I ordered this solder station because I had decided that my corded 30 watt soldering station was not quite up for the job as I use my soldering Iron for soldering drone parts, were if a wire was to come disconnected you would have a piece of very expensive equipment heading straight for the earth.
I ordered the Iron but unfortunately it must of been lost in the post (seller was very helpful and issued full refund), so whilst looking in Maplin i encountered the exact same Solder station, priced at a slightly lower price.
When opening the box for it I saw that the sponge was stuck on the base with some double sided tape, and was flat and hard, so I put a few drops of water on the sponge which quickly filled it up.
I tested the soldering iron by trying to solder 2 thick wires to each other, I plugged the wire in and turned the dial nearly up to full, after waiting 5 mins I put a bit of solder on the tip, smoke, so turned down the heat a tiny bit, then I waited, put a bit of solder on the tip, not so much smoke perfect. I then take the tip of the iron and place it on the thick wire, it is temperature controlled so it should turn up the power, slowly, slowly, after a couple of minuets later the wire had heated up enough to apply solder to properly, I then cleaned the nib on the sponge, turned the knob all the way down.
Pros And Cons
Pros;
Good value
Easy to hold pen like grip
Compact
Gets hot
Cons;
Takes a long time to heat up
If you use the temperature controlled function then it takes a LONG time to reach desired temp
Problem with delivery
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