/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>207928

The new ones take up less space, have faster heatup, better recovery and slightly more power (65W).

I'd still recommend an FX-888 despite how silly they look.

>>207746
>More expensive ones will have some frills that will be really awesome, but you don't have the skill to take advantage of them yet.

I disagree, at the very least for temperature control. Somebody new to soldering will have a much easier time and wreck less shit learning with a proper temp controlled station.

>>203201

>>187583

Good:
temperature control
high enough wattage to maintain temperature
light-weight iron
fast heatup
effective heat reservoir
fast thermal recovery
chisel tips
affordable parts (eg: replacement tips)

Bad:
heavy non-temperature-controlled pencil irons
Radioshack anything

I'd recommend a Hakko FX-888. The Hakko 936-12 is discontinued but they still supply tips/parts for it. It's nearly as good as the FX-888 so that's an option too if you can find one cheap.

>>170334

Fisher Price.

Fortunately this is available in not-fisher-price color schemes now.

I mostly just mod and repair video game consoles. I've also made a couple of repro cartridges but I can never hold on to them because people are willing to pay obscene amounts of money for them.

A word to the wise: Don't settle for a cheap pencil iron. A proper temperature controlled soldering station is more than worthwhile.