Yeah, that bit about betting against the weather report is too real. Had a motion sensor on a garage go completely dead for a whole weekend after some heavy rain, and of course that's when every little noise had me looking out the window. Wireless is so much easier to set up, but you're totally trading that for praying to the sky gods sometimes.

10 minutes of stretching stops all soreness for me.

Honestly, @the_beth is onto something with that taller sprue idea. I heard from an old timer that extra pressure makes a huge difference. Tbh, keeping the flow calm seems to be the real trick here.

My friend's well water is still brown from that.

Actually, pre-treat everything with a light corrosion blocker before you even go out, it buys you way more time. The goal is to stop the salt from ever sticking to the metal, not just wash it off after.