battery opperated soldering irons

[shanky887614]

Ive got the portasol superpro but the weller pyropen is supposed to be a better bit of kit, what do you think of it?

Not sure i could pay £100+ for a soldering iron though

i got this one for £115 ish inc vat

cpc.farnell.com/1/1/35542-pyropen-piezo-0051605999-weller.html

its really good, set gas to 50% then press the button to start it, when it starts to glow orange put it on max to get it to temp quicker.

its upto temp very quick, clean on wet spounge to check temp then lower to 50% for lead solder

 

[pennychew]

Thats a good deal, mine is ok but it if you don't keep the tip mega clean it starts to get a bit sluggish getting the wire up to temperature

 

[shanky887614]

Thats a good deal, mine is ok but it if you don't keep the tip mega clean it starts to get a bit sluggish getting the wire up to temperature

its easy to keep clean, put solder on it then straight on spounge, no issues yet getting the temp up.

its supposed to hit 600oC on blowtorch setting so im not surprised

(350-500 variable as an iron)

 

[uksparks]

I got a gas soldering iron from Screwfix the other day, It was crap so did the job and took it back, now looking for a good quality has iron so may look at the Weller iron as looks like a good bit of kit.

 

[shanky887614]

I got a gas soldering iron from Screwfix the other day, It was crap so did the job and took it back, now looking for a good quality has iron so may look at the Weller iron as looks like a good bit of kit.

if you do go for the weller make sure its the

"pyropen piezo"

there are different models of pyropen and thats the best one, the others have shortcomings in comparison

 

[UNG]

Ive got the portasol superpro but the weller pyropen is supposed to be a better bit of kit, what do you think of it?

Not sure i could pay £100+ for a soldering iron though

I've got a few Portasol Superpro irons and have no complaints with them. In last 20 years all I have needed was a few new tips due to wear and tear and they have been used in some extreme conditions

 

[pennychew]

Its probably my technique to be honest, maybe need to clean it and tin more often. Tips always seem to blacken up quite quick on me and thats when it starts to slow.

Ive just bought 3 new tips and some of that copper cleaning wool stuff so see how i get on with that

 

[shanky887614]

Its probably my technique to be honest, maybe need to clean it and tin more often. Tips always seem to blacken up quite quick on me and thats when it starts to slow.

Ive just bought 3 new tips and some of that copper cleaning wool stuff so see how i get on with that

clean them with rosin solder then onto the damp spounge and the tips come out like new (i got my pyropen because i was having problems with the tip not getting hot enough)

 

[uksparks]

if you do go for the weller make sure its the

"pyropen piezo"

there are different models of pyropen and thats the best one, the others have shortcomings in comparison

my problem is I don't really use it very often but would like it to work and be worth using when I do

 

[shanky887614]

my problem is I don't really use it very often but would like it to work and be worth using when I do

make sure to clean the tips quite often no matter what soldering iron you are using.

using a 60/40 solder for cleaning works well with flux in the solder, tips get clean really quick

 

[amlu]

i have an Iroda solderpro, can recommend it a lot. its a gas and can be charged from a standar lighter gas refill bottle.
electric cordless are toys, maybe good for electronics and small bits and pieces but not a serious work.

 

[shanky887614]

i have an Iroda solderpro, can recommend it a lot. its a gas and can be charged from a standar lighter gas refill bottle.
electric cordless are toys, maybe good for electronics and small bits and pieces but not a serious work.

i dont see what use one would be for electronics?

either gas or a soldering station is what you need.

gas if there is no power as it can easily be refilled, plus gas doesnt discharge over time in the can like most batteries seem to

 

[PEG]

...I also have a Nimrod 70,which i "spounged" off me pal,after he couldn't get to grips with the lid/lighter,15 years on it still performs well. I don't doubt battery jobs will have a place eventually,when i was a teenager,doing tree work,we often joked about cordless chainsaws...which are now available,with some local authorities using the latest back-pack cordless technology for their landscaping teams :icon12: Only a matter of time before DNO's rip out our incomers,and give us cordless houses,with the bin-men swapping battery packs on wheelie bin day...and BG trying to force "smart-chargers" on us twelve times a day....:conehead: