🔌 Soldering Prototype with Stripboard Printed Circuit Review

holes too big for anything but heavy resistive wire or something. This means you have to pour solder to fully enclose it around the wire to be soldered, which takes up very little space. This excess heat easily destroys copper. Solder doesn't really stick to copper. even after thorough cleaning. With large holes and small pad area, not much copper needs to be soldered. I like this board, but next time I'll try a different one.

I've never had a pad come loose from one of these while soldering. I also have no problems with hole size or solder joints. If I have to put 2 jumpers in a hole, I actually have to choose thinner lengths of wire to fit in a hole. In fact, I prefer them to other strips that have a solid strip of copper exposed because the mask over the trace keeps them clean and tidy. I'm not sure if this product has changed or improved but I haven't experienced the negative reviews on here and have used over 30

The copper on the boards I received was too oxidized to accept solder well. You cannot clean them with a Dremel tool as this will remove the solder mask between passes. Also, handling the whole board is more work than I need, so I resorted to ketchup. Ketchup is an old kitchen trick that makes it easy to clean the bottoms of copper-plated pots. No need to lubricate your elbows - just apply, leave on for 15-30 minutes, rinse off. It works on those cheap boards too, although on these I also do a…