anyone here used or seen this soldering iron?

[asjeep]

would something like this ruin esc's or other equip we use?


www.coldheat.com

[kevin]

already been talked about. the reports dont look so good.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213245&highlight=coldheat

[flatfour]

How can you say the reports don't look good? Not one post in the other thread mentions anyone that has actually used the product. It's all speculation.

[nuevo]

flatfour, Did you read all 3 pages of posts? There are a few folks that bought one and reported back.

Here's one owners report:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2041059&postcount=24

[kevin]

i think jonstone summed it up pretty well.

[asjeep]

ok so it's good for "emergency use" but it's not the errrrrr second coming of soldering :)

[rcav8r2]

A guy here at work got one. He loves it. He showed me how easy it was to use. About 10 minutes later he was sill trying to tin a short piece of 18 guage wire :roll:
I guess it all depends on preception.... I think I'll stick with the old way :)

[Cas123]

After reading their FAQ page It sounds as though this Cold heat iron does not have much thermal mass.I would recommend buying to a reasonably priced temperature controlled Iron that has at least 45W and preferably 60W capability Eg Weller or one of the Tandy or other units with a separate transformer/control box.
When you're soldering heavy ESC leads especially, the one thing you need is lots of thermal mass on a reasonably small tip.
Ron...