I found a great price for this soldering tool for £6.33 with 5pcs Solder Tips I/3C/4C/K/2.4D 110V/220V Option. I hope this can help you a lot.
Features: Adjustable temperature controlled soldering iron: 200-450°C. Adjust the temperature according to your need by the knob wheel on the electronic soldering iron. Soldering iron with 60W and 5pcs replaceable tips. Five different tips makes soldering iron easy to fit. Better heat dissipation efficiency. No need soldering station, just plug and play.
All comments (27)
umirza85
4 Sep 17#1
Don't bother with these Chinese irons. I've bought multiple and all had "popped and smoked" the first time I used them. They all looked exactly like this one. Got a cheap one from Amazon (with a UK plug) and I've used it for over a year now only needing to replace tips.
polarbaba
4 Sep 17#2
I bought this one and the temp control knob broke, it's Very inconvenient.
melted
4 Sep 17#3
Two pin plug, so there's no Earth on it!
Wear rubber gloves when using it in case the insulation on the element breaks down and the iron's tip goes live.
Derek_Duval to melted
4 Sep 17#4
Exactly, there's no way this is double insulated.
morrig
4 Sep 17#5
Bought the Kit one on Ebay for double this price and has worked well the few times used. Just checked the 3 pin plug earth to the tip and it has continuity, so if became live would throw the isolator or blow the fuse.
melted
4 Sep 17#6
CPC sell an adjustable temperature iron for £10.40, and a few quid cheaper when they have it on offer:- cpc.farnell.com/dur…674
They're a UK based supplier, so it should comply with UK electrical safety regulation, which makes it worth the extra few quid. And it is fitted with a UK plug.
Alternatively, here's a fixed wattage one with a silicone lead on offer for £4 :- cpc.farnell.com/dur…rch
I have an Antex iron with a silicone flex myself, which I bought over 20 years ago.
melted to melted
5 Sep 17#25
Here's some other soldering offers on CPC
Solder Station for £12 :- cpc.farnell.com/dur…rch (note like the mustool iron it is not temperature controlled)
too high a wattage for electronics - get Antex 12 Watts
RustySpoons to foes4you
4 Sep 17#9
HAHA,
I've got a Weller WSD81 which is 80w and a Hakko FX-951 which is 75w
fishmaster to foes4you
4 Sep 17#10
Comment of the day right here ^ If I were you I wouldn't go anywhere near a soldering iron. I work as an I.T, refurbisher and we do phone repairs, please tell me the professional technicians we use are wrong to use an 80W soldering station near electronics. Why are there so many clueless people in the world? How does this happen?
dejavu606 to fishmaster
5 Sep 17#14
Very harsh and imperious comment, I started (like many) with an Antex 15w soldering iron, these days a 24v Weller 45W TCP with various tips does for most jobs, and yes a low wattage iron often does more damage than good
Oh, btw I've been soldering for over 45 years, sort of got a black belt in it ...
cfphoenix to fishmaster
5 Sep 17#15
I use a 400W blow torch (and a 60W soldering iron) to remove and solder back ICs, and so far have not blown any. There are many variables at play, many to do with proper heat dissipation, when soldering. e.g. how much flux you use, and how quickly you solder, how tinned is your soldering tip etc.
melted to foes4you
5 Sep 17#13
There may well be too much voltage leakage from the tip to use on static sensitive electronics, however this piece of unsafe junk does have a knob to turn the power down.
Its maximum wattage is only really relevant to how quick it heats back up, its maximum temperature, and how thick a piece of wire you could use it to solder.
It used to be popular to hook up a standard fixed wattage soldering iron like mine to a simmerstat to achieve the same thing.
I wouldn't use a fixed 60W iron on electronics, but I have used 15 - 25 watt ones.
The posters below you appear to be referring to temperature controlled soldering stations, the more wattage those have, the more precisely they should be capable of maintaining the correct tip temperature as set by the user.
I once used an expensive soldering station my brother arranged to borrow from his workplace for me, as I had the need to solder a chip that had tight requirements about soldering temperature and time, I was surprised how much using a really high end iron improved the quality of my soldering, and yes it was an awful LOT more than 12 watts :smile:
fishmaster to melted
5 Sep 17#21
You don't actually need to spend a lot, the CSI 2900 from Circuit Specialists is very close to a Hakko in performance and costs about £60. It also takes Hakko tips (including 0.1mm for micro soldering) and has temperature sensor in the tip. You can do most jobs using that station.
foes4you
4 Sep 17#11
I guess the valve heaters need a bit more power.
fishmaster to foes4you
4 Sep 17#12
Seriously explain what you mean by 12 Watts is too high a wattage for electronics? Be specific, do you mean all electronics or just some and which? If you were replacing a U2 IC or NAND on an iPhone is 60W too much power? Why is it too much power? Have you done those procedures yourself?
abaxas
5 Sep 17#16
Cold, not a metcal.
Proveright
5 Sep 17#17
Not everyone wants to solder delicate electronics. I have several similar cheap Chinese soldering irons and they do the job just fine. You can keep one in the car boot , others your tool boxes, etc. For instance car battery charger crockerdile clip became detached from its wire, resoldered simple with one of these.
melted to Proveright
5 Sep 17#23
But for just £4 you can buy an iron from a UK supplier and not risk electrocution each time you use it!
TiptreeJam
5 Sep 17#18
I would not touch it if it has not got an earth. As has been said, there are others you can buy in the UK for a little bit more which are safer to use.
timefortea
5 Sep 17#19
I've bought quite a lot of stuff from Banggood with no issues but would be wary of anything direct from China that plugs into the mains, as others have said. Buy cheap for low voltage but not mains voltage.
melted to timefortea
5 Sep 17#22
I'm usually very wary too, but in this case I'm pretty confident that this is electrically unsafe as it has got no earth and is not double insulated.
Here's a link to couple of pictures of the insides, and yes the one on the right has blown up :- zimagez.com/zim…php
I think it is just using some sort of triac based dimmer circuit.
sam_of_london
5 Sep 17#20
Buy rubbish from China and wait for s h it to hit the fan
polarbaba
5 Sep 17#24
Electronics engineer here, would never go near a 12w iron for electronics or electrical purpose, wattage too low.
I have always used a temp control 50w iron around 350 to 400° but have gone higher when soldering large electrical wires to lugs etc. Also use a gas iron when working with electrical stuff or for wiring in the car. But wouldn't use for electronics as it's too hot for that and the exhaust emits hot gas/air that could damage loose wires and connectors that may incidentally be there.
Proveright
5 Sep 17#26
Following my earlier post, soldering irons are also good for plastic welding, such as cracked plastic car bumpers. No need to buy new or secondhand replacements. Search YouTube Peters Garage.
Yandex
5 Sep 17#27
I've purchased similar iron in the past. They are all the same just re-branded. The adjusting knob does not work and even in the lowest position the tip glows red hot. It burns everything including wires rendering them useless. I am a cheap fu*k but one thing that I would not use is a *cheap* two pin Chinese soldering iron. I'm emphasising on cheap since China makes good products but this is a waste of money.
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Opening post
Features:
Adjustable temperature controlled soldering iron: 200-450°C.
Adjust the temperature according to your need by the knob wheel on the electronic soldering iron.
Soldering iron with 60W and 5pcs replaceable tips.
Five different tips makes soldering iron easy to fit.
Better heat dissipation efficiency.
No need soldering station, just plug and play.
All comments (27)
Got a cheap one from Amazon (with a UK plug) and I've used it for over a year now only needing to replace tips.
Wear rubber gloves when using it in case the insulation on the element breaks down and the iron's tip goes live.
Just checked the 3 pin plug earth to the tip and it has continuity, so if became live would throw the isolator or blow the fuse.
Alternatively, here's a fixed wattage one with a silicone lead on offer for £4 :- cpc.farnell.com/dur…rch
I have an Antex iron with a silicone flex myself, which I bought over 20 years ago.
Solder Station for £12 :- cpc.farnell.com/dur…rch (note like the mustool iron it is not temperature controlled)
Tenma 60W Digital ESD Soldering Station £45 :- cpc.farnell.com/ten…rch
Hot air 300w rework station £48 :- cpc.farnell.com/dur…rch
8w ! SMD solder station :- cpc.farnell.com/dur…rch
I've got a Weller WSD81 which is 80w and a Hakko FX-951 which is 75w
Its maximum wattage is only really relevant to how quick it heats back up, its maximum temperature, and how thick a piece of wire you could use it to solder.
It used to be popular to hook up a standard fixed wattage soldering iron like mine to a simmerstat to achieve the same thing.
I wouldn't use a fixed 60W iron on electronics, but I have used 15 - 25 watt ones.
The posters below you appear to be referring to temperature controlled soldering stations, the more wattage those have, the more precisely they should be capable of maintaining the correct tip temperature as set by the user.
I once used an expensive soldering station my brother arranged to borrow from his workplace for me, as I had the need to solder a chip that had tight requirements about soldering temperature and time, I was surprised how much using a really high end iron improved the quality of my soldering, and yes it was an awful LOT more than 12 watts :smile:
Here's a link to couple of pictures of the insides, and yes the one on the right has blown up :- zimagez.com/zim…php
I think it is just using some sort of triac based dimmer circuit.
I have always used a temp control 50w iron around 350 to 400° but have gone higher when soldering large electrical wires to lugs etc.
Also use a gas iron when working with electrical stuff or for wiring in the car. But wouldn't use for electronics as it's too hot for that and the exhaust emits hot gas/air that could damage loose wires and connectors that may incidentally be there.
Search YouTube Peters Garage.