cold heat

[5StringDelirium]

Has any one ever used the cold heat soldering iron?

[Rodent]

if you're looking to work on your bass ... save your $$$ and purchase a real soldering iron instead. while it may be (I can't find a use for one, but I'm sure somebody could ... and use it when they're not using their new awsome auger) usable for some kinds of soldering work, it's definitely not the tool for detailed and precision guitar work

YMMV of course

all the best,

R

[lunker]

Not going to work very well for you, in all likelyhood.

[bl2112]

Not hot enough. My dad tried to swap the pickups on his strat and the cold heat wouldnt even warm up the solder.

[kevinmoore73]

I tried one and thought it was utter garbage.

[jro]

I have a cold heat solder gun and would not recommend getting one. If you want something portable get a butane iron. I recently bought one and I love it. Its very quick to heat up and I'm still on my first butane fill after 4 or 5 soldering jobs. Its very handy for car, trailer, outdoor wiring as well. If you don't need portability and aren't doing a lot of soldering get a cheaper plug in pen style. If you're doing a lot of soldering get a soldering station.

[5StringDelirium]

Mine just never heated up, I found that the pen style works better. But I'll have to try the butane iron.

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by 5StringDelirium

Has any one ever used the cold heat soldering iron?

Don't buy one. It's expensive and it sucks. This is from experience.

[NKUSigEp]

I don't have anything new to add. My ex bought me one for my birthday and I tried it a couple of times...it's just crappy. The tip broke and it doesn't get hot enough.

[renniw]

Originally Posted by 5StringDelirium

Mine just never heated up, I found that the pen style works better. But I'll have to try the butane iron.

I have a butane one and will never go back to electric