Review on 🔥 Heavy Duty Soldering Iron - Wall Lenk LG400C by Larry Daniels

Trigger on or off. I took a new one and first tested the resistance when pulling the trigger without power. It shows a resistance of 36 ohms when the trigger is pulled. There are no multi-stages in a trigger. I also had a lightbulb that blew out right out of the box. This is a standard 7 watt light bulb with the same screw base as vintage wall mounted night lights and very vintage Christmas lights for your home. I understand they say it's automatic and many have complained that it heats up very quickly (which it actually does) and then have problems with it not continuing at that heat level. They're supposed to be 400 watts when hot and then 150. Although mine is new, it doesn't do anything to say power and heat. Pull the trigger when it's plugged in and it outputs 257W instantly. After about 10 seconds the tip will be red hot and all the solder will be completely burned off the tip unless you dissipate the heat into something or release the trigger. My power never drops to 150W. However, the performance drops to about 237 watts due to heat. Heating elements increase resistance when heated. Maybe if I hold the trigger long enough the power could drop but I don't want to burn it because I won't get it back since I live in Central America. Pros: Heats up very quickly Keeps heat in the tip so you can let go of the trigger and keep using it for a while. Very solid build quality with thick Bakelite. Decent cord and length. Pulling is harder than usual. The light is poor at best and it's not installed in the gun. The base floats freely inside so the bulb will shatter as it is very thin glass if dropped or hit. Performance isn't even close to what's advertised (although it does heat up quickly). My test shows that there is no double power at all. The only change in performance is due to the resistance of the heating element as it heats up. Note: I believe the dual mode rating is based solely on heating the element red hot so the wire inside the element draws less power (watts). On the one hand, this is good, because there is no mechanical thermostat that can fail. We all know duty cycles and quite frankly it puts this thing well above any other large shotgun I've used. I did not break the item. It may have a thermostat, but if something gets solder red, I release the trigger. Update: The user manual says 1 minute on and 4 minutes off. This is a 25% duty cycle. At room temperature, the gun consumes up to 325 watts. If the trigger was pulled for a full minute, the tip was red hot the entire time. The power started at 325 watts and ended at 180 after 60 seconds. I was wrong when I said in my first post that this is far from the case.