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Got it out last night to fix my glasses! It works great, & the solder, too. It gets hot. Question: does the temp. dial show you cooler or hotter, e g, the green part of the dial should be cooler -- have to leave it on for entire job (could make on/switch w/ electric 120V plug to keep the solder point cooler), Any thoughts on that? Thank you.
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The soldering iron works very well (at least for the one project I bought it for. Not sure how long it will last. But, at least I know I can solder some small'ish, delicate connections before investing in a Weller 51 or 101. I find the "350c" setting (dialed back about 1/3 from full heat) worked well to heat the surface quickly enough without sitting there heating the entire component. I felt like dialed up to the max heat was too hot, heated the surface instantly, instead of 1 second like the 350c setting. But, when soldering a heavy-gauge solid copper wire, I used full heat. The solder it came with seemed like bad quality. Lots of black (slag) residue compared to the 60/40 solder I bought years ago at Radio Shack. I threw away the solder the iron came with. Finally, as a *kit*, I was disappointed that the product photo *prominently* shows a springy iron holder, but what you receive is a small folding stand that you lay the tip on. It has a smaller sponge too. Deception like that doesn't engender confidence in what you're buying. But, so far the iron itself seems very good. Be careful, the temperature knob is very small and its "nub" (which slips into a tiny potentiometer) is very delicate. If you try to turn it past its limits it will (I believe) shear off very easily. It will pull out very easily, if you want to see what I'm talking about. Also, you can pull it out and use a small jewler's "philips" head screwdriver to turn that pot. I think what makes this a decent soldering iron to other inexpensive choices is the wattage. I have a cheap 20w iron and destroy pretty much any compoent I try to solder. That's because it takes so long to heat the part, it heats the entire part. With more watts, you can get in and out very quickly, limiting how much heat is transferred. If you do a lot of soldering, then you should spend $100 US on a Weller 51 or 101 (or something similar). But, to gain some confidence that you can solder, this is a useful option without getting in too deeply. I only recommend tossing the solder and buy good quality solder. That will make your experience much better. It will junk up your tip, make it hard to keep a shiny/tinned tip. I have a Kill-A-Watt meter. This iron draws as much as 83w when initially plugged in, and the temperature dial at the highest setting. It begins dropping down to 60, 50, 40w as the tip warms. (When I plugged in with the lowest temperature setting, and a cool tip, it used about 13w). So, it seems to have some intelligence built in to provide quick heat when needed.Read full review
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It heats up slow but gets hot works great and came with good solder and useful tools but the stand to hold iron that is pictured is why I bought this one and I got a cheap little flip up one not the same one that is pictured but other then that I'm happy. See iron stand in pic..that's not what is shown there selling
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It appears to be of mediocre quality and for light weight use upon opening the package but it works fine and contains all the needed parts to begin soldering right away. The carrying case is junk but so what? Considering what I paid for it I'd say it is a bargain.
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Nice kit easy to store in my truck. Pouch has place for all the pieces so I don't lose any of them. Soldering iron is a pen style and it fits easily in my hand.
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