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Sept 3, 2018 11:09:44 GMT
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Seems to be several commonly available, would prefer one with an igniter.
What to avoid / what to get please?
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Sept 3, 2018 11:24:07 GMT
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None of them last that long. We had a Weller a few years ago and that was about the best of the bunch. We do do alot of alarm and audio though, so they do get more than occasional use.
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Its not broken, its resting!
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Sept 3, 2018 12:36:22 GMT
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I got an Aldi/Lidi cheapy one a few years ago.
It was pretty poor as a soldering iron (I used to be an electronics eng, so know how to solder!). Still usable, but working on the car in the garage, it was worth getting the extension lead out and using my electric one.
The really good bit was the hot air nozzle. Really good for small heatshrink and great for big soldering jobs where my 50w electric didnt have enough grunt to warm up the workpiece, e.g. putting a solder ring on a battery cable, that sort of thing.
The other comment is mine never kept the gas in. Even after an hour of being unused I had to refuel it.
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Sept 3, 2018 16:20:23 GMT
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I have a portasol super pro 125, i have owned it since 1999 and was bought for fitting car alarms, immobilisers and stereo's, the self ignition thing stopped working about 5 years ago but I just use a cigarette lighter and it still does the business!
Bought mine from the snap on man £100 back then!
But if you look on eBay Amazon they can be had for around £35 upwards, mine is the kit type so has a box and spare tips of various sizes,
Very good gas soldering iron!
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MK2 Cortina Estate
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I got a Maplin one in about 1992 and it's still going strong, unfortunately discontinued quite a while ago along with the shop lol
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Thanks all.
I was also kind of thinking none are much good based on previous experience but the Portasol one looks ok.
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i had a few fail quiet soon , now i let the gas run out and store it empty as i only use it now n then , this one has lasted years
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Sept 5, 2018 21:11:25 GMT
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All the iroda ones are good. Ive got a small glovebox one, medium work one and a big garage one 😂 had one of them a good 10 years now. Never use mains ones really anymore.
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Sept 6, 2018 10:45:56 GMT
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I've had my dremel one for about 7 years. I don't use it as often as I used to, but it starts every time, and wouldn't go back to an electric one.
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