[olug] [OT] Any recommendations for a good hobbyist soldering station?

Jay Bendon jaybocc2 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 4 20:57:57 UTC 2012


https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/49

the two soldering irons available from sparkfun should be plenty for most
jobs and are a great price/quality.

--Jay


On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Timothy Goshinski <tgoshinski at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am also beginning to play with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and even a FEZ
> Panda, but I have quickly realized what a piece of excrement my little
> plug-in Radio Shack iron is.  I've seen a lot of different soldering
> stations out there ranging from crazy-cheap to seriously expensive and the
> user reviews seem to be all over the board so I am having trouble
> separating the signal from noise.  Ideally I would like to find a
> dependable rig that won't break the bank since it will not be in constant
> use.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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