I want to buy a soldering iron.
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I want to buy a soldering iron. Nothing fancy, just something that works, to solder a few wires here and there, maybe parts at some point. Should I avoid el cheapo brands, or any other good suggestions are welcome.
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@mdione I'm really happy with my partner's TS100 (reflashed with open source firmware), but these days I think I'd buy a pinecil, which is basically the same kind of iron, but already comes with said firmware.
the cheap chinese one with analogue temperature regulation¹ we used earlier was also mostly fine, tbh, this one is just more portable, a bit more comfortable and not that expensive either
¹ i.e. an unmarked knob
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@valhalla yeah, no, "reflashed with" is not something I expect from a soldering iron :-P
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@mdione I mean, you don't buy your tools based on the availability of free software firmware to flash them with?
I thought that was everybody did these days
(ok, not really. that's what we tend to do, however :) )
