Very short and simple review here. . .These things are AMAZING! I wish I had started using these things sooner. For years I've been doing the hammer trick or sitting and trying to get the solder to drip slowly into the tip. No way will I do anything other than using these pellets. You simply place it in the tip, heat it for 5-7 seconds until it turns into a liquid, and then slowly insert the cord. It is so easy. The connection is clean and holds like a weld; what I think he has. I suspect like me you don't use them because for some reason you don't like them. But you don't use them because you didn't even know they existed. Even if you only need to make one cable, BUY them anyway. They are so amazing to use.