Originally Posted by redhatman

haha yeah for like $5-10 not bad at all. I am sure glad I didnt whip out $100 bucks for a hakko soldering station like everyone was telling me to, this works great. I did notice after doing soldering like on battery bars you have to let the iron "recharge" in a sense being it looses heat. If this ever does break I may look for one slightly higher, if not I will just pick up another one of these. I love it. I used to have a soldering gun, but dont like those near as much compared to soldering irons, much better IMHO. I dont really see the advantage to a gun other than having a slightly cooler tip when not in use.