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by numpad0 554 days ago
Fake DuPont/QI/2550 has zero latching whatsoever. Contact lengths vary and housings come with massive plays. Great if you want a free safe breakaway feature, sucks otherwise. Nearly anything else has a latching feature that require a lot more force or deliberation to undo, like ZIF with a latch or a lock flap.

By the way, strictly for home breadboard uses only, when I need a bit more resistance than bare DuPont I wrap it in double sided tape and let the header poke through it. Kind of works.