Coldheat Soldering Iron...cordless!

manwithcleaver · Jul 12, 2004, 02:19 PM

@ www.coldheat.com

Anyone have tried out using this soldering iron before?

From what I have read about it, it seems to work when you place the wire/solder between a little slit at the tip (I am assuming it is bridging something to generate heat...)

I am interested in this...only 20 bucks, cordless and apparently suppose to be fast heat and cool down, but want to know if anyone has used this before...

The 2 main problems I have with this soldering iron is that the temp. does not seem to be adjustable like my soldering station, which is good people some PCBs and connectors don't like extremely high heat. Also I've read somewhere that it is not recommend to work on complex/sensitive circuit boards because an initial high current is used to heat up the tip...I occasionally do some soldering for general repairs and electrical projects...(PS2, microcontrollers, joysticks, replacing faulty parts, etc...) so don't know if it will be a good idea to use something like the coldheat on them.

Necrosis · Jul 12, 2004, 02:23 PM

I've been thinking about getting one of these as well. It should work better than the Weller Butane deal that I have now I'd be more interested in it for car stereo installation.

El Kapitano · Jul 12, 2004, 02:47 PM

I'll stick with me pyopen thanks, I don't think my security panels'd appreciate the back current one of these would probably give.

Jul 12, 2004, 02:19 PM	#1
manwithcleaver DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Fremont/Santa Clara California Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Coldheat Soldering Iron...cordless! @ www.coldheat.com Anyone have tried out using this soldering iron before? From what I have read about it, it seems to work when you place the wire/solder between a little slit at the tip (I am assuming it is bridging something to generate heat...) I am interested in this...only 20 bucks, cordless and apparently suppose to be fast heat and cool down, but want to know if anyone has used this before... The 2 main problems I have with this soldering iron is that the temp. does not seem to be adjustable like my soldering station, which is good people some PCBs and connectors don't like extremely high heat. Also I've read somewhere that it is not recommend to work on complex/sensitive circuit boards because an initial high current is used to heat up the tip...I occasionally do some soldering for general repairs and electrical projects...(PS2, microcontrollers, joysticks, replacing faulty parts, etc...) so don't know if it will be a good idea to use something like the coldheat on them.

Jul 12, 2004, 02:23 PM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	I've been thinking about getting one of these as well. It should work better than the Weller Butane deal that I have now I'd be more interested in it for car stereo installation.

Jul 12, 2004, 02:47 PM	#3
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	I'll stick with me pyopen thanks, I don't think my security panels'd appreciate the back current one of these would probably give.