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well, bought a 140/100 watt gun and tips. The standard tips fell apart at
the tip. As if the tips were soldered together. Very funny HaHa.

Is there a heavier duty tip for the 140/100 watt gun ?

I used one in HS that would blow a hole thru the fridge door. This gun is
not that. Nor did I experience tip failure.

opinions ?

I doubt the gun would do that. I have one that I got about 50 years ago and
another. I also have two others that each one is higher rated than the
other.

There are two types of tips that I know of for soldering. One is copper and
the other is silver color. Then there is a tip made for cutting plastic
that has a wide flat on the end.
There may be more. I am thinking of a silver colored one that comes out to
the end and wraps around that does not have the buldge on the end and is
flat at the end, but could be wrong about that one.

The only times I have had the tips fall apart is after a lot of usage.