seems good enough to do small jobs, very inexpensive
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shadey12 to pill
28 Jan 177#3
lidl, variable temp and 3 year warranty.
Jenn101 to pill
28 Jan 176#4
The lidl one all day long, decent bargain that one, the duratool is about right in price - will do for the basics but like I say, for comparison it's the lidl one
spannerzone
28 Jan 174#15
Remember to read instructions before using.
hukdplan to spannerzone
28 Jan 173#17
Pretty sexist, as the media have told us - women are great at multi-tasking. In this case she is able to solder and cope with the searing pain of holding a 350C soldering iron with her bare hands. How many of you guys could do that? :confused:
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batista
29 Jan 17#24
thanks for the advice
Jenn101
29 Jan 171#23
You get a basic iron with crud gear.... the solder sucker would not be approved in a work place, the solder again........ The iron is just tosh.... I've lived with a solder iron and top tech in my hands for many years serving the world, MOD, F1, all tech req industries - for duratool = zero, the lidl - bargain basement, buy and sell on... simple as
spannerzone
28 Jan 174#15
Remember to read instructions before using.
mosskeeto to spannerzone
28 Jan 171#16
What's wrong? She has her safety glasses on??
:laughing::smile:
hukdplan to spannerzone
28 Jan 173#17
Pretty sexist, as the media have told us - women are great at multi-tasking. In this case she is able to solder and cope with the searing pain of holding a 350C soldering iron with her bare hands. How many of you guys could do that? :confused:
hcc27 to spannerzone
29 Jan 17#22
Perhaps a now defunct soldering iron repurposed as a multimeter tip?
spaceinvader
28 Jan 17#21
Every day is trapezius day.
slayermatt
28 Jan 17#19
In all seriousness, are these usable? Been looking to get around to fixing some a few controllers that need some soldering/desoldering.
mosskeeto to slayermatt
28 Jan 17#20
I can only vouch for the Aldi one, well worth it
spannerzone
28 Jan 171#18
Men are equally as stupid apparently :smile:
Midnight Tboy
28 Jan 17#14
called into our local towns lidl when saw that deal posted a couple days ago but no joy :disappointed: Shame, could've done with one like that
batista
28 Jan 17#13
didn't see this posted, but will see if there are any in-store, not that expensive to keep as a spare especially with 3 yr warranty
mosskeeto
28 Jan 171#12
I bought one and was really impressed, I had a job waiting for it and it heated up fine and worked really well
batista
28 Jan 171#11
thank you, will pop into store during the week
nellygtfc
28 Jan 17#10
I guess these are Chinese? Anyone like me could get away with one of these cheapo ones.
I paid around £16 for my Antex XS 25 over 3 years ago, hardly use it really, however, I try to buy British Company made products where I can regardless of the cost.
That's the URL for the Lidl one. It's no longer on their website but plenty available in stores as of yesterday when I dropped in.
P:)
batista
28 Jan 17#8
Thank you
I also buy a lot from cpc, usually quite good, haven't had any problems, haven't bought a soldering iron before, so don't know much
will pop into lidl during the week and have a look
still will keep the cpc one to try out
shadey12
28 Jan 171#7
the lidl one will be in store.
duratool is CPC/farnell own brand, I personally don't think there's anything wrong with it.
I've a lot of their stuff and it's a good price and available 12 months a year.
the lidl stuff is available as one off special offers usually good value for money, with a 3 yr guarantee, there website has a section where you can download instruction manuals for virtually every electrical item they have ever sold.
batista
28 Jan 171#6
bought this one already, but any link for lidl one, can't seem to find it
may get a spare
also any reason why duratool is not that good please
pill
28 Jan 17#2
This one or the one from Lidl? Any one help?
shadey12 to pill
28 Jan 177#3
lidl, variable temp and 3 year warranty.
Jenn101 to pill
28 Jan 176#4
The lidl one all day long, decent bargain that one, the duratool is about right in price - will do for the basics but like I say, for comparison it's the lidl one
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seems good enough to do small jobs, very inexpensive
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:laughing::smile:
I paid around £16 for my Antex XS 25 over 3 years ago, hardly use it really, however, I try to buy British Company made products where I can regardless of the cost.
That's the URL for the Lidl one. It's no longer on their website but plenty available in stores as of yesterday when I dropped in.
P:)
I also buy a lot from cpc, usually quite good, haven't had any problems, haven't bought a soldering iron before, so don't know much
will pop into lidl during the week and have a look
still will keep the cpc one to try out
duratool is CPC/farnell own brand, I personally don't think there's anything wrong with it.
I've a lot of their stuff and it's a good price and available 12 months a year.
the lidl stuff is available as one off special offers usually good value for money, with a 3 yr guarantee, there website has a section where you can download instruction manuals for virtually every electrical item they have ever sold.
bought this one already, but any link for lidl one, can't seem to find it
may get a spare
also any reason why duratool is not that good please