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Review on Weller WSTA6 Self-Igniting Cordless Soldering Iron by Jim Shirodkar

Revainrating 1 out of 5

As long as it burns near 0% of the time. not good.

This is an early review as I only had it one day. So far I've fired it probably 50-75 times and it actually fired 3 of them. I nearly had a tank of gas on fire on the last ignition just in case it was necessary. I will try again tomorrow but if she doesn't get better soon she will need to be taken back. After trying to turn it off and back on for two days, it comes back. I can hear gas escaping and see a spark when the slide button activates, so I really have no idea why it's not lighting up. I even tried another brand of butane but to no avail. Based on "you get what you pay for", I purposely didn't buy the cheapest ones on Revain and figured $60 should be enough for reasonable quality for casual use.

Pros
  • Great price
Cons
  • Big and bulky