Open or Quarantine?

[arrmadillo]

Look where this thing comes from!
Straight off the boat in original packaging!
I know these things are made overseas but come on with all that's going on, China!
Didn't want to bring it inside the house or even touch it!!!

 

[jondilly1974]

Look where this thing comes from!
Straight off the boat in original packaging!
I know these things are made overseas but come on with all that's going on, China!
Didn't want to bring it inside the house or even touch it!!!

You’ll be fine. The virus doesn’t last that long on cardboard. Unless the delivery guy coughed or sneezed directly on the box before handoff, you’re very unlikely to get sick.

 

[arrmadillo]

You’ll be fine. The virus doesn’t last that long on cardboard. Unless the delivery guy coughed or sneezed directly on the box before handoff, you’re very unlikely to get sick.

Hope you're right, was going to store it in the shed in back yard, no telling how long that box has been sitting in a container somewhere brewing virus!

 

[jondilly1974]

Hope you're right, was going to store it in the shed in back yard, no telling how long that box has been sitting in a container somewhere brewing virus!

Haha that’s not how a virus works. It needs a host to grow and flourish. Bacteria can grow like that tho.

 

[Porschetech🇬🇪]

Send it to me. ?

 

[Dakratfink]

You’ll be fine. The virus doesn’t last that long on cardboard. Unless the delivery guy coughed or sneezed directly on the box before handoff, you’re very unlikely to get sick.

This particular strain can live and be viable on hard surfaces for up to 72 hours .Thats still about one day longer than common cold or influenza strains , And I doubt it got to your door from China in less than 3 days.
If you are still feeling cautious, wipe down all the outside packing before you open it. Spray the model down with a shot of Lysol before you handle it and don’t put parts of your new RC in your mouth no matter how tempting it may be.
If you are still worried, you can always ship it to North Dakota for quarantining. I’ll keep it safe for you

 

[olds97_lss]

Spray it down with rubbing alcohol a few times, then open it and spray the insides/truck down as well.

 

[gotnitro]

Look where this thing comes from!
Straight off the boat in original packaging!
I know these things are made overseas but come on with all that's going on, China!
Didn't want to bring it inside the house or even touch it!!!

Where did you order it from? Most of the online LHS's keep them in the OG china box because they don't want the pretty colorful box to get ruined. Most of them are stored in a warehouse with the OG china box.

 

[NastyNate]

I have product for work that regularly comes from Italy.

I track it through the freight carrier, and it is typically an eight day transit.

Like @jondilly1974 said, I'd be more worried about the person handling the good for the last six hours than anything else.

If your concerned, leave it in the garage with no one to touch it for six hours. It has a hard time surviving on cardboard- what they say anyway.

Good luck, be safe, and bash on. ?

 

[jondilly1974]

I’m trying to remember the info I heard but the host was that it has a very fragile lipid layer and things like cardboard break it open and the air kills it. I’m not a scientist so take that for what it’s worth. I would be more worried about the car inside and that’s been untouched for at least a week, if not months.

 

[CrashBoom]

The CDC doesn't seem to be particularly concerned at this time.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with imported goods and there have not been any cases of COVID-19 in the United States associated with imported goods. Information will be provided on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) website as it becomes available.

 

[BashingBrian]

don’t put parts of your new RC in your mouth no matter how tempting it may be.

??????

 

[Outcastblxnut]

The CDC doesn't seem to be particularly concerned at this time.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with imported goods and there have not been any cases of COVID-19 in the United States associated with imported goods. Information will be provided on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) website as it becomes available.

Currently but not yet??‍?

 

[Sledgehog]

According to the CDC, the virus cant live long enough to affect you after 3-4 days, which your package took well over to get to you.

 

[Peteyk49]

I sprayed my sons dumborc setup with Lysol when it came in mail a week or two ago. Let it sit for a bit and wiped it down with a paper towel. Then washed my hands... I’m not dead yet ha

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

I would be more worried about your local mail then that thing.

 

[Streeter69]

See if you have the same deliver person next week. If you do, it will be safe to open

 

[Clubin]

Look where this thing comes from!
Straight off the boat in original packaging!
I know these things are made overseas but come on with all that's going on, China!
Didn't want to bring it inside the house or even touch it!!!

Open that poop up. Let’s see!! Post pix.
Where did you get it from? Lhs?

 

[jkflow]

Buy some toilet paper, that'll fix it!

That box is safer than anything else you've touched today. Science is on your side, nothing to worry about, everything else is superstition.

 

[arrmadillo]

Open that poop up. Let’s see!! Post pix.
Where did you get it from? Lhs?

Posted where I got it from twice in the anyone interested in the redcat Kaiju thread. $360. to the door. Owner will cut a deal for anyone on this forum, we discussed this.

Where did you order it from? Most of the online LHS's keep them in the OG china box because they don't want the pretty colorful box to get ruined. Most of them are stored in a warehouse with the OG china box.

It was shipped from redcat in arizona to my shop in Pennsylvania then shipped to me in NOLA.

I have product for work that regularly comes from Italy.

I track it through the freight carrier, and it is typically an eight day transit.

Like @jondilly1974 said, I'd be more worried about the person handling the good for the last six hours than anything else.

If your concerned, leave it in the garage with no one to touch it for six hours. It has a hard time surviving on cardboard- what they say anyway.

Good luck, be safe, and bash on. ?

That's where it is in garage lol!

I would be more worried about the car inside and that’s been untouched for at least a week, if not months.

Wow, That makes me fell better Dr. John! ?