Review on 🔥 High-Performance 90W LCD Digital Soldering Iron Kit: Adjustable Temperature, Fast Heating Ceramic Design - On/Off Switch, 9pcs Soldering Kit Included by Richard Miller

I think this is a great little iron for $30. I had to calibrate it, but now it works very reliably. i am amateur The tip included in the kit slips onto the ceramic rod and rests on the metal base. I have different nozzles from other cheap irons and they don't touch the metal base, they are shorter by about 1mm. I used my old ones because I thought it would give the tip better contact with the ceramic. If you unscrew the black ring you can barely see the circuit board and you can see the 4 wires going to the ceramic, so I think it's actually measuring temperature and not just estimating based on power. I had a digital iron before that, only it was very cheap and didn't advertise a PID temperature controller. It was flimsy, the cable was very flimsy and cheap, and the digital temperature control was clearly rubbish. It got a lot hotter than shown and getting hotter. So I feel like he's actually consistent. Now I don't really know what I'm doing calibration wise so I'm using 63/37 melting temp solder, lead free solder and my multimeter which has a temp stick. According to all three, the digital readings were about 100 F above normal. I had to go into calibration mode and lower the actual temperature by about 100F. But now it seems to be working! It's in the same range as my multimeter and the solder melts at just the right temperature. And that's more than enough for me. I can easily set a temperature that isn't too high or too low for what I want to do, regardless of the actual temperature. So I'm very happy with it. Much better than my cheaper one. I can use it to do various things like solder spliced wires at a certain temperature and I can reliably return to that temperature if I need to re-splice the wires. It works. After switching on, it heats up very quickly. As you increase the temperature, the numbers increase. As you lower the temperature, the numbers slowly drop back. So you know reading is reasonably realistic. When heated, there is a delay between reading and prompting. I think it's because it measures the temperature of the ceramic heating element and not the tip. However, it heats up very quickly. If you turn it on at 360 it heats up slower and if you turn it on at 500 it heats up instantly, then you could lower it to 360. I didn't notice the foam getting very hot. The on/off switch is a slide switch. I think someone did it on purpose so they wouldn't accidentally press while using it. And it's also a very shallow slider, so it's not that easy to accidentally turn off. Pretty smooth, whoever came up with it. The keys have a good crisp click. You can hear it click. cord MEAT. This is a softer and more resilient rubber than I expected. The connector is good, large, with three pins. Much better than my old one which had the cheapest fork. Overall 5 stars. I think with any iron like this there is some kind of gap between the temperature of the ceramic rod and the tip, but by trial and error, maybe some calibration, you can get to know this iron and it will work stably and reliably. . Much better than those cheap irons. I have two cheap irons and have always been unsure of the temperature. They couldn't be set to a specific temperature and just stayed there. I kept having to turn the settings down, turn them up, it sucks. But with it, you can figure out what a good temperature is for your job, set it to that temperature, expect it to stay that way, and come back to that temperature another day to do the same type of work. Therefore they say that you need a good soldering iron. I prefer this over a soldering station because it's portable. I can take it to a friend's house, to my car with an extension cord, toss it in my tool box, whatever I need to do. So yes, 5 stars overall.