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I have something like this on a TS100 and it works fine. You set it down for a while because you're still soldering but you need to move stuff and it reduces t
by wvenable 2y ago
I have something like this on a TS100 and it works fine. You set it down for a while because you're still soldering but you need to move stuff and it reduces the heat. Then you pick it back up and by the time you've gotten to part it's already back up the temp.
How is that worse than it just being full temp the whole time?
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoIt's just unnecessary complexity and another thing that can go wrong. I know when I'm using it and not using it. I don't need the device to guess. The device guessing doesn't actually improve my life in any way. And it's going to guess wrong a lot of the time. Automatically turning on and off both have unsafe failure modes that lead to it being on unexpectedly (it turns back on when I don't expect it to, and it doesn't turn off when I do expect it to) based on imperfect sensing hardware and software that can both stop working, and I'm not ok with unsafe failure modes in a device that will burn down my house. This is also the reason that I disfavor battery-powered soldering irons in general, but at least being portable adds something you may need and can't otherwise achieve.
- wvenable 2y agoIn the case of the TS100 it doesn't turn off, it just cools down. I've never had it guess wrong -- my hand isn't so steady that it will turn off while I'm using it. If it's on and on the table, it is still visibly ON so this is just extra safety if it's a little bit cooler.
- pcdoodle 2y agoThe tip will get nasty sitting there at max temps for extended periods.