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# To Buy or Not to Buy? — Crash Guard by Expense Cutter Products

A review of the Crash Guard acrylic RAM pack stabilizer ($19.95) from [Expense Cutter Products](http://localhost/company/expense-cutters-products/), designed to prevent the notorious RAM pack wobble on the ZX/TS.