A very successful first launch caused the FixHub Power Series portable soldering line from iFixit to go out of stock for a ...

A soldering iron should have a feel and a grip that makes it easy to hold in your hand, as if it were a large pen. For electronics, you want a slim, needle-like tip to aid in getting the heat (and ...

Just last week, I broke out my soldering iron to fix a set of cheaply made string lights; the solder joints connecting the lights themselves to the power source had fizzled out—frankly, ...

If you thought a soldering iron was just a hot metal stick that’s always too much hassle to drag out, plug in, and heat up, iFixit’s new FixHub is here to change your mind.

If you spend money for iFixit’s $250 kit, it’ll come with an iFixit-designed 55 watt-hour battery that helps turn the iron into a portable soldering station.Its two USB-C outputs provide 100W ...

For most of us, the first soldering iron we pick up to start working on electronics has essentially no features at all. Being little more than resistive heaters plugged straight into the wall with … ...

Battery-powered USB-C soldering iron aims to improve over what’s out there. ... Miniware, and other USB-C pen-style soldering irons on the market, claims a few things set its iron apart.

As a general rule, it’s worthwhile to pay more for a high-quality soldering iron that comes with an adjustable temperature feature. For smaller projectors, a 15- or 30-watt iron is fine.

And when it’s orange, the iron has reached the temperature you set and is ready for use. Sean Hollister over at The Verge notes that you need to plug the soldering iron into a PC to set the ...

A soldering iron that heats up and cools down in an instant? MSNBC's Gary Krakow just had to try it out. ... A new set of batteries is said to provide up to 700 soldering joints.

Figure 2 When the C2 voltage applied to the Schmitt Trigger U3 is entirely above or below the switching threshold the soldering iron is either full on or full off respectively for fast heating or ...