On 12/4/2015 2:24 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"Don Y" wrote in message
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I had a delightful little cordless soldering iron many years ago.
Came up to temperature almost instantly (push button to turn on).
But, as it didn't see regular use, the battery eventually failed.
Do I buy another? Or, an entire replacement iron? Or, just
resolve myself to live with the corded irons and keep an outlet
(or extension cord) nearby whenever in use?

Sounds like the soldering iron I had. A whal or wahl , something like that.
Great for a couple of quick connections, but I did not use it very much
after I had it for a year or so. Then it took longer to recharge it than to
heat up the one with a cord. Battery finally would not hold a charge, so
junked it.

Possible. I think Wahl made the clippers we used to groom the puppiemonsters.
And, this looked a lot like that!

It wasn't very robust -- flimsy would be a gracious description!
But, very effective for small jobs when you just needed to join
a few items and didn't want to have to "get all set up" with the
soldering station, mask, illuminator, etc.

I wonder how much scrap goes to landfills in the form of
batteries... and, if the economics make sense when all
things are considered!