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Plusivo via Amazon has Plusivo 60W Adjustable Soldering Iron Kit w/ Accessories on sale for $9.99. Shipping is free with Prime or orders $25 or more.

Thanks to Community Member Harry_The_Giant for finding this deal.

Note, product must be sold by Plusivo and fulfilled by Amazon

Includes:
  • 1x Adjustable Temperature Soldering Iron (110 V, 60 W) with heat-resistant cap
  • 1x Mini Soldering Iron Stand
  • 1x Mini Foam/Sponge for tip cleaning
  • 1x Mini Wire Stripper Tool (length: 3.54 in)
  • 1x Curved Tweezers ESD-15
  • 1x Tin Wire Solder Tube (10 grams 63/37 Sn-Pb)
  • 1x Black Insulating Tape
  • 1x Desoldering Pump / Solder Sucker
  • 1x Black 22 AWG Wire
  • 1x Red 22 AWG Wire
  • 2x Soldering Iron Tips (Model 900M-T Series)
  • 2x Mini Screwdrivers
  • 1x Heat Shrink tube kit (3 colors in 4 sizes, total of 60pcs)
  • 1x Plusivo flyer
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Amazon has this Soldering Iron and assorted kit at 50% off at $9.99.

The item has more than 8k reviews with 4.5 product rating.

Shipping is free with Prime or for a cart over $25.

Kit includes -
  1. Soldering Iron 60W Adjustable Temperature
  2. Solder Wire,
  3. Wire Stripper,
  4. Desoldering Pump,
  5. Tweezers,
  6. Solder Tips,
  7. Mini Stand,
  8. Screwdrivers,
  9. Heatshrink Tubes
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Model: Soldering Iron Kit Electronics, Soldering Iron 60W Adjustable Temperature, Solder Wire, Wire Stripper, Desoldering Pump, Tweezers, Solder Tips, Mini Stand, Screwdrivers, Heatshrink Tubes from Plusivo

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You don't need a heat gun to shrink tubing in a pinch.

Use the barrel of the soldering iron.
Looks to be standard price if you look at the history. Actually $8 a week ago.
I knew I'd find my people somewhere😂

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jomeyq
02-06-2023 at 07:50 AM.
02-06-2023 at 07:50 AM.
This has been my go to iron for the past couple of years, including some fairly extensive little builds and modifications. The iron is totally fine. If you're soldering every day, then yeah, a more expensive iron will have quality of life advantages in terms of speed, consistency etc, but fundamentally they do the same thing.

The extras in the kit are best to think of as emergency supplies. For more delicate jobs I got better solder and especially flux. I found the included solder suckerer essentially useless, and got a dedicated cheap desoldeing pump when I needed to remove large numbers of components. Etc etc, but overall the kit is a great place to get started, and to learn what accessories you'll end up wanting for various jobs and why. And the iron is nothing too complain about for $8-$10 on its own
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alextio
02-06-2023 at 07:51 AM.
02-06-2023 at 07:51 AM.
Cheap spare. In 4 1
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bgreet
02-06-2023 at 07:53 AM.
02-06-2023 at 07:53 AM.
Another good option I just discovered is the Pinecil soldering iron. Small, portable, heats up in seconds and has updatable firmware.

https://pine64.com/product/pineci...ring-iron/
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CappinA
02-06-2023 at 07:53 AM.
02-06-2023 at 07:53 AM.
Quote from bwalt15 :
Can you do video game console mods with this?

I bought one like this a few years ago. If you're working on systems that you want to protect, I recommend spending a bit more. I was able to do some good work with this iron, but the tips burned out sooner than expected and left me (a beginner) with some sadly ruined projects. It's not a bad buy if you just want to practice and find out if soldering is for you, but I think it's worth spending a bit more if you want to dive in and do some real work.
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bwalt15
02-06-2023 at 07:59 AM.
02-06-2023 at 07:59 AM.
Quote from CappinA :
I bought one like this a few years ago. If you're working on systems that you want to protect, I recommend spending a bit more. I was able to do some good work with this iron, but the tips burned out sooner than expected and left me (a beginner) with some sadly ruined projects. It's not a bad buy if you just want to practice and find out if soldering is for you, but I think it's worth spending a bit more if you want to dive in and do some real work.

I've never done anything before. What set would you recommend. I have a couple of gamegears I'd like to fix.
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Binar
02-06-2023 at 08:02 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:02 AM.
Slowly but surely SD is turning into Alibaba where chinese cheap , knockoffs are advertised. If your house doesn't burn down, if you don't dies of led poisoning , you'll never be satisfied with the end product..It's $10 you are wasting not save
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MikeT9846
02-06-2023 at 08:06 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:06 AM.
I soldered a custom keyboard (corne) with this, worked fine
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Azrael_the_Cat
02-06-2023 at 08:07 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:07 AM.
Quote from wherestheanykey :
Butane makes heat shrink brittle and can accelerate oxidation on certain solder joints.

Keep your lighter for other uses.

Lighters work fine. If you are embrittling the heat shrink you are overheating it. Never had any problems with polyolefin based heat shink tubing (the best kind). Certainly a heat gun is BETTER.

There are plenty of professional soldering tools that use butane specifically for heat shrink applications and they have a diverter to control the heat a little better.

I agree it's not a great idea on solder joints but the issue isn't really a function of butane but rather too hot too fast at the surface. For instance, butane and propane are primarily used for soldering of plumbing, BUT you are typically heating the pipe AWAY from the solder joint so that the joints temperature can be controlled and so that you don't burn the flux off.

We use lighters a lot on heat shrink in PIA to access machine installations.
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Hefewe1zen
02-06-2023 at 08:08 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:08 AM.
Quote from Binar :
Slowly but surely SD is turning into Alibaba where chinese cheap , knockoffs are advertised. If your house doesn't burn down, if you don't dies of led poisoning , you'll never be satisfied with the end product..It's $10 you are wasting not save
I mean, this is standard Amazon stuff. Items could be of questionable quality, but most are fine, some are complete clones of others with labels swapped. You should know this before hand.

IME, this iron works perfectly well for what it is.

However I bought a cheap hot air station that broke after one use and I sent it back and bought a better brand name elsewhere. At least their return policy is great.
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Azrael_the_Cat
02-06-2023 at 08:14 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:14 AM.
I'm all for cheap hobbyist deals but I would not buy this. These types of irons have very poor heat control and heat very slowly. As a beginner you won't know what you don't know and you will quickly get frustrated with cold solder joints, and overheated flux leading to poor outcomes.

Unless you are only doing coarse and forgiving thru hole work this would be a bad choice. Most hobbyist applications in electronics (let's say arduino type stuff) I'd suggest you get something that you at least have a shot at doing OK surface mount work with.

I'm personally a fan of the Pinecil from Pine64 as the bare minimum (but very capable) unit. I'd even be comfortable using it even if I had my metcal (top of the line) iron on the same desk.

I saw someone ask if they could do game console mods with this. I would NOT do that with this deal.
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GreyGiraffe5236
02-06-2023 at 08:29 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:29 AM.
I got two set last year, it's great overall. Can't go wrong with these
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CWEEZYRUN
02-06-2023 at 08:40 AM.
02-06-2023 at 08:40 AM.
You're talking to my guy all wrong. It's the wrong tone.
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obergm
02-06-2023 at 09:14 AM.
02-06-2023 at 09:14 AM.
Quote from bgreet :
Another good option I just discovered is the Pinecil soldering iron. Small, portable, heats up in seconds and has updatable firmware.

https://pine64.com/product/pineci...ring-iron/

Those are great! You do need a power supply for it. Most folks have an old laptop brick. The newer one has USBC also. Quick to heat up and can be calibrated too.

What I wish I had known before buying mine is that it comes with nothing in the way of accessories. Also it took a while to get here from China. I think I had to pay shipping too.

I suppose the kit from the OG post could be tapped as an accessory kit.
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speed_demon
02-06-2023 at 09:22 AM.
02-06-2023 at 09:22 AM.
Quote from hundredlives :
So imma buy a $80 kit for some leds I want to link up? It's only impossible for high skill tasks which a beginner likly won't be doing
Quote from Golden_Bear :
$80 is prohibitive for some and this kit is perfectly fine to learn with. Why gatekeep this…
I'm the cheapest guy I know and buying the cheapest decent unit was one of the best tool purchases I've ever made. Why do you think a decent ones have a power supply that feels like a brick and this one claims the same power but is a featherweight stick? What happens is the iron will get way too hot and then when you try to solder it will cool very fast and you will have to leave it for an etternty. Meanwhile your project is heating up. You will not get a good bond and damage is very possible. My $80 unit will reach whatever temp I want and stay there. This is one of the classic learn the hard way scenarios. I'm not here to troll you. I just hate people making the same mistakes I made because I was cheap. You don't need a $1000+ unit. Just the cheapest one that can do the job right. Buy it and try it out but if it doesn't work out don't let it deter you from soldering. It's probably the iron, not you.
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02-06-2023 at 09:30 AM.
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Quote from bwalt15 :
I've never done anything before. What set would you recommend. I have a couple of gamegears I'd like to fix.

I've seen a lot of recommendations for the Pinecil V2 - it's the one I've settled.on getting before my next project. Still not an expert myself, but it sounds miles better than the experience I've had with this one.
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