Cold heat soldering tool

[Cawchy87]

It looks really handy for tight jobs such as speaker installations (what I need it for). Anyone have one and would like to comment on how it works?

 

[saltedeggman]

and no need to wait for iron to heat up

 

[kyparrish]

STAY AWAY

they suck...a co-worker bought one to try it out, and we basically both just ended up laughing our asses off at how much it sucked

 

[saltedeggman]

and isn't it operated by alkaline batts?

 

[Kalvin00]

I've read on here that people say it's not bad for small applications...never used it myself.

 

[Cawchy87]

Did it melt the solder at least?

Ya, and it will be used for stuff like soldering fan wires together, really small jobs.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I wouldn't use it for anything heavy duty.

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
Did it melt the solder at least?

Not really. Even if it did melt the solder, it couldn't heat up enough to transfer it to where you needed to solder.

Trust me, pay the extra $$$ and buy this. I use this one 4-5 times a week with a 1mm tip.

 

[Cawchy87]

about twice as much and doesn't ship to Canada. Chances are i'll used it MAYBE once a month.

 

[redly]

YACHSIT

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
about twice as much and doesn't ship to Canada. Chances are i'll used it MAYBE once a month.

then go to the Canadian version of Radio Shack and buy the cheapest electric soldering iron they have. Just read some of the amazon reviews on the cold heat tool.

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: kyparrish

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
Did it melt the solder at least?

Not really. Even if it did melt the solder, it couldn't heat up enough to transfer it to where you needed to solder.

Trust me, pay the extra $$$ and buy this. I use this one 4-5 times a week with a 1mm tip.

Those butane irons rock

 

[Cawchy87]

Originally posted by: kyparrish

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
about twice as much and doesn't ship to Canada. Chances are i'll used it MAYBE once a month.

then go to the Canadian version of Radio Shack and buy the cheapest electric soldering iron they have. Just read some of the amazon reviews on the cold heat tool.

Read the reviews and am now not goin to get one. Thanks for the help.

 

[aircooled]

POS

 

[kyparrish]

Originally posted by: Cawchy87

Originally posted by: kyparrish

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
about twice as much and doesn't ship to Canada. Chances are i'll used it MAYBE once a month.

then go to the Canadian version of Radio Shack and buy the cheapest electric soldering iron they have. Just read some of the amazon reviews on the cold heat tool.

Read the reviews and am now not goin to get one. Thanks for the help.

:thumbsup:

good luck!

 

[Cawchy87]

This: http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Product...tegory=Soldering+Tools&product=6402188

Looks pretty fancy and the same price as the cold heat. I think i'll go with that. Thanks ATOT!