Plusivo via Amazon has
Plusivo 60W Adjustable Soldering Iron Kit w/ Accessories on sale for
$9.99.
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Harry_The_Giant for finding this deal.
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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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Use the barrel of the soldering iron.
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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
https://pine64.com/product/pineci...ring-iron/
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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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.
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.
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.
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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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.