[geeks] what's a good soldering iron

[Robert Brooke Gravitt]

I have a Weller &  a Hakko. The Weller is a good iron.


On Oct 29, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Kevin wrote:

> I've never had anything other than $15 Radio Shack models that
> take a good 15-20 minutes to heat up. I decided to finally bite
> the bullet and buy something decent.
>
> I'm not looking for anything crazy, just a decent iron.  I don't
> want to go much over $120 or so.  I'm hoping i can get something
> usable for that price, let me know if i'm wrong.
>
> I mostly just solder wires and a few simple ICs (car parts) as
> well as the occasional Indigo battery fix.  Stuff like that.
>
> What do you guys recommend?
>
> Thanks for the input,
> /KRM
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