The kit I received has a brass tip cleaner and solder and solder wick/braid. I like to use a brass cleaner over a sponge to clean the tip. because I can clean the tip and get back to work. Like with the sponge, I have to wait a bit until the temperature at the tip rises. Soldering is ok, no problem. The solder wick on the other side doesn't work out of the box. I have a flux pen that I use to dampen the weaving area that I'm going to use, which makes the weave so much better.