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moody
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Aaron Cake
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 Posted - Jul 20 2004 : 08:55:52 AM
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That's pretty cool, but I did notice a few things:
1. They didn't describe how it worked. If it is patented, then there's no danger in this. If it isn't patented, then expect much cheaper imitations soon.
2. It's doubtfull that you'll be soldering anything but thin wires using 4 AA batteries. The heat capacity of that tip seems to be very low even though the temperature is high.
3. What kind of Web designer puts a video up on their page and makes it play automatically?!?!?
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cirvin
Nobel Prize Winner
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Posted - Jul 20 2004 : 11:56:45 AM
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3. What kind of Web designer puts a video up on their page and makes it play automatically?!?!?
One that assumes that everyone on this earth has a broadband internet connection.
That is prety awsome, especially for me since I tend to burn my self often with my iron.
Still, I use my iron mostely for small things like circut boards so I dont need alot of power.
Ill hold out and see if there is a cheeper verson, I have to save my money for a new multimeter, I ssem to go through those like battries.
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Chamkeeper
Mad Scientist
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Posted - Jul 20 2004 : 8:48:56 PM
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They have made a more expensive rechargable unit like that for many, many years. My experience says the rechargable one is junk. Just about enought time to melt the solder then batteries die. This one may be better but I'm skeptical. There is a huge need for a portable iron like that. They make butane powered portable units that work pretty well, but its not the best to have an open flame powered device when repairing wires 2 feet from 800 gallons of jet fuel. I did modify a recahargable unit to use 4.8v RC Car batteries and it worked great, just heavy and still corded, however the batteries could be recharged in 15 mins so if they did die it was only a minor delay.
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moody
Mad Scientist
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Posted - Jul 24 2004 : 5:39:39 PM
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yea i have one of those butane powered soldering irons and i only keep it on for 3 minutes MAX before letting it cool off
but they do work well
reports say it will only do small jobs
and i think $20 is better than a hot finger.
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wasssup1990
Nobel Prize Winner
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Posted - Aug 22 2004 : 07:16:11 AM
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I doubt the batteries would last long, good for a small quick repair, but not for soldering an entire board.
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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Aug 23 2004 : 09:17:15 AM
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Actually, last week Yoshi reviewed this on The ScreenSavers.
He hated it. And from what I saw of it, the thing is garbage.
The tip is HUGE compared to a regular iron, so don't think about soldering anything but wires. Also, the tip is made of carbon, so it is very brittle. Yoshi broke one in about 5 minutes. The tip is split at the point, and a connection between the two "forks" is used to turn the iron on and off. So soldering CMOS is out of the question...
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Its Called Cold Heat
