Delcast Watt Precision Soldering Iron Review

I liked this simple cheap iron that uses copper inserts on the tips of the rods that fit in the bundle I already have. Copper gets eaten away by the flux pretty quickly, but you can grind the tip down to any profile and expose copper cans like a dream. Unfortunately, the heating element failed and broke the circuit after only a few hours of use. I ordered two more and will see if it was an accident. Addendum: Jacobparts is an excellent seller! He saw my review and offered to replace it, after I

Just want to point out that Delcast is a legit company! These days, both sellers and consumers can have poor quality and ruin it for the rest of us, but I can tell you right away that you should try Delcast and its products if you haven't already. I found the soldering iron to work great, but due to user error and the fact that I had just started soldering, I suddenly had a problem with the soldering iron when trying to use it. My big tip: Since it doesn't have temperature control, unplug it…

OK. First off, I should note that this is cheap hardware. Not necessarily cheap, as in "bad", but inexpensive. I only got it a few days ago and am fairly new to soldering so all I know is that it works and is inexpensive. I've had several cheaper Radio Shack soldering irons over the years and never liked them for that much money. I'm pretty sure they're always around $10 (maybe a little more) and I've always felt it was too much to pay for what they were. As far as I can tell, this $6 hardware…