Delcast 30 Watt Precision Tip Soldering Iron with Rosin Core Solder 63/37 Leaded Electronics Solder, 0.8mm (100 g / 3.5 oz)

I just want to state what a stand up company they are at Delcast! In this day and age sellers as well as consumers can be low grade and ruin it for the rest of us but I can tell you right now to give Delcast and their products a try if you haven't. I thought the soldering iron worked great but due to user error and and just starting out with soldering I had abruptly had an issue with the iron when I wanted to use it. My big peice of advice is since it doesnt have variable temp control, to please unplug it when not in use or prepping a project. Leaving it on or any soldering iron on at high temperature will burn out the coil. Well i had no idea what I had done wrong and figured I would reach out to Delcast or Bobs parts I think it is for advice and see about warrantly. I was dumbfounded and honestly didn't believe them when they said they would replace it at no cost. I recieved the new one today and will be always be appreciative to this company for standing by their word and warranty. It wasn't even a conversation, it was just "tell us where to send it". You all are beautiful! I will definitley purchase more products from them in the future and promote honest companys like them! Thank you!

Nice and cheap and works well for basic soldering needs. A word of caution (the instruction manual does mention this) the thing smokes like crazy when you plug it in for the first time. It smoked so badly I had to stick it out the window. I was concerned it might even catch on fire but it didn't and the smoke stopped after about 5 minutes. Leave your windows open if you don't want your house smelling like burnt plastic.

I liked this simple cheap iron which uses copper rod tip inserts which match a bunch I already had. Copper gets eaten by the flux pretty fast, but you can grind the tip to any profile you want and bare copper tins like a dream.Alas, the heating element failed and went open circuit in just a few hours use.I've ordered two more and will see if this was a fluke.Addition- Jacobparts is an outstanding seller! He saw my review and offered to replace, after I responded they have already sent me a new iron, some new tips, and a tracking number. Amazing. I'll update my review again after I get some hours on the iron. Bravo to Jacobparts!

OK. First off, I need to point out that this is a cheap iron. Not necessarily cheap as in "bad" but inexpensive. I just got it a few days ago and I'm pretty inexperienced in soldering so all I know so far is that it works and it was inexpensive. I have had several of the cheaper Radio Shack soldering irons over the years and I've never been all that fond of them for the money. I'm pretty sure they were always about $10 (maybe slightly more) and that always seemed to me to be a bit too much to pay for what they were. As near as I can tell, this iron is every bit as good as those and maybe slightly better for 6 bucks. The only thing I don't like too much is the way the tip is held in place. It doesn't appear that it makes very good contact with the metal that actually heats it. It's held in by two screws (one on each side) and it just doesn't seem as good as some of the more expensive irons. Of course, that said, it's not a more expensive iron. I bought this cheap iron to practice with. I bought a Weller that cost several times what this did but I really don't want to use it much until I get better at soldering. If I kill this one with my inexperience, 6 bucks isn't going to sting nearly as much. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the tip can be replaced. Even though it does come out, the tips for the better irons often cost as much this entire iron so it's effectively disposable, I guess. Anyway. When the iron arrived, I noted that it did say on the box that it will smoke a bit on first use. And it did. I remember cheaper irons smoking when they were new in the past so this was nothing I didn't expect. The smoke was a little thicker and more abundant than I expected but it did subside eventually. It takes a little while for it to heat up but is really not bad. Again, for the price, I didn't know what to expect and it seems fine. It probably gets about as hot as it's going to in 3-5 minutes. For short jobs, the handle doesn't seem to get hot. Have not tried longer jobs. The grip and ergonomics is/are pretty good. It's easy to hold and thin enough so it doesn't feel like you're trying to solder with a spatula. It's light. If anything, I kind of wish it had a little more weight to it to offset the weight of the cord. I can't complain for the price. I have already learned more since I bought this than I did in the last 20 years. I didn't buy this to repair things that are irreplaceable. I bought it for practice and that's about the best use for it, I think. If you're good at soldering, you're probably not reading this review. But if you're good at soldering and you know what you're doing, you'd probably be better off spending more. Unless for some reason you just want a disposable low wattage iron.

This is an amazing soldering iron. I'm pretty new with soldering but I prefer this over my Weller iron. For the price it's one of those if it breaks I'll buy it again type of tools but so far I've had zero issues with it. It will smoke for around 10-15 minutes the first time you plug it in that is normal as it's just plastic burning away off the heating element. My only complaint is the grip isn't anything special and if anything the molding feels a bit sharp but I just used some hockey tape around it and it feels way nicer to use

My brother in low Chrysler Grand Caravan was vandalized. someone try to steel the van failed but destroyed the antenna at transponder key immobilizer. The Module of the original immobilizer was good but the scanning antenna was broken.The cost to fix the problem Parts + labor + towing the van to the dealer was more than $300.Using a similar immobilizer from a junk yard, after opening both immobilizers we transplanted the module from the one with bad antenna, to the other with good antenna. To do this job you need the right tool and in this case was Delcast 30 Watt Precision Tip Soldering Iron.

i bought this to fix my tablet and it worked great (for me).i wasnt looking for anything special, just a basic soldering iron to be used once in a while/ as needed, and this did the trick for me. as stated on the package - it did give off a burning odor/ smoke when used the first time, but it was expected.if you are looking for something super simple, this works. there is no temperature setting or anything on it, but it gets hot enough to do the job done. i would definitely buy another one if needed (since i was just looking for something cheap and effective).excellent product for the price!!!