Hey All!
I am finding myself assembling quite a few boards now, and am starting to worry about the large amounts of fumes I end up breathing in.
As this is a hobby thing and I am a student, I don't have the cash for a 500-600Euro+ Air purifier setup.
So I was just going to pump all my (fuming) problems out the window, with a relatively low cost diy setup consisiting of an inline fan, a few flexible pieces of tubing, and a desk arm.
For the desk arm I was considering the Flexi-75 (aka Flexi 2 1/2") from loc-line.
I can get a 2ft piece and a flat nozzle fairly cheaply:
https://www.loc-line.com/product/81202-vacuum-hose-18-elements-2-5-id-2-1-ft-segment/https://www.loc-line.com/product/81204-6-x-3-5-rectangular-nozzle-pack-of-1/They also offer a black, antistatic tubing and nozzle option, that will probably run me 10Euro more:
https://www.loc-line.com/product/81302as-anti-static-vacuum-hose-2-5-id-2-1-ft-segments/https://www.loc-line.com/product/81304as-anti-static-6-x-3-5-rectangular-nozzle-pack-of-1/Before I accidentally stumbled accross the second version, I did not even consider that ESD / Static was an issue with these fume-arms.
I could get the antistatic version, but to because this will be in my room where I spent quite a bit of time, I really don't like the idea of a huge black snake and would much rather have the colorful arm.

(silly, I know....)
Besides, if i did go for the antistatick version, wouldn't I have to ground it to be effective? How would I make a good contact for grounding to mains-earth through a resistor? Plus that is another cable and a hassle....

So I guess my question is: How much of a concern is ESD with a fume sucker? Do you find your arm touching your board a lot while working? Can you create a charge by holding/moving it? Could the airflow accumulate a charge?
Thanks