Review on 🔥 Soldering Lytool: Adjustable Temperature with Enhanced Protection by Francisco Taylor

I bought this unit for a new workbench. I have had a Weller WESD51 for many years so this review will be partly a comparison of the two. First of all, regarding the overall picture, I have attached a photo. Lytool is slightly larger and a pound or two heavier. I like the extra weight that helps keep it in place on the bench. Iron coasters are similar - both are metal and fairly solid. The Lytool has a built in brass 'cushion' which is very handy and has storage space on the back for additional accessories. Of course, Lytool has a heat gun for finishing, which greatly increases the overall width. For those (like me) unfamiliar with the term "rework", it means PCB stripping, where surface mount components are desoldered. Simply put, THIS IS NOT A CONVENTIONAL HEAT GUN to be used on heat shrink tubing and the like. – it heats up to 930 degrees Fahrenheit. The good news is that if you don't need to rework circuit boards you can set a lower temperature (starting at 212 degrees) suitable for heat shrink tubing or other needed applications. It also has tips to focus airflow and a variable speed fan. In other words, it can be adjusted like a soldering iron. The menu takes a little getting used to, but is very useful for setting the switch-off time for the soldering and hot air sides, among other things. The sleep timer turns everything off after the iron/blower has been on the stand for a configurable amount of time instead of just turning it off while you work. There are also 3 presets for each of the two tools, which is great if you have your preferred settings for specific jobs. One benefit of Lytool for this is the speed at which it heats up. I'm not able to measure the actual temperature of the tips, so I came up with a less scientific way to see how the Lytool is faster than my Weller WESD51 and attached a video. The Lytool display instantly reaches the set temperature, while the Weller shows the actual temperature it's raising, so a comparison that way isn't possible. Instead I set both to 625 degrees and let them run. While they were heating up, I touched both tips with solder. As you can see in the video, Lytool reaches the solder melting point at least 10 seconds faster than Weller. That's a pretty impressive difference when you need to heat up the iron right away. In an ideal world I'd rather show the current temperature on Lytool, but that doesn't bother as long as it reaches and maintains the temperature, which it apparently does. Overall I am very impressed with this product. . If it's as tough on the inside as it looks on the outside, I expect it to serve for many years.