"LenS" wrote in message
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I've seen TV commercials for a portable, battery driven soldering tool
whose tip supposedly produces enough heat to solder small joints
almost instantly, and then, almost as quickly, cools enough to touch.

A tool like that would be very handy for me around the house if it
works as advertised. Has anyone actually seen or used one of these
tools?

Any comments will be gratefully received.

-Len


This is Turtle.

This thing is only good for small solder jobs like a wire on a relay board or
maybe 2 #18 wires being put together. I bought one for my brother in law for
christmas and tried it out. It's really good on small stuff but not for anything
that will take a good amount of heat to put them together like 2 pieces of #12
wire. If everything was on things like a computor board or a hvac gas furnace
relay board where all the connections are real small. It will be good but bigger
stuff forget.

I read the report posted here and holding the connection together and soldering
it is always a problem to start with but with this thing -- if you can get the
wire to stay still and in place. it will work fine and also small wire. It has a
definate limit to it's use.

Link ---- Go to Home Depot Website and ask for [ cold heat ] and the thing will
pop up and then hit on it to tell about it. under spec.s. Now let me tell you
they are out of them and it will be two weeks before they get any more.

TURTLE