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View Poll Results: Is the Cold Heat soldering iron worth the money?
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Old 12-17-2006, 10:32 PM
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Ok I have been very interested in one of the Cold Heat soldering irons, however Im not sure if they are even worth it because of the mixed reviews I ahve been getting about them. Are they worth it?

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ive heard that they are good and they look like they work so i guess you could try.but delete your other post about this!
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how do I delete it?
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i say its good becuase it help cool off your engine so it doesnt get too hot
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i say its good becuase it help cool off your engine so it doesnt get too hot
wtf?! it's a soldering iron!!

and it's JUNK!!!! my uncle has one. and it can barely melt the solder. total ripoff!!
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Old 12-18-2006, 04:23 AM
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Ya I got one those things, it's much better to spend the money on a real soldering iron.

I only have used it for quick applications like when a wire breaks off, for my xmod I used it to resolder a wire that was disconnected from the battery holder, but be careful, the first time I held it on for too long and melted the plastic on the batt. holder. had to go out and buy another one.
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yep they SUCK !!!!!!I used one once, took me forever..........
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i have one, it works alot better than my normal iron. definatly pick one up and try for urself, its like 20 bucks at RS
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My friend had one he wanted to see if it worked it didnt then he touched it on his finger and he got burned bad. (dont get it)
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hahahahaha he proly touched it when the tip was ready to solder
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if your friend burned himself then there was metal lodged in the tip. I use mine a lot and love it. but if you get one get a pointed tip as a spare, it makes it much easier to use
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DONT GET IT.
its only good for one thing. emptying your pockets.
$20 for the coldheat.
$30 for the new stock evo board.
$75 for the window you throw it through once you find out its a piece of junk.

keep in mind there is current going through the carbon tip and if you melt a pool and touch something else your going to ground out and fry something.

buy a ratshack dual setting iron for 10 bux and save yourself some time,money and greif.

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I started laughing because it got him so bad he started to cry.:redfin: I wished I had a video camera!
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I got one and it sucks! I went out the next day and bought real soldering iron from Walmart for half the cost!
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How much are them cold heat soldering irons now a days??
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their battery powered and they dont get hot enough get a real soldering iron.
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i heard it sucks. also for $7 u can get one from radioshack.
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it suck big time i got one about a week ago used it last night and it took me 1 hour 2 get it right don't get it
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it suck big time i got one about a week ago used it last night and it took me 1 hour 2 get it right don't get it
thats because it is used differently then a regular soldering iron

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their battery powered and they dont get hot enough get a real soldering iron.
They ARE hot enough if you get the right solder

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How much are them cold heat soldering irons now a days??
They are $20 and its between $5 and $10 for a new tip depending on which tip it is

personally, I thought it sucked too when I first got it but then after figuring out how it worked (read the instructions ppl!!!) I was fine.
then after getting the fine point tip, it was great!!!
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thats because it is used differently then a regular soldering iron.
this iron is inferior to irons of a lesser price.
how can it make sense to learn how to use a coldheat when you can point and solder with a cheaper iron?
please point out some of the benefits of using a more expensive,crappier iron.



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They ARE hot enough if you get the right solder.
yet another reason to skip this purchase.
you have to use lightwieght solder with this gun for it to work effectively.
it does NOTHING against the solder thats already on most electronics.
in fact if you try to use this product on an evo board then chances are your going to fry or short something.


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They are $20 and its between $5 and $10 for a new tip depending on which tip it is.
so already your talking about a $30.00 inferior iron when all you need is a $10.00 iron.

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personally, I thought it sucked too when I first got it but then after figuring out how it worked (read the instructions ppl!!!) I was fine.
then after getting the fine point tip, it was great!!!
i read the instructions,fully understand them and i still think its worthless.

like i said, its better to buy an iron that you know works.
a regular iron has the elements sheilded so no current travels through the tip.
a coldheat iron has two carbon elements that when a metal(solder) is introduced to the tip it completes the curcuit.
so basically your tip is a +/- terminal.
might as well stick a 9v to your board and see how long things last
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