I purchased the Power Probe about 10 months ago. This is perhaps one of the best investments I've made as a field engineer. It's light, powerful and starts every time with no problems. It even heats up much faster than a standard soldering iron! Prior to this purchase, I drove a Weller desktop station, which took up a lot of space in the van. I don't often need a soldering iron in the field, but when I do I like to have a quality tool that I can control. It matches the stars and takes up a lot less space in my van! Excellent! My only complaint is that soldering tips are cheap and fail to hold tin after a few uses. I've used it about 20 times and the tip of the "wedge" just kept getting worse at the end. No problem, I'll just buy some storage tips. Overall I would have no hesitation in recommending this product to anyone who needs to solder from time to time. I'm even tempted to leave it on my bench because it heats up so quickly!