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After a quick look at the specs: Plus * 5 secs to temp. * Heat resistant, vented cap. * User can change auto idle and sleep times. Minus * Need iFixit power
by mrandish 2y ago
After a quick look at the specs:
Plus
* 5 secs to temp.
* Heat resistant, vented cap.
* User can change auto idle and sleep times.
Minus
* Need iFixit power station or computer to change temp and other settings.
* No temp indicator on the iron. No mention if the LED indicates it's reached set temp.
I'd love to keep a small, lightweight, high-quality portable iron in my tool bag ready for quick repairs. It needs to heat fast and be instantly capped and tossed back in the tool bag without waiting for cool down. However, I don't want to carry the iFixit power bank in my small tool bag. Yet without it, I'd need to pull out a laptop to change temp. And I do need to change temp enough for that to be annoying. Especially when there USB irons which have temp readouts and controls on the device. While cheap, those irons generally don't get to temp in 5 secs, have a well-thought out heat resistant cap and aren't high-quality.
- dghlsakjg 2y agoLook up the Sequre S99 soldering iron. Basically what you are looking for.
- w4rh4wk5 2y agoI do have a TS100 which I use either with a battery pack or a wall charger. For storing it, I am using a metal casing that is used for a single cigar. There's also room for a tiny metal cleaning brush which protects the tip during storage. Given that all of this is metal and that the soldering iron doesn't have that much thermal capacity, I can pack it up while the tip is still hot and the casing will only get mildly warm, but not to the point where it'd cause damage.
- jalk 2y ago/me going to the store, to buy a cigar
- kwiens 2y agoThe LED on the iron turns orange once it reaches your target temperature. It glows purple while it's heating, and blue when it's safe to touch.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoHow cultures are different across the globe, I would have used RED for hot, orange for heating and green for safe (instead of orange, purple and blue - love purple though!)
- scottbez1 2y agoIf I had to guess, it's for accessibility, for red/green colorblindness.
- FrontierProject 2y agoInteresting, I'm not sure that colorblindness can be severe enough for that to be a problem. I'm red/green colorblind, but I have no issue with stoplights or LEDs. Things onlystart to get hairy once the spectrum shifts closer to the browns such as forest green or burnished slate.
- dmonitor 2y agoI would settle for red while hot and yellow while heating, but keep blue for safe (for colorblind reasons as mentioned by other commenter)
- epalm 2y ago> It glows purple while it's heating This is not correct, it pulses blue indicating the iron is heating, and when turned off, pulses purple while cooling.
- cthalupa 2y agoYou appear to be replying to the co-founder of iFixit, so presumably he knows what he's talking about. https://www.ifixit.com/Document/CPMKU1yOZAYVXbpB/FixHub_Soldering-Iron_User-Guide_008.pdf?referrer=wiki%3A570611 https://www.ifixit.com/Document/CPMKU1yOZAYVXbpB/FixHub_Sold... What he says matches their documentation as well: >Blue LED: The iron is below 40° C / 100° F and is safe to touch. >Purple LED: The iron is actively heating up or cooling down. Iron tip is not safe to touch. >Orange LED: The iron has reached the user-set temperature and is ready for soldering. Iron tip is not safe to touch.
- shawndrost 2y agoA ring light indicates if it's reached set temp.