Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoiFixit wants to fix the soldering ironwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down112
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minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoBuild a 18650 battery bank and plug in a pinecil or ts100. A solder iron with a 18650 would be heavy and uncomfortable for soldering.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI would accept a bit of an awkward balance for being self-contained.
minus-squarelefixxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf you need to not have a cable, the butane ones would be a better fit.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHaving used a butane iron before, I don’t think it would. They don’t have the temperature control modern digital irons can, and they’re forbidden on flights.
Build a 18650 battery bank and plug in a pinecil or ts100. A solder iron with a 18650 would be heavy and uncomfortable for soldering.
I would accept a bit of an awkward balance for being self-contained.
If you need to not have a cable, the butane ones would be a better fit.
Having used a butane iron before, I don’t think it would. They don’t have the temperature control modern digital irons can, and they’re forbidden on flights.