What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
This weller iron is thermostatically controlled. Much cheaper on amazon than stained glass suppliers. Used on copper foii and is excellent.
Incidently the one thing i don't like a bout this iron is the chistle tip. It keeps its heat, but ensure that you also purchase the correct type of solder wire and the correct size of solder tip for the particular job that you intend to carry out. Hav... Read More
Simply brilliant product from excellent seller. Quickly reaches working temperature.
Great soldering iron, perfect for stained glass work. Fine work requires a fine pointed solder iron tip to be placed on the iron. Still practicing cutting and soldering on scrap glass.
Cons
Do yourself a favour and buy avoid weller like the plague. The quality of them now is dreadful. Tripped my consumer unit then would not work again, replaced fuse still no life.
Highlights
Quality
Good quality product which i use for stained glass work
Product highly recommended having used other irons which overheat this one is a dream
However the tips on these are thermostatic and non interchangeable with the non thermostatic
Competitiveness
The rounded bullnose on the cheaper 80w iron is much better
If you are only doing it as a hobby i would suggest the much cheaper 80w weller model as that is fine for that use
For the someone who is truly full time leading then the 200w model would be better but this is fine for light professional
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- This product had a total of 173 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 26 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The one that is included arrives flat as needs to be bent into shape
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It means you have to hold the iron very flat to get a good joint
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I spent years trying to find a thermostatic bullnose and was repeatedly told that they dont exist
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is a brilliant iron for glass work be it lead or copperfoil work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The stand it comes with is total rubbish that’s why it gets 4 not 5
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