I have used many different types of soldering equipment from soldering irons to guns to cold soldering. I found this to be one of my favorite designs for freeing my other hand to hold an object, better than helping hands and alligator clips. The gun itself heats up very quickly and the trigger evenly distributes the solder so no solder is wasted. I wouldn't use it for wires over 10 gauge or to connect circuits on a breadboard, but if you need to solder one wire to another wire it's too easy, the best part is that for a proper tinned connection there is no flux is required. . I like it.