My Handy2 Pro is arriving tomorrow and I mentioned the poor location of the mounting holes in a post I made earlier today. One reply asked why you would use both mounting holes and this was my response.
If the handy were entirely composed of mild steel it might not be necessary. But we are talking about something made out of ABS plastic with what looks to be brass threaded inserts melted into it. Two things that do not naturally go together regardless of the steel or alloy that the threaded insert is made of, at minimum. Agree?
So any off the shelf bracket which is made from thin steel or 3d printed out of your preferred material will utilize one or both threaded holes. To your question. If attached by only one of the two mounting points, scooting over an inch in bedā¦over tightening the strap for a little more sensation or to mimic the one that got awayā¦poses a tremendous stress load on a single 1/4x20 mounting point. To begin with, that is small hardware. It is just barely out of the machine screw classification where you start referring to them as bolts. Using grade 5 or grade 8 hardware will not change the leverage being applied to the hot nut which came pre-inserted in the Handy2.
Now if you utilize both threaded holes in your selected mounting configuration, you are then ensuring that the Handy2 can handle an axial load.
If using only the bottom hole, a down stroke is leveraging the unit straight back and away from you. An up stroke is doing the opposite. Almost guaranteed to break if the fastening hardware ever comes loose, but even if it does not, itās a tremendous stress load.
Using only the rear hole below the USB-C Charge/Passthrough port, an up or down stroke is still applying leverage in the same manner, basically prying the Handy backwards and forwards, even if you canāt physically see it happening. Leverage is leverage. A see-saw is the simplest example. Fixed at one point. Fat kid leverages skinny kid lol
So using both is what I highly recommend to anyone looking to source a good hands-free mounting solution. But as I said earlier, if the two threaded mounting holes werenāt essentially right around the corner from one another, and instead closer to top and bottom respectively, then that mount would not only be extremely steady (likely adding to the immersion) but it would also lessen the odds of the brass nut inserts being pulled out. One of the super early bird backers posted about one or both of them being ripped out of his a couple months ago here on Eroscripts.
I am a tradesman with fabrication and welding background, millwright, and a hero to many engineers throughout each passing year. Within a few moments of glancing at a blueprint which the engineer has revised multiple times, I can usually point out two or three things that are not going to work the way they expect them to. I also help them with the solution after being argued with.
Engineers are academically gifted by and large, and they leave school with a hard earned degree. But the best engineers, and they are quite rareā¦show evidence of working with their hands at some point in their early years. On the farm with grandpaā¦or just curious as a child and always taking things apart to understand how they work. These are the best kind, as book smarts and common sense seamlessly fit and work together in their minds. 90+% of the 500 or more that Iāve metā¦Iāve had to explain 3-4 different ways why their idea is wrong. But when the lights come on, Iāve made a friend and established trust. If they do not, I end up doing the stupid thing they ask for to give the better visualā¦and my smart ass mouth typically has my boss calling later. As Brad Pitt said in Inglorious Bastardsā¦āIāll probably get chewed outā, āIāve been chewed out beforeā 
I donāt believe that I will bother with the flipped orientation mode, as the leveraging issue of the close proximity of both holes will remain an issue. My bracket will be a piece of 3/8ā angle iron dimensioned 1-5/8ā wide x 1-3/4 x 1-1/4, and I will use a tapered flat top allen bolt and countersink the hole so it is flush when tightened. That will address one of the OP complaints.
My mount will not be super heavy as it will consist of small pieces. But it will be bulletproof. And it will have a riser to the top of the unit and I will secure it there, as well as an opening with enough clearance for any USB-C charger to work in conjunction with it.
Ultimately I am going to fit it with a quick release VESA mount which I have bought several of from Amazon. This will allow me to quickly break down my setup with no tools needed. I have an in-vehicle arm mount (and some well tinted windows) and my go to is a swing arm with a desk clamp that Iāve attached to a 1-1/2ā thick 18x24 inch chunk of UHMW and can simply slide under the mattress for that infinite adjustability in bed. And if I travel for work, I never know if there will be sturdy furniture in some AirBnbs, so I maintain the option to use the slide under the mattress hands free mount anywhere I find myself.
Someone said the āonly good thing about the handyā, as if thereās only oneā¦and made it out like the Launch is better because China has produced so many knock offs, and that is an unfair assessment. As Evelyn stated, on the 5th replacement. I thought I might eventually kill my handy 1, so I bought a backup and have been attempting to kill the OG. I ran it for a year before applying a silicone lubricant to the stroke screw. I have overheated it a million times. Unplugged and plugged it back in repeatedly to ignore the cool down warning. Iāve run fast vibrating scripts for hours on end. Iāve placed wet wash cloths over my junk to not burn myself and gotten it hot enough to cook breakfast off of. It still lives. Every single other striker Iāve tried has paled in comparison. As for side handles, if enough people want that option the creative souls in this community will come up with one. Nothing beats hands free imo. Until I get a PC or VR headset reading my thoughts and launching apps based on thatā¦I need my hands to reach for the mouse, a sip of draaaank, or to quickly modify a script to my liking, maybe hit the dank or rip a whippet
