the cold heat solding gun, how well does it work? worth buying?

 

i dunno if it's just that i don't know how to use it or what, but stick with a conventional soldering iron, battery powered is no good and when i tried it i couldn't even get the thing to solder anything, and it's bulkier and awkward compared to a regular soldering iron.

 

It's good for soldering some basic electronics but dont let it anywhere near your car. Not hot enough to do a decent job soldering anything near as complicated as your ecu.

 

that thing is just about worthless.

 

I agree, I have one and it is a POS. It doesn't heat up enough, and it is a bitch to hold it just right on the solder to get it to work. Just be careful and use a regular soldering iron.

 

In case anyone is interested...

The "cold-heat" process works in a very simple manner. The tip is actually divided into two contacts, split down the middle. One side is positive while the other is neg. When the solder contacts the tips, it closes the circuit and allows the electricity to convert into heat.

It just sounds inefficient and wasteful to me, but that's just my opinion.
I've not personally used one, but at the rate I go through tips on my regular iron, tinning and all, I think those things would be money pits. Those 2-contact tips can't be cheap.

 

simply put, it's a P.O.S.

 

thanks 4 the info, wont be wasting money now.