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jamesperrett · 8th Nov 2019, 11:08 pm

After trying all sorts of cheap irons as a youngster (including a 25W Weller and a Remploy one) I wouldn't use anything that wasn't temperature controlled these days. I've had a 50W Oryx iron at home for over 30 years and mainly used Weller 60W TCP's at my old job. We had a couple of Antex irons as well but I was never a big fan - they were fine on very small parts but even the 40W temperature controlled model didn't have enough heat capacity for many things.

8th Nov 2019, 11:08 pm	#19
jamesperrett Octode Join Date: May 2007 Location: Liss, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 1,875	Re: Soldering Iron For PCB's After trying all sorts of cheap irons as a youngster (including a 25W Weller and a Remploy one) I wouldn't use anything that wasn't temperature controlled these days. I've had a 50W Oryx iron at home for over 30 years and mainly used Weller 60W TCP's at my old job. We had a couple of Antex irons as well but I was never a big fan - they were fine on very small parts but even the 40W temperature controlled model didn't have enough heat capacity for many things.