I Bought A Battery Powered Rechargeable Soldering Iron for €4. Test and Review

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The offer on these soldering irons on AliExpress varies from time to time, at the time of publishing the soldeirng iron is available for €4.19 and the optional set of soldering tips is €1.99. Previously Detlef bought one of these soldering irons on special offer for just €1.99. But the question is, can you actually use this thing to to anything useful? Let's find out.
Current best price is on the Pick 3 and Save offer. You have to buy three items to get the deal but the soldering iron and tips class as two items total €6.18 and there are plenty of other useful items fpr €1.99 or less.
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You can also find the soldering iron sold separately, the best offer at the time of publishing seems to be €5.58
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@davidhollfelder9940 Ай бұрын

As said before, silvery/light reflective parts don’t read correctly on an IF cam.

@georgeprout42 Ай бұрын

I bought the tip only as it fits a standard vape device. It's great for quick fixes, eg my garden lights. The hassle of taking the lights down or getting power and a rework station up a stepladder meant I'd left the job for far too long. Quick solder job and a bit of self-amalgamating tape and I was done in a few minutes. Of my 6 soldering irons it's definitely the one i use the least, but it has earnt a place in my toolbox. Especially as the tip takes up barely any room.

@tim9778 Ай бұрын

Hi Dickie. My wife bought me a battery operated soldering iron a couple of years ago. It’s made by Draper( familiar to UK viewers) and, from memory) takes AA batteries. I have used it a couple of times and it’s actually quite good, heats very fast and good for tinning wires and working on cars/trailers outside etc and “ roadie” use. Of course one could always use it with rechargeable AA batteries. I also have a “ Pyropen” gas soldering iron( which also has a hot air nozzle) and it’s excellent, but at an equivalent 60watts is rather too unsubtle for delicate work.

@nixxonnor Ай бұрын

Shiny metal is mostly reflective and a bad temperature emitter. In the IR domain

@nicmate2543 Ай бұрын

Apparently he is not a long time user of a thermal camera…Shiny stuff is the worst think to measure

@krzysztofadamski7804 Ай бұрын

Using IR camera to check the soldering iron tip temperature isn't precise at all. That is because in order to get sensible results, your IR camera needs to take correct emissitivty value into account when computing the result. The emissitivity depends on the material (and it's oxidation) so it's hard to guess for the unknown soldering tip.

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

Thanks for the info

@SodaWithoutSparkles Ай бұрын

This is like finding a use for those "portable vapor generating devices" by retrofitting them with soldering iron tips. I'd prefer the L245P as it takes a standard tip and can run off a power bank or basically any DC source you might have lying around.

@GregM Ай бұрын

I bought this and 2 other tips.I found that if the iron was on for a minute or more the body and button on the iron got extremely hot. The button was at 55c and the body of the iron 74c. I filed a dispute and got my money back on the iron. I then came up with the idea of wrapping a thin layer of cork around the iron and it solved the problem. I had to cut out a hole to get access to the button but it also prevented my fingers from slipping towards the hot tip. 😀 Iron was $11 including 7% tax and 2 tips $6.30 CDN including tax

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

That's interesting as this one does get warm after some use but it is not so hot it was uncomfortable to hold. I think Det says his gets warm as well

@KrissBartlett Ай бұрын

i like that little solder iron its works ok for what stuff i do

@alanbenson1505 Ай бұрын

That ET13S I ordered on your link has arrived in the UK already, Richard! I ordered it around the time you messaged back regarding them going on a sale. It's very impressive for the price. Less that a quarter of what I paid for my main flir type camera.

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

Hey that's brilliant and I'm glad you liked it. Did you see the video where I used it an also showed you can set it to boot either into multimer or camera mode on startup, plus you can select the default mode for the multimeter too?

@alanbenson1505 Ай бұрын

@@LearnElectronicsRepair I didn't see that yet, Richard. I have a lot of multi-meters (12) so I wasn't massively bothered about that as a function, but it is nice to know. I've mainly bought it as I am training my 17yr old son, and it is a very nice addition to his bench. Do you have a link to the video you mentioned? I've missed that one. I usually have them (your vids) on when I am fixing electronics for Cash Converters.

@KB1UIF Ай бұрын

The rechargeable battery on this soldering iron is very similar to the rechargeable battery used for E-Cigs. The end terminal looks identical. Obviously, the way it's controlled is different as the E-cig version is powered while the button is pressed. I might experiment with some tips and an E-cig battery pack they can be much higher wattage, but only while the button is pressed.

@paulb9769 Ай бұрын

The PINECIL V2 is amazing.

@papac6831 Ай бұрын

"Curiosity got the cat" i just brought one with the tips, i don't need one ive more irons than fingers but what the heck eh. thanks.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

I kind of collect soldering irons but I like the big old vintage ones for my collection.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

It's pretty impressive for the price. But yeah I couldn't use it as a daily driver. Maybe it needs to be charged up?

@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading Ай бұрын

Heya, I gues wen you would work on location yes or wen you go on vacation in a caravan or rv small space small soldering iron)that would be handy together with that IR multimeter. you could get some were lol

@FilipMunk Ай бұрын

The IR camera can't measure on a smooth metal surface, that's why you get a bad/wrong reading, need to measure with a normal temperature probe. The soldering iron doesn't have much heat capacity in it, so only good for simple small solder jobs.

@knightwar3 Ай бұрын

The thing is that despite the cheap price they still make profits lol

@jonathanrose456 Ай бұрын

❤

@kwpctek9190 Ай бұрын

Best bang for the buck on a portable iron is to get a live-forever $15 Pace tip with the gold contacts you can solder to on the cool end. it's long enough to wrap some fiber cloth around to insert into a DIY handle and @3.2 ohms you get 40 watts out at the car ready to work in 10 seconds.

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

Give me a link and I'll buy one just to test it on video.

@kwpctek9190 Ай бұрын

@@LearnElectronicsRepair Just in case YT blocked me, I re-rest here. On your followup I mentioned: You've chosen to opt for expensive and inferior coated JBC and Weller tips, and oh boy! a DIY controller. But if DIY is anything to a novice hobbyist, it's to keep it simple and save a ton of money, hence the reason my email mentioned the idea of a foot pedal (or handle button) activated 555 PWM control to the longer lasting and more economical PACE tips. Getting into this zero-crossing temperature sense will now be the economical undoing of this project for 90% of the budget hobbyist's just here to learn. I wish you luck since everyone who's tried DIY multi-tip temp controllers with internal series connected thermocouples has failed. Back story: When I got my ADS-200 six years ago I started a thread on EEVblog and I managed to get Pace to send Dave Jones one for review. He has a genuine JBC 240 station but ever since, prefers his Pace (you can see it in use all his videos). Anyone can clearly read in the thread (and search YT for "JBC Killer") that serious JBC users have shorter tip life and corrosion. You will also see in the forum thread, linked below Dave's video, many attempts to do what you are doing now. Watch the video and read the forum thread so your project is a success by not failing in the same place others have (and no, I'm not saying this can't be done without Pace tips). Cheers!

@typxxilps Ай бұрын

If they would have raised price by 2 € and spent those 2€ for a stronger battery then it would have might make more sense, lot more sense cause takes too much time to heat up.

@robertmckelvey3091 Ай бұрын

I have 2 mm solder that my none of my soldering irons is will melt no label any idea what that is

@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading Ай бұрын

I'm not 100% sure but I remeber my dad had that too but he used it with a gas torch I believe he welded lead with it

@g4z-kb7ct Ай бұрын

Possibly silver solder? I have some here (looks like fence wire) and have to bump up the temperature.

@stephenbeswick2163 Ай бұрын

Hi have one of these soldering irons they are not very good not for big jobs I found that they shut down after short time it’s a hobbyist soldering iron out for professional people steve b

@followthetrawler Ай бұрын

I'd spend the extra on a Pinecill before this.

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

Would you buy it if you didn't have the extra?

@followthetrawler Ай бұрын

@@LearnElectronicsRepair good question, probably..

@era7928 Ай бұрын

modify it, maybe?

@mesterak Ай бұрын

“We just need to measure the tip”….that’s what she said 😂

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

hehehe 😂

@g4z-kb7ct Ай бұрын

It's a great tool, but not for soldering ;-)

@strelatronics5533 Ай бұрын

Takes forever to heat up

@LearnElectronicsRepair Ай бұрын

I think I was erading the temperature in the wrong place, when I tried it the tip would already melt solder

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

Yeah I have a T-12 and it gets hot really fast. I've drag raced it against my Weller and it's faster. Even though the SMPS I run the iron on starts slowly.