Review on 🔌 40 Watt Weller WLC100 Soldering Station by Skyy Strickland

Great iron for short run work, should last a long time (used to work in a computer shop which had some Well irons that are over 20 years old and this iron seems to maintain the quality of previous production). nice and sturdy, fits in a small tool box along with the included hardware (I got a 16" plastic Stanley box for about ten bucks). the tip comes pre-tinned (someone mentioned the problem with the curl at the tip ie soldering, I burned it almost immediately fumbling with the iron). If this is your first soldering iron you will need three things: solder (what you use because it depends what you do with it), flux (also depends on what you do with it). This, but even if you use resin core solder you will need some flux, it is very necessary for proper tinning. Most work in consumer electronics can be done by coating the surface with flux by loading the tip of the iron with a small amount of flux. solder, and let the flux do its work if the solder touches it, if the surface is larger, let the tip of the iron touch it to heat up, but the flux will still pull the solder to itself almost immediately to coat which only goes the heat to make sure the contact is secure), the third thing you need is a way to remove the solder. A braided copper solder wick is great (braided copper solder coated in flux, it eats solder but gets greasy very quickly so you'll run through it quickly if you use it and it's not cheap) or just a cheap one Solder sucker (not as close as anything, and you might end up with a mess that a cheap soldering iron sucker won't help much). depends on what you want to do with your "soldering sponge". If you just want to scrap components, a suction cup is the way to go (I'm assuming you don't want to buy a dedicated soldering iron with a suction cup, which is overall a better solution than any other solution, but a piston suction, the only benefit of which is that you do not spend more money with each use). Correcting small mistakes will give you the cleanest results with the wire wick. There are also soldering iron style soldering irons which are the best but at least once the most expensive. This soldering station can work with most iron-based suction cups with the same temperature control as the iron that comes with the station (it really isn't). lots of temperature control as it's power but it's a lot more than what you get from a basic soldering iron, hooking up a cheap old school soldering iron to the base station that comes with this kit will improve the performance of this soldering iron ( all by itself). ) definitely, as I said, excellent iron for an amateur. can be used (and often used) for professional work and compatible with a variety of excellent soldering tips. I prefer not to include this in my reviews but it is supported by the industry standard name in electronics and standard hobbyist soldering equipment (Weller is very old and respected for soldering irons, there are many professionals who wouldn't even consider them to use another brand of small electronics, although many others are good). All in all I would have a hard time not recommending this to someone who is either serious about learning to solder or just needs a new kit at a great price to get something done. The sample I received was exactly as expected and worked perfectly. I received it on the earliest expected day. It worked great for making really simple and basic wire-to-wire and wire-to-solder pin connections. I currently do nothing more than a hobby, but my experience is semi-professional (I'm a computer repair technician by trade, soldering iron doesn't play much of a role, but it's important to know and do it well), I'll say that based on my experience with Iron wouldn't be afraid to use it for hours every day, it might need some maintenance but I think it will stand up to this task for 6 months without many problems other than a tip change or three and probably need replacement grip pads. A good investment for a professional, a great investment for an amateur.