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Portable *professional* soldering iron?
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langwadt:

--- Quote from: Gyro on September 11, 2022, 07:20:42 pm ---I know it's small, but a TS100 powered by a Power tool battery (or maybe, with lesser power, a TS80 and USB-C supply) will give you a highly portable setup with Hakko type heat output and regulation. Tip choices are adequate rather than extensive.

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there's also the PINECIL if you can get one
AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: wraper on September 11, 2022, 07:43:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 11, 2022, 07:39:43 pm ---Are butane catalyst irons no longer a thing? I remember them being quite useful for some tasks at work, back in the day

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Try taking that on an airplane. And it's not a replacement for a proper temperature regulated soldering station.

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I have taken one on a plane, though granted, that was in the late 1990s.

Sometimes you don't need a temperature regulated soldering station, you need something that will solder two things together in the middle of nowhere, with no mains electricity.
wraper:

--- Quote from: langwadt on September 11, 2022, 07:58:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gyro on September 11, 2022, 07:20:42 pm ---I know it's small, but a TS100 powered by a Power tool battery (or maybe, with lesser power, a TS80 and USB-C supply) will give you a highly portable setup with Hakko type heat output and regulation. Tip choices are adequate rather than extensive.

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there's also the PINECIL if you can get one

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I see they use the same tip cartridges as TS-100. But why in the hell they basically cloned that unergonomic handle design, which I hate the most in TS-100  :palm:.
Gyro:
Try fitting a PTFE (or thick fibre) washer onto the sholder of the tip. It gives a positive finger stop, which I've found it to make a huge difference to the ergonomics of the handle and how hard you need to grip it...

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/ts100-soldering-iron-test/msg1343465/#msg1343465
tooki:

--- Quote from: IDEngineer on September 11, 2022, 06:25:38 pm ---I'm getting tired of lugging my entire Hakko setup on the road. Too many separate pieces, etc. However, the typical Radio Shack-style "heater with a cord" is completely useless junk for real work, and while I've tried the LiPo-powered irons they just don't have decent temperature regulation.

Is there a professional portable iron out there, meant for road warriors who actually need good equipment?

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The only name-brand portable, temperature-controlled soldering station I’m aware of is the Weller WSM1C (the “C” is the battery version). But IMHO it’s very expensive for what it is, and it’s a 40W micro pencil, so you’re not going to be doing huge joints with it. I’ve used the non-battery version, and it’s lovely for small joints, but it’s gonna struggle with big ground planes. The selection of tips also skews very much small.
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