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Battery powered rechargeable soldering iron


Dicky

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Lidl are selling at the moment a battery powered rechargeable soldering iron for £10. I was looking for something to replace my very worn out mains powered iron.

I don't do a lot of soldering, so no need for a Weller or the like, but I was amazed that this little unit heats up in 25 seconds, and you can sit it in the charger when it's hot.

A nice piece of kit, not quite sure how they do it for the money, but it's got a 3 year guarantee too.

And it recharges from a USB socket (mains-usb adaptor supplied).

Link here for anyone that's interested... Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I've been impressed with the quality of the parkside range, much better build quality than similarly priced offers from the likes of screwfix/toolstation etc.

 

 

Dicky

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I tried a coworkers rechargeable LIDL soldering iron and it was surprisingly good.

 

More recently I used one of the humble USB soldering irons with a power bank to do some wiring repairs on my brothers motorbike in a location without power, and it did a good job on medium sized wires.

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I use a TS100 (which used to be available from Bangood, I believe they have new models now).

 

I run it off of my drill battery (18v) - heats up super quickly - and maintains temp. It's awesome - and also so light and maneuverable. Bought it because I could not fly with a gas soldering iron - and can't always be guaranteed enough power behind a rack to use an off the shelf electric iron.

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There was once a vendor (now closed!) who had some digi calipers that never switched off, just the display went off. They ate tiny batteries. If these eat batteries store them with the battery out!

 

Ooh, I think I've got a pair of those. That might explain why they're always flat. I'd assumed I was leaving them on accidentally...

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The sealey iron has a foam pad, which the Lidl one doesn't but a foam pad isn't worth £30. I just bought two simply because Lidl don't do spares later.

 

Lidl's last offering of a battery soldering iron used three AA batteries :(

 

Despite the obvious similarities the two brands of iron are different the Sealey iron charges from the handle end, the Lidl iron charges (USB-C) from the tip fastening end.

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I'll add my thanks here too.

Fixed a few leads with it this morning & while not as good as my work bench iron, it's the best non mains one I've tried so will now go into my traveling tool bag, and may accompany me to the top of a tower next week :)

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I've always found that the amount of heat "blown" out of the sides of gas irons is a big problem when working anywhere where there's components/cables that you don't want to heat nearby.

Also the difference between not quite hot enough, and far too hot is very small.

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