Since you are saying any Rosin core solder can get the job done, should I go with a cheap solder on amazon.ca ?
the Kester is kind of expensive... My only concern is whether cheaper solder are more hazardous to health than the expensive ones ?
What is your recommendation ? should I go with a cheap solder or a Kester ?
Even “expensive” solder is cheap: the amount used per project is
tiny. Solder costs essentially
nothing compared to the components it’s used with. For this reason, I don’t understand the motivation to seek out the absolute cheapest solder possible. It’s not worth it.
Kester isn’t “cheap”, but it’s hardly the most expensive, either. When people say it’s expensive, I actually wonder if they’re forgetting to look at package sizes, perhaps comparing a 1/4lb or 100g spool to a 1lb or 0.5kg spool and not realizing it.
Any name brand solder is fine (Kester, Multicore/Loctite, Alpha, AIM, Indium, Stannol, Almit, ChipQuik, Tamura Elsold, Asahi, etc.) Even Radio Shack solder is fine (but it’s actually fairly expensive per g).
A 1lb roll of 63/37, 0.79mm Kester 44 is around $50 on Digi-Key (which isn’t known for low prices) right now, but a roll lasts me years and years at home (I’m currently on a roll bought in 2015), so plain and simply, who cares?