> interestingly the sensation of heat comes with enough delay to cause burns before you register the temperature. As someone who solders pretty regularly: don'

> interestingly the sensation of heat comes with enough delay to cause burns before you register the temperature. As someone who solders pretty regularly: don't I know it! > Also I could avoid smooching the thing for the most part, because the heat radiating from it was already noticeable from a few millimeters Totally works with your fingertips too. If it's "too cold" to feel without touching, it's cold enough to give a quick tap, which'll inform you about it's temperature some more. But I guess everyone has their own tricks! I've switched to a TS-100 a while back, and having a temperature readout right on your soldering iron is really quite nice.