out the car window at speed. I was not expecting that. What does it all prove? Well, for one thing, the official specs are definitely not bullshit. Two, Agilent builds some pretty rugged gear. Three, the scenery in that canyon is gorgeous and I wish my knees could handle hiking, I'd love to visit that in person.
You can do all the scientific, carefully controlled stress testing you want, but odds are a random fall out in the field will result in different stresses in different locations. So while the drop heights weren't measured to the nearest .01mm, it's still valid testing that helps validate the design and construction.