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Any opinions on the cold heat soldering guns for use on basic apps? Apparently it heats up and cools down fast, that's it. But is it as good as a traditional soldering iron?

Thanks.

 

Ok take it back... Did a search on google. Most people say it's crap. hahaha.

 

JUNK! The tip broke after 30 minutes of using it. Took it back and bought a standard 30watt soldering pen.

 

Yeah they are crap. You can buy a small butane iron for $30 at rat shack or fry's electronics.

 

i have a sweet little butane i got from lowes for like 15$.

 

Do you guys prefer the standard AC or the portable butane ones? or are they basically the same, but one is more handy?

 

i use my plug in when im close to a plug, then the butane when im not....

get both.

 

radio shack butane. do it.

 

cold heat = junk.

 

cold heat= won't even heat up 24 gauge wire.

I was ******* pumped about it when i first saw it. I ordered it and I haven't used the thing once. I soon going to buy a soldering station, I am sick of ******* with low powered guns. anymore, i would say 90% of the time, I have been buying closed end connectors. Just heat them up using a propane torch, fill them with solder, and dip the damn wire in. No ******* hassle.

 

spending money on a good soldering iron is sooooo worth it. i cant say enough about the new pace irons we got at work. much more power than the wellers we had and super stable (temp wise). look up the pace st-45, they go for just over 100 bux.

 

thanks for the good info ya'll....