Soldering iron recommendation

[Mr Game & Cube]

Hi all,

after working with this soldering iron on my Wii, I have been told to get a better one. I have been recommended the pinecil already, but i want more options.

any suggestions? i would appreciate any help/ suggestions i can get.

 

[tealflip]

Hi all,

after working with this soldering iron on my Wii, I have been told to get a better one. I have been recommended the pinecil already, but i want more options.



any suggestions? i would appreciate any help/ suggestions i can get.

I've heard a lot of good stuff regarding the PINECIL. I personally use the 50 W Schneider one from Harbor Freight. It's not... great... (as seen from my failed U10 relocation today) BUT it does have a temperature controller. If you have a good budget for it, I'd go with a HAKKO FX-888D *or 888DX*.

 

[Mr Game & Cube]

I've heard a lot of good stuff regarding the PINECIL. I personally use the 50 W Schneider one from Harbor Freight. It's not... great... (as seen from my failed U10 relocation today) BUT it does have a temperature controller. If you have a good budget for it, I'd go with a HAKKO FX-888D *or 888DX*.

thanks for the recommendations. but wow, that is a pretty penny

 

[tealflip]

thanks for the recommendations. but wow, that is a pretty penny

Yeah, that's why I recommend the PINECIL first. It's cheap but well respected.
Here it is incase ur interested: https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/

 

[Mr Game & Cube]

yeah, that's what i came up with too. is the pricing usd or aud?

 

[tealflip]

yeah, that's what i came up with too. is the pricing usd or aud?

USD. Amazon has it as well if you need different pricing.

 

[Mr Game & Cube]

USD. Amazon has it as well if you need different pricing.

thank you

 

[Stitches]

Make sure that you get a good USB-C supply to power it! A 65w PD compliant supply with a good quality 65w rated cable is the required hardware to drive it hard enough for our use case. A 100w PD compliant supply with a 100w cable is better, but 65w will do. Any less than 65w and you'll run into major troubles soldering to large pads, and ground planes will be basically impossible.

When selecting a power supply, be sure to check that the rated output wattage is per port rather than combined output. Else you might end up buying a shitty supply that can't run the iron.

 

[Mr Game & Cube]

Would this work well?

 

[Stitches]

Would this work well?

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Assuming that HP haven't baked in some asshole proprietary authentication system to restrict the high voltage outputs to only their devices, yeah it'll likely be sufficient.

 

[Mr Game & Cube]

thanks. would pine's usb-c cable be better?

 

[Stitches]

If your HP supply operates to the marked spec, no, they'd both function equally well. The Pine supply might have better ergonomics though. It's designed to sit on the desk with convenient access, and the cables are probably a bit nicer to use and won't hold a memory

 

[portabalizeEverything]

thanks for the recommendations. but wow, that is a pretty penny

Build your own t12 iron: buy a handle and tip for pretty cheap, a controller board with an oled screen is like $20, and buy a 24v 3a power supply for it off amazon for like $7. pretty cheap plus you get a t12 iron (better than other options) at 65W-72W

 

[ohkin86]

I am using a radio soldering iron from Zhengdian Atomic Company. It's great, it can be used continuously for 40 minutes wirelessly and can also be plugged in with a 100W Type-C power cord. At present, various tools of China's Zhengdian Atomic Company are very popular and have more powerful functions. The multimeter in the picture is also included.