cold heat soldering tool?

[Pepsei]

seems like this would be easy to use for very very tiny tight spaces like console modification.

I was wondering if anyone ever use this before and if it is worth it?

link

 

[iamtrout]

I would like to know also. Or how the hell it works.

 

[rudeguy]

they suck hardcore. 2 of my installers got them and returned them the next day. If you don't need a portable one, just get a decent one from Radio Shack.

 

[Pepsei]

so it's too good to be true then? what was wrong with it?

 

[jadinolf]

Linky no worky but if you want one I saw a pile of them on my last visit to Costco.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Linky no worky but if you want one I saw a pile of them on my last visit to Costco.

the link works fine with a little adjustment. how can any atoters be this helpless

 

[hzl eyed grl]

I was wondering about those things as well.

 

[Engineer]

I've heard/read that they are junk.

However, there is a "real heat" cordless soldering tool (McMaster Carr carries them) for about 50 bucks. Hold in button and heats up in 5 seconds and has flashlight toward tip to help see wires. States it will solder 400 uses per charge. Charges in 4 hours.
We use one at work.

 

[DaTT]

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Linky no worky but if you want one I saw a pile of them on my last visit to Costco.

the link works fine with a little adjustment. how can any atoters be this helpless

Thats not the fvcking point. Why provide a link that doesn't work? If I click a link and it doesn't work, I have just lost interest. I'm not going to investigate as to why the link doesn't work. I'll move on to the next thread, and maybe pop back in to see if the OP has fixed his sh!tty link job.

PS. always good practice to click your own link immediately after posting to check for successfullness.

 

[duragezic]

Not worth it, even with how cheap they are. You will likely end up breaking it, on purpose or otherwise, throwing it out in frustration, or giving it to someone you don't like.

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

I've seen it in action. Coworker bought one. It does a terrible job of melting solder. Even adding lots and lots of flux does not help the iron heat up enough to melt the solder. It works better with very thin solder, but even when you use the very thin stuff it has a lot of trouble actually melting the solder. Maybe if the ingredients in the solder are totally premium, like $50 solder it works well. But with 2 different types of solder, two different thicknesses, I had one HELL of a time even getting the stuff to melt.

$8 radio shack soldering iron works great.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Shaftatplanetquake
I've seen it in action. Coworker bought one. It does a terrible job of melting solder. Even adding lots and lots of flux does not help the iron heat up enough to melt the solder. It works better with very thin solder, but even when you use the very thin stuff it has a lot of trouble actually melting the solder. Maybe if the ingredients in the solder are totally premium, like $50 solder it works well. But with 2 different types of solder, two different thicknesses, I had one HELL of a time even getting the stuff to melt.

$8 radio shack soldering iron works great.

Problem is even if the solder is heated, if the pins or wires you're soldering aren't hot enough the solder joint is worthless.

I have an ISO-Tip cordless that is great.

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

Problem is even if the solder is heated, if the pins or wires you're soldering aren't hot enough the solder joint is worthless.

True.

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
they suck hardcore. 2 of my installers got them and returned them the next day. If you don't need a portable one, just get a decent one from Radio Shack.

seconded

 

[KingPhil]

I read a lot of reviews about this online. Definetly TOO good to be true.

Unless you have a SOLID connection, metal to metal, it will not work.

Haven't personally tried it, but wouldnt wanna frog around with it if I really needed to solder something.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Engineer
I've heard/read that they are junk.

However, there is a "real heat" cordless soldering tool (McMaster Carr carries them) for about 50 bucks. Hold in button and heats up in 5 seconds and has flashlight toward tip to help see wires. States it will solder 400 uses per charge. Charges in 4 hours.
We use one at work.

It is junk. The idea is sound but it is just not powerful enough to do the job.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Engineer
I've heard/read that they are junk.

However, there is a "real heat" cordless soldering tool (McMaster Carr carries them) for about 50 bucks. Hold in button and heats up in 5 seconds and has flashlight toward tip to help see wires. States it will solder 400 uses per charge. Charges in 4 hours.
We use one at work.

I also read/heard they were junk. However I spend the $20 on it and it works just fine. I'm sure there are some soldering it might not work well for due to it's design but for normal wire soldering(wire to wire and wire to post) it seems to work well for me atleast.

I've also seen the McMasterCarr tool. If I was rich like Engineer I'd buy that one but I'll stick with the coldheat one in my travel bag for now.

CsG

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Engineer
I've heard/read that they are junk.

However, there is a "real heat" cordless soldering tool (McMaster Carr carries them) for about 50 bucks. Hold in button and heats up in 5 seconds and has flashlight toward tip to help see wires. States it will solder 400 uses per charge. Charges in 4 hours.
We use one at work.

I also read/heard they were junk. However I spend the $20 on it and it works just fine. I'm sure there are some soldering it might not work well for due to it's design but for normal wire soldering(wire to wire and wire to post) it seems to work well for me atleast.

I've also seen the McMasterCarr tool. If I was rich like Engineer I'd buy that one but I'll stick with the coldheat one in my travel bag for now.

CsG

P.S. Cad....switch to that Automation Direct stuff and you'll be able to afford a good soldering iron. A nice temperature controlled Weller hits the spot!

 

[NascarFool]

"A fool and his money soon do part."

Yes, I bought one at HomeDepot for $20 a few weeks ago. The thing heats up by creating an electrical short at the tip and what ever you are attempting to solder. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a -10. Get a 15 watt soldering iron from Radio Shack. It is well worth the warm up time to get a decent solder joint.

PIC

 

[sharkeeper]

Real men use real tools.

FIN

 

[RU482]

YACHSIT

 

[TwoBills]

That thing's worthless. I'll stick w/my butane iron.

 

[kaioshade]

I would have to agree. I too got suckered into buying one. The premise is interesting, but the execution is very very bad. I almost killed an xbox i was modding because of it, and the tips are very fragile. I broke one clean in half putting very small amount of pressure on it. Went right back to my 15 watt radio shack iron.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Engineer
I've heard/read that they are junk.

However, there is a "real heat" cordless soldering tool (McMaster Carr carries them) for about 50 bucks. Hold in button and heats up in 5 seconds and has flashlight toward tip to help see wires. States it will solder 400 uses per charge. Charges in 4 hours.
We use one at work.

I also read/heard they were junk. However I spend the $20 on it and it works just fine. I'm sure there are some soldering it might not work well for due to it's design but for normal wire soldering(wire to wire and wire to post) it seems to work well for me atleast.

I've also seen the McMasterCarr tool. If I was rich like Engineer I'd buy that one but I'll stick with the coldheat one in my travel bag for now.

CsG

P.S. Cad....switch to that Automation Direct stuff and you'll be able to afford a good soldering iron. A nice temperature controlled Weller hits the spot!

I don't have to purchase the components we use - however I do have to purchase my own tools. This cold-heat soldering iron will work(and does work) just fine for my travel case.

CsG

 

[0roo0roo]

review i read said it works on small things