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Need suggestions for a good soldering iron

rsjawale24

I'm looking to buy a good soldering iron preferably with a fine needle tip that can last long. Power - 25W-35 W

 

I checked online and there are two types of irons available - Ceramic heater and coil heater type.

 

I use this one from Soldron (A popular brand in India) but the tips don't last longer esp. if you keep the iron on for longer times. The entire soldering bit starts to give off flakes (some kind of coating comes off).

The only plus point is that the tips are easy to replace and not very expensive.

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I found another one from Stanley the tip is tightened using a screw on the side. Probably uses a different heating element too as compared to the above one.

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Please suggest good soldering irons to buy (brand, models, etc) which can last longer with power rating of 25W to 35 W. Also, which heating element is better? Coil type or ceramic type?

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  • I have a 30 dollar Atten iron from adafruit, it has temp control and uses standard 900-M-T tips. I used to have a weller SP25 which had (more) expensive tips and was prone to oxidation(it literally wouldn't tin, not with lead or lead free) but my atten is really nice, i bought 12 tips for 5 dollars and only 2 have oxidized and that's because I didn't tin them properly.

  • in reply to hugohu

      wrote:

    I used to have a weller SP25 which had (more) expensive tips and was prone to oxidation(it literally wouldn't tin, not with lead or lead free) ...

    The tips for the SP25 are plated and shouldn't oxidise fast. They aren't special, but they are decent.

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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    They are electroplated, certainly. I didn't tin the tips that came originally correctly, but my official replacement tips failed to tin with any solder i had, yet it was easily tinned with the 900m-t tips(from PCBway bazaar, one that came with atten, and a mechanic tip) with my cheapest solder, as well as the "better" ones.