[Swansea Hackspace] 200-400° soldering iron £6.60

[Justin Mitchell]

On Tue, 2016-10-11 at 09:48 +0000, David Davies-Day wrote:
> Banggood have stared weekly VIP offers, this week there is a tidy
> looking soldering iron that has had 5* in the reviews.
> 
> Usual price is £9.81, VIP is £6.60 I'm ordering one for myself and
> one for a friend, anyone else want one at this price let me know and
> ill order a batch on Friday. 
> 
> http://m.banggood.com/Mustool-MT223-60W-Adjustable-Temperature-Electr
> ic-Soldering-Iron-with-5pcs-Solder-Tips-p-1077119.html?utmid=1046
> 

Hope they are better than the cheap soldering irons we got from lidl
for the hackspace, they were terrible.

A soldering iron is something you should only really need to buy once,
and you do often get what you paid for. 

I recommend the Antex irons, eg the Antex XS25