Im on my 3rd one now. I never abuse them, but they have all suffered a thermal fuse failure. The last fuse I changed myself, which were £3 for 4, rated at 152c.
Tip: conical tips are bad for even heat distribution. That's why you struggle with lead free solder. Use flat or chisel tips, tin the tip and use the melted solder to transfer heat into the wire.
Very good demo ! I normally use the larger soldering tip unless I’m soldering onto circuit boards. Unfortunately I’ve had two failed devices in the last few months. The iron starts up , showing the battery status , then switching to green. And that’s it. It doesn’t heat up. The 152 degree / 240 volt / 15 5 thermal fuse was blown. Easy enough to replace. Cmon Ireland (the oval ball).
I couldn't believe this greenskin was saying "tint"! He keeps saying he is a "sparky", but he seems wet behind the ears to me, like he has just come out of his apprenticeship and has very little trade experience. Even as a school kid, I knew it was "tinned". These young gen-z kids know next to nothing. When you have 40 years experience, kid, then you can start giving advice and trade tips.
He's not long out of his apprenticeship. He's a newby, still wet behind the ears. These young greenhorns have a lot to learn, including the correct terms for procedures. You really need at least twenty years as a full tradesman before you start giving advice, or making 'instructional' videos.
Good Review. I have been using an Iroda Solderpro gas iron which I love. For me the iron seems a bit big for the smaller work I do out in the field. Thanks for showing real world heating examples.
I had one and returned it .. I use it for leds lights and it was a struggle since the tip didn’t get hot enough I would had to tap on the lower when soldering.. 😢
i started like 4 months ago doing Av work and i was told i will soon solder some cables to terminate them into speakers. I wanted to see if the tool was worth it but i’ve seen across many videos the tool was worth it but you have to know how to use it in order to prolong the span-life of the tool
I love mine, it works super well, I am hesitant with the many users who had a melted plastic coupling, this has been a non issue for me thus far, but functionally it works fantastically and super quick
@@johnorji556 if you really want me to recommend one then you need to buy from china unless it’s available in Amazon or eBay on your country or maybe a website in your country has one, what I meant was it’s way too big too hold and use compared to other portable irons, it’s old technology and the heating element is in the iron and not the tip so will take longer to heat up, heat transfer isn’t great , no temp adjustment and performance is poor and so on, you can buy better for cheaper which will work with powerbank or if you really want rechargeable then it’s available but ones that use power banks are cheaper, I recommend one that uses C245 tips as there’s 100 different tips available and performance is great , Alientek t80p or FNIRSI HS-02 are the best. Just remember these work with PD65w powerbanks or even 100w and tips can run at that watts.
Thanks to you Just got one, love it to pieces. nice to finally get rid of the cord, done messing around with butane I'm running a 6 amp hour m12
Im on my 3rd one now. I never abuse them, but they have all suffered a thermal fuse failure. The last fuse I changed myself, which were £3 for 4, rated at 152c.
Tip: conical tips are bad for even heat distribution. That's why you struggle with lead free solder. Use flat or chisel tips, tin the tip and use the melted solder to transfer heat into the wire.
Thanks mate. I’ll have to give it a go. I don’t do a lot of soldering so the more info the better. 👍
Same wider tip for removing solder ?
I agree. I only use chisel tips. To add to this, I believe the term you want is to “tin” the copper.
Thanks a lot for your review, you helped me decide to get one !
Very good demo ! I normally use the larger soldering tip unless I’m soldering onto circuit boards.
Unfortunately I’ve had two failed devices in the last few months.
The iron starts up , showing the battery status , then switching to green.
And that’s it. It doesn’t heat up.
The 152 degree / 240 volt / 15 5 thermal fuse was blown.
Easy enough to replace.
Cmon Ireland (the oval ball).
Are you saying "tint"...?
Its "tinned", you tin the wire
Sweet soldering iron, love the stability on the big battery base
Yeah mate, I just looked and I was saying tint. Cheers for the pickup. 👌🍻
I couldn't believe this greenskin was saying "tint"!
He keeps saying he is a "sparky", but he seems wet behind the ears to me, like he has just come out of his apprenticeship and has very little trade experience.
Even as a school kid, I knew it was "tinned".
These young gen-z kids know next to nothing.
When you have 40 years experience, kid, then you can start giving advice and trade tips.
He's not long out of his apprenticeship.
He's a newby, still wet behind the ears.
These young greenhorns have a lot to learn, including the correct terms for procedures.
You really need at least twenty years as a full tradesman before you start giving advice, or making 'instructional' videos.
Looking at getting a soldering iron for basic repairs on cars and other vehicles, would you recommend this?
Good Review. I have been using an Iroda Solderpro gas iron which I love. For me the iron seems a bit big for the smaller work I do out in the field. Thanks for showing real world heating examples.
Thanks mate. It is a lot larger and can be awkward. It’s mainly the convenience that helps.
I had one and returned it .. I use it for leds lights and it was a struggle since the tip didn’t get hot enough I would had to tap on the lower when soldering.. 😢
i started like 4 months ago doing Av work and i was told i will soon solder some cables to terminate them into speakers. I wanted to see if the tool was worth it but i’ve seen across many videos the tool was worth it but you have to know how to use it in order to prolong the span-life of the tool
What’s the trick with expanding the life? I’ve seen a few people talk about the internal fuse that blows
I bought one to replace my gas weller soldering iron , it’s brilliant , 6ah batteries make it stand up
I used mine everyday for three years , the fuse went and I replaced it two years ago it was worth what I paid for it in Canada $90
Great review! Looking to buy this bad boy rather than running a lead for my 240v every time 👍
Thanks mate. I did the same. Love the convenience.
Great video once again, Specially like the way you test tools in a real world application gives a much more honest review
Cheers mate. I appreciate the feed back. I’m trying to give enough feedback to help out as much as I can.
A lot of bad reviews of it melting n flashing green light but not turning on
I use one , every now and then . Much safer than gas .
Use flux on the bigger ones
get a pinecil instead they're awesome!
I love mine, it works super well, I am hesitant with the many users who had a melted plastic coupling, this has been a non issue for me thus far, but functionally it works fantastically and super quick
It’s so expensive. But I’m still gonna but one.
Rubbish old technology, way too chunky, better getting a iron with heating element in the tip and that can run off powerbank
what do mean by that ,i want to buy one ,i looking the best because electricity is not stable in my country
Ceramic heating element. No temp adjustment.
Check out a ts 100,101, or pinecil v2. Power with 12-24v power tool battery for field work.
@@johnorji556 if you really want me to recommend one then you need to buy from china unless it’s available in Amazon or eBay on your country or maybe a website in your country has one, what I meant was it’s way too big too hold and use compared to other portable irons, it’s old technology and the heating element is in the iron and not the tip so will take longer to heat up, heat transfer isn’t great , no temp adjustment and performance is poor and so on, you can buy better for cheaper which will work with powerbank or if you really want rechargeable then it’s available but ones that use power banks are cheaper, I recommend one that uses C245 tips as there’s 100 different tips available and performance is great , Alientek t80p or FNIRSI HS-02 are the best.
Just remember these work with PD65w powerbanks or even 100w and tips can run at that watts.